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Transport Book of the Year
E.L. Ahrons
Cecil J. Allen
Phil Atkins all papers
Michael Bonavia
Carter's Railway enthusiasm
John Chackfield
Zerah Colburn
Hamilton Ellis
Michael Freeman
Pater Handford
Richard Hardy
Robert Hendry
Ken Hoole
Geoff Hughes
Alan Jackson
David Jenkinson
Roger Lloyd
Norman McKillop
Sandy Mullay
O.S. Nock
E.M. Patterson
P.J.G. Ransom
Brian Reed
J.W.P. Rowledge
Mike Rutherford
David Ross
Sekon
Jack Simmons
W.O. Skeat
Samuel Smiles
Christopher Stead
Stretton
Paul Theroux
J. Thomas
W.A. Tuplin
A. Vaughan
Warren
Christian Wolmar
Yeadon

Biographies:
Many include patents

Civil engineers
Managers
Loco. engineers

Wm Adams
A. Allan
Armstrongs
Aspinall corrected
Barton Wright
Charles Beyer
Brunel
Bulleid
Burnett
Chapelon
Churchward
Collett
Crampton
Deeley
Drummonds [rev]
Fowler
Gresley
Holdens & Hill
Geo. Hughes
Ivatt
S.W. Johnson
Joy biography
Joy's Diaries [corrected]
Kirtleys
Marsh [Rev]
Mcintosh
Maunsell
Metcalfe
Ramsbottom
Raven [New]
Riddles
Robinson
Stanier
Stephensons
Stirlings
Stroudley
Sturrock
Thompson
Urie & brother
Wainwright
Webb [revised]
Whitelegg
Worsdells
Locomotive types
Chronology
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Caley locos
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LBSCR locos
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Furness locos
GWR types
broad gauge
Maunsell types
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Gresley locos
Thompson types
Fowler types
Stanier types
BR standards
Locos of WW2
Irish development
Irish engineers
Locos of Minor railways
Narrow gauge locos
Locomotive manufacturers
Magazines précised
Archive
Latest Archive (60)
Railway Archive (21)
Backtrack
British Railway Journal
Great Eastern Journal
Great Western Railway Journal.
Gresley Observer
J. Instn Locomotive Engineers
LMS Journal
LMS Loco. Profiles
Locomotive ...Magazine
Locomotives Illustrated
LNER [Journal]
Newcomen Soc. Trans
Min. Proc. Instn Civ. Engineers
Proc. Instn Mech. Engrs
Railway Bylines
Railway Magazine
Railways South East
Steam World June 2008
Trains Annual, etc


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Hamilton Ellis's estate & brief period as a spy

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Great Eastern Rly locos.:
can anyone supply copies of articles which appeared in Locomotive Magazine


Kevin Jones (KPJ)
IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT: the major engineering journals, including the Journal of the Institution of Locomotive Engineers and the Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers and Transactions of the Newcomen Society (the last being a paradigm of how this sort of thing should be domne) are now available on the Internet.>
Reference books
Dow's Dictionary of Railway Quotations

Oxford Companion to British Railway History

Oxford Dictionay of National Biography
Missing persons: Galton
Backtrack: January 2009 Issue (No. 213) now received

Bob Farmer's Index
Modellers' Backtrack
Bookshops & publishers

Ellis's Encyclopaedia
Improvements to Journal Institution of Locomotive Engineers: in future it is hoped to ease access to the excellent online archive run by the IMechE. Towiemore Station, August 1966
It was still open at the time –
The carriage body served as a waiting room!
Sean O'Brien The Drowned Book
and there is far more railway-inspired poetry
Locomotive design

Rubber components
Loco classes
LMS Class 5
Castle class
28XX consolidation
Thompson B1
Schools class
Merchant Navy
A4 Pacifics
NER locos
BR standards
History (brief)

Train times (UK)

Alternative service at Seat 61
VISUAL MATERIALS
Photographers
Guild of Railway Artists
Photos locomotives, stations, etc.
Signal boxes galore!!
Paintings & darwings

Lickey incline
Updated:
28 December 2008 (GMT)

Joy biography
Diaries [corrected]
Frank Jones's diaries
Magazines Richard's 1948 shots
Southern Railway posters
NBR locomotives
Testing locomotives
Irish locos North Norfolk Railway

Weybourne Station bookshop
Ahrons on the M&GNJR with through trains from Sheringham to King's Cross and from Norwich non-stop in under an hour
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Other Websites
National Railway Museum
Features what are considered to be pertinent web-sites on a monthly basis

Publishers & booksellers

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Societies

Cumbrian Railways Association
CRA chat group
CRA photos
Great Eastern Railway Society
Great Western 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
As well as being a museum this website is a source of both new and secondhand Wild Swan titles (British Railway Journal and Great Western Railway Journal and Archive). Although the website lacks direct ordering facilities contact is available by responsive email.
LMS Society (very attractive illustration of reboilered Claughton on home page), but no contact details.
The Locomotive Club of Great Britain is self-evident in its aims
London & North Western Railway Society
London & South Western Railway
Midland Railway Society
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
Excellent collection of libraries and archives
Railway Correspondence & Travel Society (RCTS) is one of the main enthusiast bodies in Great Britain
Southern Way: index of Southern Railway material
Stephenson Locomotive Society is the oldest (established 1909) enthusiast society
Vintage Carriages Trust & Museum

Steam railways/locomotive projects

A1 Steam Locomotive Society

Preseved railways

Bluebell Railway
Didcot Railway Centre
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
Llangollen Steam Railway
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

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