The Aster Catalogue is temporarily out of print.
For the Aster enthusiast interested in the L&NWR / LMS Precedent Class 2-4-0 'Jumbo' the Locomotives Illustrated No121 is hard to beat. A full history of the Precedent class plus the ‘compounds’ and related classes of the same era are also fully illustrated and described.

admirable photographs plus a listing of all the Precedents, their names and numbers plus dates built, renewed and scrapped. Excellent value

Available from Aster Hobbies Ltd price £3.00 plus £1.00 p&p.
The Trail of the Titfield Thunderbolt by Simon Castens has just been published and is an excellent guide to the film and its’ actors and producers.

A useful guidebook is also included for anyone wishing to visit the area where the film was shot.

Price £4.95 plus 50p p&p.
Finally ‘Lion – The Story of the Oldest Working Locomotive in the World’ by Jarvis & Morris. Published by Merseyside County Museum (1980). Now out of print and hard to find. As the name suggests the book tells the story of lion up to its restoration for the Rocket 150 celebrations. Very readable but with a number of errors. A few copies are available from Aster Hobbies Ltd for customers who purchase an Aster Lion or 'Titfield Thunderbolt' locomotive.
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