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Books Authorship Anthologies Transport Book of the Year 2011 winner: Peter Braine's Sir Richard Moon New RCHS publication: Terry Jenkins Sir Ernest Lemon New Oakwood publication: Eric LangridgeUnder ten CMEs Acworth E.L. Ahrons Ian Allan Cecil J. Allen Phil Atkins all papers Paul Atterbury Michael Bonavia Carter's Railway enthusiasm John Chackfield Zerah Colburn George & Andrew Dow Hamilton Ellis Chris Ellis Matthew Engel Michael Freeman Pater Handford Richard Hardy Robert Hendry Julian Holland Ken Hoole Geoff Hughes Alan Jackson David Jenkinson Norman Johnston Roger Lloyd Norman McKillop Klaus Marx Sandy Mullay O.S. Nock E.M. Patterson P.J.G. Ransom Brian Reed J.W.P. Rowledge Mike Rutherford David Ross Sekon Ernie Shepherd Jack Simmons W.O. Skeat Samuel Smiles Christopher Stead Stretton Paul Theroux J. Thomas W.A. Tuplin A. Vaughan Warren Whishsw Christian Wolmar Wragg's Dictionaty? Yeadon	Clouds of steam anthology: an experiment Magazines précised Archive Latest Archive (72) Railway Archive No. 33 Backtrack Backtrack: February 2012 Bob Farmer's Index Modellers' Backtrack British Railway Journal Early Railways conferences Great Eastern Journal Great Western Railway Journal. Gresley Observer J. Instn Locomotive Engineers Gresley Observer LMS Journal LMS Loco. Profiles Locomotive ...Magazine Locomotives Illustrated LNER [Journal] Midland Record Newcomen Soc. Trans North British Rly Study GP Min. Proc. Instn Civ. Engineers Proc. Instn Mech. Engrs Railway & Canal Historical soc. Railway Bylines Railway Magazine Railways South East Steam World key Steam World latest Trains Annual, etc Magazines: their character Magazine back issues Railways Archive very useful site for source documents especially official accident reports	Biographies: Many include patents Civil engineers Managers Loco. engineers William Adams Alexander Allan Armstrongs Aspinall Atock/Attock Barton Wright Charles Beyer Bradshaw Brunel Bulleid Burnett Chapelon Churchward Collett Crampton Deeley Drummonds [rev] Sir Henry Fowler Sir Nigel Gresley Holdens & Hill George Hughes Ivatts: father & son S.W. Johnson Joy biography Joy's Diaries Kirtleys Marsh [Rev] McIntosh Maunsell Metcalfe Ramsbottom Sir Vincent Raven Rennie family Riddles Robinson Sir William Stanier Stephensons: father & son Stirlings Stroudley Sturrock Thompson Trevithick Urie & brother Wainwright Frank Webb Whitelegg Worsdells	Locomotive types Chronology Early locomotives Caledonian Railway Highland Railway NBR (North British LBSCR (Brighton) Furness Railway GER (Great Eastern) GNR (Great Northern) GWR (Great Western) broad gauge LNWR (London & North Western) L&YR locos Midland Railway NER (North Eastern) By designer (Churchward included within GWR) Ivatt designs Maunsell designs Bulleid designs Gresley designs Thompson designs Fowler designs Stanier designs BR standards ("Riddles") WW1 and WW2 locomotives Irish development Irish engineers Minor railways' locomotives Narrow gauge locos Locomotive manufacturers Testing locomotives	search engine powered by FreeFind Use control "F" to find material within files Not found? Many failures are due to spelling or typing errors! The name indexes (below) are often more helpful Personal name index arranged in alphabetical order: Abt to Young Locomotive class index A1X to Z1, also 0F to 9F and 68XX Individual locomotives Shannon and St Martin, so far Corporate name index Includes names like Sharp Stewart Still puzzled??" Not found? Improvements?: steamindex@steamindex.com
Reference books Chrimes Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers Dow's Dictionary of Railway Quotations Marshall's Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers Oxford Companion to British Railway History Oxford Dictionay of National Biography Missing persons: Galton and more missing persons including Ahrons Dawn Smith's Biographical dictionary Updated: 27 January 2012	Inspecting Officers (Board of Trade) Joe Greaves' Private owners' wagon index	Bookshops & publishers Ellis's Encyclopaedia The best railway walk: Culzean to Dunure: Oakwood Railways to Turnberry fills in the detail after nearly sixty years Joy biography Diaries [corrected] Frank Jones's diaries	Railway accidents See Rolt's Red for danger Railway employees: tracing Did you find the site useful? if you did then sponsorship deal is needed to