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Best Locomotives 2026
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Crecy PublishingBritish Railways Steam Locomotives 1948-68: Volume 1: Designs Inherited from the Gwr and Lner
9.7
Exceptional
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Kalmbach Books
Guide to North American Diesel Locomotives
9.5
Excellent
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- 03
Platform 5 Publishing Ltd
Locomotives 2026: Including Pool Codes and Locomotives Awaiting Disposal (British Railways Pocket Books, Band 1)
9.4
Excellent
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- 04Boston Mills Press
Locomotives: The Modern Diesel & Electric Reference
9.2
Excellent
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Indiana University PressAmerican Steam Locomotives: Design and Development, 1880–1960 (Railroads Past and Present)
9.1
Excellent
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- 06Lorenz Books
British Steam Locomotives: The Steam Trains of Great Britain Shown in 200 Photographs
8.9
Very Good
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- 07Lorenz Books
British Steam Locomotives: The Steam Trains of Great Britain Shown in 200 Photographs
8.7
Very Good
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- 08Majosta
CSX Heritage Locomotives: An Illustrated Look
8.6
Very Good
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Bloomsbury
British Diesel Locomotives of the 1950s and ‘60s (Shire Library)
8.5
Good
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- 10Kalmbach Media
How Steam Locomotives Work
8.3
Good
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