Markle
Associates
Irish Railway Books and Videos
French Narrow Gauge Railway Videos
Site last updated 10 January 2024
Markle Associates make and
sell a range of books and videos on Irish and French subjects.
DVDs - Click the page you wish
to see from the table below.
Irish Railway Archive series - 6 DVDs covering
CIÉ, IR & IÉ from 1970s to around 2010
Northern Ireland Railways Archive - 4 DVDs
covering 1970s to around 2010
Irish Railway Review Series - 11 DVDs, one a year
2000 to 2011.
French Narrow Gauge - 2 DVDs, one on public lines,
one on 3 tourist lines.
How To Order and Where to Buy
BOOK Available Now -
Irish Railways Line by
Line
Volume 3 -
Dublin and the South East
Railway photographer Jim Edgar has
put together in this book a collection of his photos of Irish
railways between 1973 and 2012. Volume Three covers Dublin and the
South Eest of Ireland. Starting in the Dublin area at Heuston
Station and Inchicore
Works, this volume covers the Cork Main Line as far as Ballybrophy
before venturing to Waterford via Kilkenny. Next the “South Wexford”
line between Waterford and Rosslare is visited, followed by a return
to Dublin, this time arriving at Connolly station. The former sugar
beet traffic along the South Wexford line is featured. To show the
development of the railway system over the years covered, there is
also a short feature showing scenes from the start and end of the
period.
For all the changes we can see during the years covered
by this book, some parts of the railway maintained the feel of a
bygone era throughout the period. A wide range of passenger and
goods trains feature, ranging from wooden bodied stock to modern air
braked and air conditioned trains, and from loose coupled sugar beet
wagons to container “liner” bogie freight trains.
Locos include the classes A (001), B (Sulzer, 121
141,181 and the first 201 class), 071 and the second 201 class.
103 photographs. Includes a sketch map.
Available now, price £11.50.
To order by post or to find stockists, click
on "How to Order and Where to Buy" link above.
BOOK Available Now (Low Stock) -
Irish Railways Line by
Line
Volume 2 -
The South West
Railway
photographer Jim Edgar has put together in this book a collection of his
photos of Irish railways between 1974 and 2008. Volume Two covers the
South West of Ireland, mainly counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick and
Tipperary. For all the changes we can see during the years covered by
this book, some parts of the railway maintained the feel of a bygone era
throughout the period. A wide range of passenger and goods trains
feature, ranging from wooden bodied stock to modern air braked and air
conditioned trains, and from loose coupled goods wagons to bogie liner
freight trains.
Locos include the classes A (001), B (121 141,and 181), G and the second
201 class.
Lines covered include the Limerick to Foynes route, the “North Kerry”
and “South Kerry” lines on either side of Tralee, Limerick to Waterford,
the Cork Main line from Ballybrophy to Cork, Cork to Cobh and Cobh
Junction to Youghal.
104 colour photographs.
Includes a sketch map and a diagram of Limerick Junction.
Available now, price £11.50.
To order by post or to find stockists, click
on "How to Order and Where to Buy" link above.
BOOK
Available Now -
Irish Railways Line by Line
Volume 1 -
Dundalk to Dublin and The West of Ireland
Railway photographer Jim Edgar has put together in this
book a collection of his photos of Irish railways between 1974 and 2008.
Volume One covers the Dundalk line and its branches, plus the West of
Ireland. For all the changes we can see during the years covered by this
book, some parts of the railway maintained the feel of a bygone era
throughout the period. A wide range of passenger and goods trains
feature, ranging from wooden bodied stock to modern air braked and air
conditioned trains, and from loose coupled wagons to bogie liner freight
trains. Locos include the classes A (001), B (121 141,and 181), C (first
201 class), E and the second 201 class.
Locations covered include:- Ardee, Ardrahan, Attymon,
Attymon Junction, Balbriggan, Balla, Ballina, Ballyhaunis,
Ballymote, Beauparc, Birdhill, Boyle, Castlerea, Castletown,
Clara, Claremorris, Clonmel, Clonsilla, Collooney, Donabate, Drogheda,
Dromin Junction, Dromod, Dublin, Dundalk, Dunsandle, Enfield,
Ennis, Foxford, Galway, Geashill, Gormanston, Hill of Down,
Killucan, Kilmastulla, Kiltimagh, Kingscourt, Knockcroghery, Liffey
Junction, Loughrea, Manulla Junction, Maynooth, Mostrim, Mullingar,
Navan, Nenagh, Nobber, Oranmore, Roscommon, Roscrea, Silvermines, Sligo,
Swinford, Tuam and Tullamore.
99 photographs, 97 in Colour and two in Black and White.
Includes a sketch map.
Volume 1 now SOLD OUT.
DVD Available now -
Irish Archive Volume 8 - Tara to Clara
This DVD is yet
another delve into the recordings made by Irish railway enthusiasts.
This time it
covers the period 1987 to 2012.
With most Irish
passenger trains now in the hands of railcars, we thought it would be
the right time to savour an era when the locomotive was king.
There is a
major feature on the Tara Mines Trains, Ireland’s only remaining mineral traffic
carried by rail. We also see, coverage of our exploits recording
trains in the twilight “The Starburst Years”, views of Cement Traffic, now lost to rail. The IE
Relaying Trains
using Donelli system are put under the microscope, both
in detail in their latest version and back in 1987 when we found an
earlier version in operation on the Cork Main Line. We also pay a
visit to Attymon and Dunsandle in County Galway,
where the latter now hosts a small collection of railway exhibits, and
finally we look in at Clara, where freight and passenger trains still
pound past the single platform.
This video
features coverage of the following locations - Alexandra Road Tramway
in Dublin, Attymon, Beauparc, Birdhill, Buttevant, Cherryville
Junction, Clara, Drogheda, Duleek, Dundrum, Dunsandle, East Wall
Junction, Howth Junction, Kilsheelan, Limerick Junction, Navan, Port
Laoise, Rush and Lusk, Sallins and Naas, and Tara Mines.
This DVD is made in Widescreen (16 x 9 or 14 x 9)
format.
Running time about 69 minutes approx. Price £16.95. Available now.
Price £16.95. Post and packing £1 per order
(UK) £3 per order (outside UK)
To order by post or to find stockists, click
on "How to Order and Where to Buy" link above.
Latest
1. Price and Postage
All books are £1.50 postage to UK and £4.00 outside
UK.
If you are in Ireland you may wish to consider buying
the books from the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland shop. You can
find that at www.steamtrainsireland.com/shop where the books
will be added as they are available in the shop. By doing this you will
be making a contribution to the RPSI's funds.
All DVDs are now £16.95 (except Narrow Gauge France
and Corsica 1&2 which is £18.95 for a double DVD). UK DVD Postage
Currently £1.00. We now have to pay £3.00 for DVD postage to Europe and
£3.50 for North America and Australia. Note that this is still PER
ORDER, and not per DVD, so the more you buy in one order, the less the
postage cost for each one.
2. Payments
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you wish to buy, please e-mail
us with what you want. Then we send you an e-mail with a link to pay by
credit card, bank transfer, or by "PayPal". Or, you can order by post
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If you wish to contact Markle
Associates Video:
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big company, there is really just one person and we are happy to talk
about things, so do not be put off. Sometimes you may get the answering
machine when you phone but keep on and leave a message. Often I will
pick up if I am here.
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Or
write to:
Markle Associates,
7 Welltower Park,
Ayton,
Berwickshire, Scotland,
TD14 5RR
Telephone: 0189 07 81991
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