Books


A list of my railway books:

  • Adley, Robert. The Call of Steam. 1982. Blandford Press.
  • Adley, Robert. In Search of Steam 1962-1968. 1981. Blandford Press.
  • Allen, Dr. Ian. Gleneagles to Glastonbury - Steam in the Thirties. 1985. OPC.
  • Arlett, Mike et al. The Train Now Departing: Personal Memories of the Last Days of Steam. 1988. BBC.
  • Atkins, A.G. GWR Goods Wagons. 2013. OPC.
  • Atthill, Robin. The Picture History of the Somerset & Dorset Railway. 1970. David & Charles.
  • Awdry, Christopher. Encyclopedia of British Railway Companies. 1990. PSL.
  • Barlow, Bernard. Didcot Engineman. 1994. Wild Swan.
  • Barnett, Bob. Dean Forest Footplate Memories. 2007. SLP.
  • Beale, Gerry. The Weymouth Harbour Tramway. 2008. Wild Swan.
  • Blenkinsop, R.J. Echoes of the Great Western. 1973. OPC.
  • Blenkinsop, R.J. Reflections of the Great Western. 1974. OPC.
  • Blenkinsop, R.J. Silhouettes of the Great Western. 1976. OPC.
  • Blenkinsop, R.J. Shadows of the Great Western. 1972. OPC.
  • Blenkinsop, R.J. Big Four Cameraman. 1985. OPC.
  • Boyd, J.I.C. The Talyllyn Railway. 1988. Wild Swan.
  • Bradley, Rodger. GWR Two Cylinder 4-6-0s and 2-6-0s. 1988. David & Charles.
  • British Transport Commission. British Railways Rule Book 1950 (including amendments authorised up to 1st October 1961). 1961. Railway Clearing House.
  • British Transport Commission. Handbook for Railway Steam Locomotive Enginemen. 1957. Ian Allan.
  • Carpenter, Roger. The Criggion Branch of the Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Light Railway. 1990. Wild Swan.
  • Casserley, Henry Cyril. Steam Locomotives of British Railways. 1973. Hamlyn.
  • Christiansen, Rex. British Railway Pictorial: Cambrian Lines. 2004. Ian Allan.
  • Clarke, R.H. An Historical Survey of Selected Great Western Stations - Layouts and Ilustrations. 1976. OPC.
  • Clarke, R.H. An Historical Survey of Selected Great Western Stations - Layouts and Ilustrations, Volume 2. 1979. OPC.
  • Clarke, R.H. An Historical Survey of Selected Great Western Stations - Layouts and Ilustrations, Volume 3. 1981. OPC.
  • Cooke, R.A. Track Layout Diagrams of the Great Western Railway and BR (WR) No. 37 Forest of Dean. 1996. Black Dwarf Lightmoor.
  • Cooke, R.A. Atlas of the Great Western Railway as at 1947 - Revised Edition. 1997. Wild Swan.
  • Dalton, T.P. Cambrian Companionship. 1985. OPC.
  • Dart, Maurice. The Last Days of Steam in Plymouth and Cornwall. 1990. Sutton Publishing Ltd.
  • Dickinson, W. Elgar. A Friend in Steam. 2007. SLP.
  • Esau, Mike (compiler). John Ashman FPRS Rail Portfolio. 1988. OPC.
  • Esau, Mike. Spirit of the Great Western. 1980. OPC.
  • Essery, Bob. Passenger Train Operation for the Railway Modeller. 2005. Ian Allan.
  • Forsythe, H.G. The Railway Vanishes - An Appreciation of a Lost Era. 1996. SLP.
  • Gammell, C.J. Around the Branch Lines. No.2 - Great Western. 1983. OPC.
  • Gammell, C.J. Great Western Branch Lines 1955-1965. 1975. OPC.
  • Gammell, C.J. LMS Branch Lines 1945-1965. 1980. OPC.
  • Gammell, C.J. LNER Branch Lines 1945-1968. 1979. OPC.