ensure long-term viability To authors: if your articles are not listed, and are relevant, please submit details New: Locomotive Magazine Volume 15 (1909): real King on footplate Haigh Foundry, Wigan Kevin Jones (KPJ) Publishers Railway enthusiasts Hamilton Ellis's estate & brief period as a spy Locomotive Magazine: HELP?? Transacord sound recordings Public library demise (or what is that if in Norwich) IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT: Major engineering journals, including Journal of the Institution of Locomotive Engineers Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Transactions of the Newcomen Society are now available on the Internet. CHARGES for pdf downloads are beyond the realms of scholarship Please see adjacent begging bowl Improvements to Journal Institution of Locomotive Engineers: in future it is hoped to ease access to the excellent online archive run by the IMechE.	Chief Mechanical Engineer There are some miserable scribes who consider that the title "Chief Mechanical Engineer" was a step down for a Locomotive Superintendent: if so see announcement of Drummond's advancement. Locomotive design Rubber components Jan Koopman's The fire burns much better: 200 years of in steam locomotive exhaust research, 1804-2004. The website of Mr Jones in particular is an amazing piece of work in its effort to complete a database of British railway literature. page. vii Schools class Merchant Navy A4 Pacifics NER locos BR standards History (brief) Train times (UK) Cheap train tickets Alternative service at Seat 61 MacGregorization or who killed the railways? VISUAL MATERIALS Colour-Rail F. Moore [Rudd] Photographers Guild of Railway Artists Photos locomotives, stations, etc. Signal boxes galore!! Paintings & darwings Lickey incline Richard's 1948 shots Southern Railway posters
Cumbrian Railways Association Caledonian Railway Association Glasgow & South Western Railway Association Highland Railway Society North British Railway Study Group Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Association Great Eastern Railway Society Gresley Society Historical Model Railway Society (HMRS) Contains many further references to sources of information. Industrial Railway Society Well conceived site: in bibliographical terms this is a paradigm for what a properly organized historical organization should do as all its out-of-print journal material is available online together with sufficient details to order in-print material. Irish Railway Preservation Society Kidderminster Railway Mueum LMS Society The Locomotive Club of Great Britain is self-evident in its aims London & North Western Railway Society London & South Western Railway Midland Railway Association Midland Railway Centre website Norfolk Railway Society North Eastern Railway Association Contains a considerable amount of bibliographical information, which may be accessed in EXCEL or HTML. Railway & Canal Historical Society Railway Correspondence & Travel Society (RCTS) is one of the main enthusiast bodies in Great Britain Stephenson Locomotive Society is the oldest (established 1909) enthusiast society Vintage Carriages Trust & Museum Steam railways/locomotive projects Societies A1 Steam Locomotive Society Clan Line preservation group	North Norfolk Railway Weybourne Station bookshop Sheringham level crossing And how it was in 1907 Ahrons on the M&GNJR with through trains from Sheringham to King's Cross and from Norwich non-stop in under an hour and what its like today	Steam railways/locomotive projects A1 Steam Locomotive Society National Railway Museum Features what are considered to be pertinent web-sites on a monthly basis Publishers & booksellers See publishers Preseved railways Bluebell Railway Didcot Railway Centre Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Llangollen Steam Railway Middleton Railway Trust Nene Valley Railway North Norfolk Railway North Yorkshire Moors Railway Scottish Railway Preservation Society Scottish Tramway & Transport Society Severn Valley Raiway More informative site abut SVR Talyllyn Railway Towcester SMJ West Somerset Railway Company Watercress Line Preseved railways American history: includes Norfolk Southern Other: railway signalling Semaphore signals	Great Northern Railway Society Great Central Railway Society Extraordinary locomotives

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