British Rail In The Eighties
The book I read to research this post was BR in the Eighties by Patrick Whitehouse et al which is a very good book that I bought at a local secondhand bookstore. At the beginning of the eighties...
View ArticleThe Pacific Railroad
The book I read to research this post was Nothing Like It In The World by Stephen E Ambrose which is a very good book which I bought from a local secondhand bookstore. This book is the story of the...
View ArticleThe Orient Express
The book I read to research this post was The Orient Express by Michael Barsley which is a very good book which I bought from a local secondhand bookstore. This book is only around 200 pages and was...
View ArticleThe West Coast Line
The book I read to research this post was Roaming The West Coast Rails by Derek Cross which is a very good book which I bought from a local secondhand bookstore. This book was published in 1980 so is...
View ArticleThe History Of The Railways
The book I read to research this post was Blood, Iron & Gold by Christian Wolmar which is an excellent book which I bought from a local book store. The first railway being opened between Liverpool...
View ArticleVirgin Trains
The book I read to research this post was Virgin Trains by John Balmforth which is a very good book which I bought from a local bookstore. This book is around 80 pages and has some wonderful photos of...
View ArticleReading
The book I read to research this post was Rail Centres: Reading by Laurence Waters which is a very good book which I bought from Amazon. Reading the county town of Berkshire was linked by the Kennet...
View ArticleSheffield
The book I read to research this post was Rail Centres: Sheffield by Stephen R Batty which is a very good book which I bought from Amazon. Sheffield is one of the great industrial centres of Britain...
View ArticleThe Thaxted Branch
The book I read to research this post was The Thaxted Branch by Peter Paye which is an excellent book which I bought from Amazon. Peter is an expert on the history of the trains in Eastern England and...
View ArticleThe Framlingham Branch
The book I read to research this post was The Framlingham Branch by Peter Paye which is an excellent book which I bought from a specialist bookstore. This book is about a small branch line that went to...
View ArticleThe Hayling Railway
The book I read to research this post was The Hayling Railway by Peter Paye which is an excellent book which I bought from a specialist bookshop. This is a new book which has only recently been...
View ArticleThe Cleobury Mortimer & Ditton Priors Light Railway
The book I read to research this post was the Cleobury Mortimer & Ditton Priors Light Railway by MRC Price which is an excellent book which I bought from a local bookshop. This book is the 3rd...
View ArticleThe L M S
The book I read to research this was Salute To The L M S by Cecil J Allen which is a very good book which I bought from a secondhand bookstore. This book is almost certainly out of print but it is...
View ArticleThe L M S From 1923-30
The book I read to research this post was A History Of The L M S 1923-1930 by O S Nock which is a very good book which I bought from a local secondhand bookstore. O S Nock has written around 150 books...
View ArticleKings & Castles Of The G W R
The book I read to research this post was Kings & Castles Of The G W R by O S Nock which is a very good book which I bought from a local secondhand bookstore. This book is quite old and probably...
View ArticleThe West Coast Pacifics
The book I read to research this post was The West Coast Pacifics by John F Clay et al which is a very good book. The Pacific Class steam locomotives and its variants were the only class of steam train...
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