  • Gammell, C.J. Scottish Branch Lines 1955-1965. 1978. OPC.
  • Gammell, C.J. Southern Branch Lines 1955-1965. 1976. OPC.
  • Gammell, C.J. The Branch Line Age. 1976. Moorland Publishing.
  • Gasson, Harold. Firing Days - Reminiscences of a Great Western Fireman. 1973. OPC.
  • Gasson, Harold. Footplate Days - More Reminiscences of a Great Western Fireman. 1976. OPC.
  • Gasson, Harold. Nostalgic Days - Further Reminiscences of a Great Western Fireman. 1980. OPC.
  • Gasson, Harold. Signalling Days - Final Reminiscences of a Great Western Railwayman. 1989. OPC.
  • Geens, Barry. The Severn Valley Railway at Arley. 1986. Wild Swan.
  • Gilks, John Spencer. The Nostalgia of Steam - Classic Steam Images. 2001. SLP.
  • Gough, Terry. Around the Branch Lines. 1982. OPC.
  • Harris, Michael. Great Western Coaches - 1890-1954. 1966. David & Charles.
  • Hart, Brian. The Hundred of Hoo Railway. 1989. Wild Swan.
  • Hart, Brian. The Sheppey Light Railway. 1992. Wild Swan.
  • Hawkins, Chris & George Reeve. An Illustrated History of Great Western Railway Engine Sheds - London Division. 1987. Wild Swan.
  • Hawkins, Chris & George Reeve. The Wisbech & Upwell Tramway. 2008. Wild Swan.
  • Hayes, John. The 4mm Coal Wagon: A Step-by-step Guide. 1999. Wild Swan.
  • Herbert, Ron. The Working Railway - A Railwayman's Photographs 1960-67. 1992. SLP.
  • Herring, Peter. Yesterday's Railways. 2002. David & Charles.
  • Holland, Julian. The Times Exploring Britain's Lost Railways. 2013. HarperCollins.
  • Holmes, David. Station Master's Reflections - Images of Railway Life, 1954-64. 1992. SLP.
  • Ingram, Andrew C. Branch Lines Around Wisbech. 1997. Middleton Press.
  • Ingram, Andrew C. Wisbech and Upwell Tramway Centenary Album. 1983. Becknell Books.
  • Jenkins, Stanley C. The Woodstock Branch. 2011. Wild Swan.
  • Judge, C.W. & C.R.Potts. An Historical Survey of the Somerset & Dorset Railway - Track Layouts and Illustrations. 1979. OPC.
  • Karau, Paul. Great Western Branch Line Termini - Combined Edition. 1977/1979. OPC.
  • Karau, Paul & Chris Turner. Country Branch Line - An Intimate Portrait of the Watlington Branch - Part 1. 1998. Wild Swan.
  • Karau, Paul & Chris Turner. Country Branch Line - An Intimate Portrait of the Watlington Branch - Part 2. 1998. Wild Swan.
  • Karau, Paul. The Henley-on-Thames Branch. 1982. Wild Swan.
  • Karau, Paul & Chris Turner. The Wallingford Branch. 1982. Wild Swan.
  • Kay, Peter. The Ashburton Branch - A New History. 2000. Peter Kay.
  • Kay, Peter. The Teign Valley Line. 1996. Wild Swan.
  • Kent, Geoff. The 4mm Wagon Part 1 - Opens, Minerals and Hoppers. 1991. Wild Swan.
  • Kent, Geoff. The 4mm Wagon Part 2 - General Merchandise Vans, Special Purpose Vans and Tank Wagons. 1995. Wild Swan.
  • Kent, Geoff. The 4mm Wagon Part 3 - Conflats & Containers, Wagons for long loads & steel, Brake Vans and Finishing Touches. 2004. Wild Swan.
  • Kingdom, Anthony R. The Princeton Branch. 1979. OPC.
  • Kingdom, Anthony R. The Totnes to Ashburton Railway (And the Totnes Quay Line). 1995. Ark Publications.
