DARTWEST PUBLISHING & DESIGN

RE-LIVE THOSE GLORIOUS DIESEL DAYS

Welcome to the home of DartWest Publishing - your one-stop shop for all the best in publications about the much-missed diesel era on British Railways. The year of 2007 marked our return to railway publishing.

Already we have published Western Legends and Western Sunset, together with In Praise of Warships and Photo Album No. 1 Westerns. But the return of Classic Diesels & Electrics magazine has got everyone buzzing once more - so much so that the comeback issue (No. 16) was over-subscribed from its initial print run.

The celebrated Western Collection is back with D1058 Western Nobleman and D1037 Western Empress already out and we have more in the pipeline.  Add to this the launch of our first Archive Special booklet - 'Western Rundown' together with our FANTASTIC NEW magazine - quarterly Western Power! and you can see there is much to revel in. We have lots more planned this year so keep checking back or you might easily miss out on something.  

On this website, you will find details of how to order any of our books and booklets - pre-orders are welcome but please allow 28 days for delivery from publication date. Keep checking this website for further publication updates - the dates of which are changed periodically to keep you all informed with our progress.

Thank you for your interest.

IMPORTANT ALERT - RENEW NOW FOR

ISSUES 22-27 OR MISS OUT!

Those few of you yet to re-subsribe to CD&E, you MUST do it within days as Issue 22 goes to the printers on May 6.  We are only printing enough to cover the re-subscribers. So, if you have not renewed your subscription by that date you will miss out on issue 22 and have to wait until the end of the year to get one on the back issue market. Also, I made an error in the renewal details of the last magazine, so if you are re-subscribing by Paypal...it will not be done automatically, so please hit the button below.

ISSUE 22 - ANOTHER BELTER!

IMPORTANT!

WESTERN POWER ISSUES 2 & 3

GOING OUT THIS WEEK!

Yep, I know, you still haven't got issues 2 &3 but don't despair as Chris and I will be packaging them up this week so don't worry any further. They are, by the way, excellent!

BACK ISSUES 16-21 AVAILABLE HERE NOW!

NEW subscribers can no longer start a subscription at issue 16 as we have now moved into our second year. Your subs must start from issue 22 for six more issues until issue 27, but you can now buy back issues so you won't miss out. Current subscribers will receive a renewal form with issue 21 being despatched on Monday. Keep the faith!

SUBSCRIBE FOR ISSUES 22-27 HERE!

'FAB FOUR' - TO GO AHEAD!

The 'Fab Four' Western Collection booklets still have not brought in the required number of orders but I am going to stand the cost and print them anyway.  A low print run is expensive in the extreme. but the gap is minimal in cost terms so I will get them to the printers early next week.

WESTERN COLLECTION

'THE FAB FOUR'

D1017-D1033-D1050-D1052

ORDER now!

AND SAVE 5% OR MISS OUT!

Four Western Collection booklets - D1017/33/50/52 - the 'Fab Four' will go to the printers next week. You can order these FOUR by clicking on the 'Fab Four' link under the picture of D1017 Western Warrior below.  Orders can be made here, by post or by credit card on the hotline number. These latest four retail at £9.99 each but you can save 5% by buying all four. So just click the 'Fab Four' link and ensure your copies are secure. 

SECURE YOUR COPIES OF THE 'FAB FOUR' BY CLICKING... HERE!

SAXTON JOINS CD&E TEAM

We are delighted to announce that Russell Saxton has agreed to join the CD&E team as our new columnist. Russell's research work on liveries has been exceptional over the last few years and now we hope to give him a regular bi-monthly platform to share more of his discoveries with our growing readership. His first column will appear in issue 19 and will focus on the Class 47s. We would like to extend a warm welcome to Russell and we are sure his work and research will be welcomed by readers of CD&E.

BUY MORE THAN ONE ITEM ON YOUR VISIT AND

WE WILL DESPATCH THEM POST FREE!

We are delighted to announce that we have now introduced a 'shopping basket' to help you buy multiple items. So, buy more than one item on your visit and save on postage! Individual items will require postage to be paid. Just look for the shopping baskets on each individual page or the 'Buy Here' page. It's simple, safe and secure!

D1026 WESTERN CENTURION NOW SOLD OUT!

ORDER HERE

SENSATIONAL WESTERN LIVERY MYSTERY!

IN ISSUE ONE OF WESTERN POWER!

A MYSTERY LIVERY FIND TO KICK-OFF

WESTERN POWER IN STYLE!

We can now reveal the first issue of Western Power in September will contain one of the MOST SENSATIONAL WESTERN LIVERY FINDS EVER! The discovery, by a Western Class 52 fanatic, will task even the most knowledgeable of hydraulic enthusiasts and has already left the author of a Cast of Thousands amazed, stunned and unable to provide an answer. It has the potential to become the biggest Western revelation in decades and Western Power wants your support to help supply a possible answer. The full amazing picture and story behind this sensational find can only be found in Western Power so subscribe NOW! If you are a true hydraulic enthusiast then you cannot afford to miss out on a what could turn out to be a truly earth shattering discovery.

DETAILS OF OUR NEW MAGAZINE!

IT'S HERE AT LAST - WESTERN POWER!

SUBSCRIBE NOW - CLICK HERE!

It's the magazine you have all asked for Western Power - and do we have a major treat for you in issue one - one of the most SENSATIONAL WESTERN LIVERY FINDS EVER! Dedicated solely to the diesel-hydraulic era on the Western Region of British Railways, Western Power will provide enthusiasts with all the latest news and information from that glorious period. Archive information and ground breaking pictures will abound in four bumper issues each quarter. The launch of this magazine does not mean that archive hydraulic information will no longer be published in Classic Diesels and Electrics - far from it! But the wealth of archive hydraulic material in our hands now means we cannot physically cram it into CD&E every other month without lovers of other types of locomotives feeling a little let down. So, Western Power! is here. Every quarter the magazine will be filled with the latest archive finds and information, ranging from new livery discoveries, unseen pictures, and archive finds covering ALL types of diesel-hydraulics during the period 1958-1977. The first issue is to be published in September 2007 and we hope to feature ground breaking articles on the often ignored Class 14 'Teddy Bears', the Class 22 'Baby Warships' as well as new finds concerning the Western and Warship classes. We have already sourced some unpublished and remarkable pictures for your delight and we hope to have access to one of the most unique and unseen hydraulic photograph collections during the magazine's first year of publication. The price for all this Western Power? Just £17.99 including postage and packing for a bumper issue every quarter beginning in September, 2007. if you like what you have been getting with CD&E then don't hesitate to subscribe. We think you'll be completely knocked out by a magazine that already promises to provide one or two archive shocks! Prepare to feel the force of Western Power! To subscribe to this fantastic magazine, just click HERE!

We are pleased to announce the publication of D1026/37/58 in our Western Collection series. - BUY them HERE!

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