  • Kingdom, Anthony R. The Turnchapel Branch. 1982. OPC.
  • Kingdom, Anthony R. The Yealmpton Branch. 1974, OPC.
  • Kingscott, Geoffrey. Lost Railways Of Leicestershire & Rutland. 2006. Countryside Books.
  • Kneale, E.N. North Wales Steam (1927-1968). 1980. OPC.
  • Kneale, E.N. North Wales Steam, Volume 2. 1986. OPC.
  • Leigh, Chris. GWR Country Stations. 1985. Ian Allan Publishing.
  • Leigh, Chris. GWR Country Stations, Volume 2. 1984, Ian Allan Publishing.
  • Lingard, Richard. The Woodstock Branch. 1973. OPC.
  • Lloyd, Mike. The Tanat Valley Light Railway. 1990. Wild Swan.
  • Longworth, Hugh. British Railways Steam Locomotives 1948-1968. 2005. OPC.
  • Lyons, E. An Historical Survey of Great Western Engine Sheds 1947. 1972. OPC.
  • Maggs, Colin G. Britain's Railways in Colour: BR Steam in the 1950s and 1960s 2009. Haynes.
  • Maggs, Colin G. The Calne Branch. 1990. Wild Swan.
  • Maggs, Colin G. The Clevedon Branch. 1987. Wild Swan.
  • Mitchell, Vic & Keith Smith. Branch Lines to Horsham. 1982. Middleton Press.
  • Mitchell, Vic & Keith Smith. Burnham to Evercreech Junction. 1989. Middleton Press.
  • Mitchell, Vic et al. Branch Line To Upwell. 1985. Middleton Press.
  • Montgomery, S.J. & D.Nicholas. 100 Years of the Great Western. 1981. OPC.
  • Morrison, G.W. & J.S.Whiteley. The Big Four Remembered. 1989. Haynes.
  • Nixon, Les. Classic Steam - An evocation of the twilight years of the steam age. 1993. SLP.
  • Nock, O.S. The GWR Stars, Castles & Kings - Part 1: 1906-1930. 1967. David & Charles.
  • Nock, O.S. The GWR Stars, Castles & Kings - Part 2: 1930-1965. 1970. David & Charles.
  • Nock, O.S. The GWR Mixed Traffic 4-6-0 Classes. 1978. Ian Allan.
  • Nock, O.S. Great Locomotives of the GWR. 1990. PSL.
  • Nock, O.S. The British Steam Railway Locomotive 1925-1965. 1995. Promotional Reprint Company.
  • Nock, O.S. From the Footplate: Reminiscences of the last years of steam. 1984. Granada.
  • Nock, O.S. British Locomotives of the 20th Century. Volume 1: 1900-1930. 1985. PSL.
  • Nock, O.S. British Locomotives of the 20th Century. Volume 2: 1930-1960. 1985. PSL.
  • Nock, O.S. British Locomotives of the 20th Century. Volume 3: 1960-present day. 1985. PSL.
  • Norman, Barry. Landscape Modelling. 1986. Wild Swan.
  • Norman, Barry. Building a Model Railway - Designing a Layout. 1997. Wild Swan.
  • Parkhouse, Neil. British Railway History In Colour, Volume 1: West Gloucester and Wye Valley Lines. 2013. Lightmoor Press.
  • Parkhouse, Neil. British Railway History In Colour, Volume 2: Forest Of Dean Lines and the Severn Bridge. 2015. Lightmoor Press.
  • Paye, Peter. The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway. 1986. Wild Swan.
  • Paye, Peter. The Thaxted Branch. 1984. OPC.
  • Paye, Peter. The Stoke Ferry Branch. 1982. OPC.
  • Paye, Peter. The Saffron Walden Branch. 1981. OPC.
  • Paye, Peter. The Bishops Stortford, Dunmow & Braintree Branch. 1981. OPC.
  • Paye, Peter. The Wisbech & Upwell Tramway. 2009. Oakwood Press.
  • Peck, Alan S. The Great Western at Swindon Works. 2009. Heathfield Railway Publications/Ian Allan.
  • Peters, Ivo. The Somerset and Dorset - An English Cross Country Railway. 1974. OPC.
  • Peters, Ivo. The Somerset and Dorset in the Fifties. Volume 1: 1950-1954. 1981. OPC.
  • Peters, Ivo. The Somerset and Dorset in the Fifties. Volume 2: 1955-1959. 1981. OPC.
  • Peters, Ivo. The Somerset and Dorset in the Sixties. Volume 3: 1960-1962. 1982. OPC.
  • Peters, Ivo. The Somerset and Dorset in the Sixties. Volume 4: 1963-1966. 1983. OPC.
  • Pilton, Chris. Cottage Modelling for Pendon. 1987. Wild Swan.
  • Pomroy, L.W. The Teign Valley Line. 2984. OPC.
  • Pollins, Harold. Britain's Railways - An Industrial History. 1971. David & Charles.
  • Pope, Ian & Neil Parkhouse. Edwardian Dean in Colour, Volume 1: The Postcards issued by Tilley's of Ledbury Circa 1906-14. 1995. Lightmoor Press.
  • Pope, Ian & Paul Karau. The Forest Of Dean Branch, Volume 1. 1992. Wild Swan.
  • Pope, Ian & Paul Karau. The Forest Of Dean Branch, Volume 2. 1997. Wild Swan.
  • Pope, Ian; Bob How & Paul Karau. The Severn & Wye Railway Vol. 1. 1983. Wild Swan.
  • Pope, Ian; Bob How & Paul Karau. The Severn & Wye Railway Vol. 2. 1985. Wild Swan.
  • Pope, Ian & Paul Karau. The Severn & Wye Railway Vol. 3. 1988. Wild Swan.
  • Pope, Ian & Paul Karau. The Severn & Wye Railway Vol. 4. 2009. Wild Swan.
  • Pope, Ian. BR Steam in Dean: The photographs of Ben Ashworth. 1999. Black Dwarf Lightmoor.
  • Potts, C.R. An Historical Survey Of Selected Great Western Stations - Layouts and Illusrations, Volume 4. 1985. OPC.
  • Pryer, G.A. & G.J.Bowring. An Historical Survey of Selected Southern Stations - Track Layouts and Illustrations. 1980. OPC.
  • Rice, Iain. An Approach to Model Railway Layout Design - Finescale in Small Spaces. 1990. Wild Swan.
  • Rice, Iain. An Approach to Building Finescale Track in 4mm. 1991. Wild Swan.
  • Robertson, Kevin. The Lambourn Branch. 1984. Wild Swan.
  • Robertson, Kevin. The Lambourn Branch Revisited. 2008. Noodle Books.
  • Robotham, Robert & Frank Stratford. The Great Central from the Footplate. 2009. Heathfield Railway Publications/Ian Allan.
  • Rolt, L.T.C. Railway Adventure. 1962. The Country Book Club.
  • Rowe, Dave. Architectural Modelling in 4mm Scale. 1983. Wild Swan.
  • Russell, J.H. A Pictorial Record of Great Western Wagons. 1971. OPC.
  • Russell, J.H. A Pictorial Record of Great Western Engines - Combined Edition. 1975/1978. OPC.
  • Russell, J.H. A Pictorial Record of Great Western Absorbed Engines. 1978. OPC.
  • Russell, J.H. Freight Wagons and Loads in Service on the Great Western Railway and British Rail, Western Region. 1981. OPC.
  • Russell, Janet K. L. GWR Company Servants. 1983. Wild Swan.
  • Semmens, Peter. History of the Great Western Railway. Volume 1: Consolidation 1923-1929. 1986. Guild Publishing.
  • Semmens, Peter. History of the Great Western Railway. Volume 2: The Thirties 1930-1939. 1987. Guild Publishing.
  • Semmens, Peter. History of the Great Western Railway. Volume 3: Wartime and the Final Years 1940-1948. 1987. Guild Publishing.
  • Semmens, Peter. How Steam Locomotives Really Work. 2004. Oxford University Press.
  • Sharman, Mike. Flexichas - A Way to Build Compensated Model Locomotive Chassis. 1982. Oakwood Press.
  • Shurmer, Gordon & Mike Fenton. Swindon Engineman. 2006. Wild Swan.
  • Siviter, Roger. Rhythms of Steam - Images of the Steam Age Railway. 2000. SLP.
  • Smart, John (editor). Branch Line Memories. 1993. Atlantic Transport Publishers.
  • Smith, David J. GWR Switch and Crossing Practise. 2000. Great Western Study Group.
  • Smith, Peter. An Historrical Surbey of the Forest of Deab Railways - Layouts and Illustrations. 2984. OPC.
  • Smith, W.H. The Golden Valley Railway. 1993. Wild Swan.
  • Smith, W.H & Keith Beddoes. The Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway. 1980. OPC.
  • Topping, Brian. The Engine Driver's Manual: How to prepare, fire and drive a steam locomotive. 1998. OPC.
  • Vaughan, Adrian. A Pictorial Record of Great Western Architecture. 1977. OPC.
  • Vaughan, Adrian. A Pictorial Record of Great Western Signalling. 1973. OPC.
  • Vaughan, Adrian. Signalman's Reflections - A personal celebration of semaphore signalling. 1990. SLP.
  • Vaughan, Adrian. The Heart of the Great Western. 1994. SLP.
  • Vaughan, Adrian. BR (WR) Signalling. 1979. OPC.
  • Vaughan, Adrian. Great Western Portrait, 1913-1921. 1971. OPC.
  • Vaughan, John. Branches & Byways - Sussex and Hampshire. 2004. OPC.
  • Waters, Laurence. Around the Great Western Railway, Then and Now. 2009. Heathfield Railway Publications/Ian Allan.
  • Welch, Martyn. The Art of Weathering. 1993. Wild Swan.
  • Welch, Michael S. Great Western Branch Lines 1: South West. 2002. Runpast Publishing.
  • Welch, Michael S. Great Western Branch Lines 2: Rural Wales. 2003. Runpast Publishing.
  • Welch, Michael S. Southern Branch Lines. 2006. Capital Transport.
  • Welch, Michael S. Somerset & Dorset Sunset. 2008. Capital Transport.
  • Welch, Michael S. Western Steam in Devon & Cornwall. 2009. Capital Transport.
  • Whitehurst, Brian.  Great Western engines, names, numbers, types classes: 1940 to preservation. 1973. OPC.
  • Williams, Colin. Great Western Branch Line Steam 1. 1976. Bradford Barton.
  • Williams, Colin. Great Western Branch Line Steam 2. 1977. Bradford Barton.
  • Williams, Glyn. The Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway. 2010. Wild Swan.
  • Williams, Ken & Dermot Reynolds. The Kingsbridge Branch. 1978. OPC.
  • Williams, Stephen. Great Western Branch Line Modelling Part 1 - Prototype Layouts, Track & Signalling 1991. Wild Swan.
  • Williams, Stephen. Great Western Branch Line Modelling Part 2 - Prototype Buildings, Fittings & Traffic Operation. 1991. Wild Swan.
  • Williams, Stephen. Great Western Branch Line Modelling Part 2 - Creating a Model. 1993. Wild Swan.
  • Wragg, David. GWR Handbook. 2010. Haynes.
  • Yarwood, Mike F. Window On The Great Western: An Album of Everyday Scenes from the 1930s & 40s. 1989. Wild Swan.
  • Various authors. Model Railway Journal Compendium 1. 1988. Wild Swan.
  • Various authors. Model Railway Journal Compendium 2. 1994. Wild Swan.
  • Various authors. Model Railway Journal Compendium 3. 1997. Wild Swan.