Book Review 5 - RailAdvent

Book Review: The Engineering Revolution, How the Modern World was changed by Technology edited by Angus Buchanan

This book provides us with an insight into some aspects of modern technological developments that have transformed our lives over the past 300 years.

Roger Smith 8th November 2023

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Book Review: Southern Railway 0-6-0 Tender Goods Locomotive Classes: a Survey & Overview by David Maidment

This book describes the 0-6-0 tender goods locomotives of the Southern Railway and the locomotives it took over at the 1923 railway grouping.

Roger Smith 5th November 2023

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Book Review: Rails from Shrewsbury: A Pictorial Journey 1970s to 2012 by Peter J Green

This book illustrates trains on lines around Shrewsbury from just after the end of steam with a selection of photos to satisfy the harshest critic.

Roger Smith 2nd November 2023

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Book Review: Remembering the Big Four: the LMS, LNER, SR and GWR in photographs by Paul Hurley and Jeremy Suter

This book looks back at the four railway companies that 100 years ago brought together over 100 smaller companies into the 'Big Four'.

Roger Smith 29th October 2023

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Book Review: Termination at the Halt by Yvonne Marrs

Termination at the Halt is a tale about one man’s re-creation of a disused station mixed with a fictional tale of paranormal goings-on and historica…

Roger Smith 22nd October 2023

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Book Review: Railways of the British Empire – The Indian Subcontinent by Colin Alexander and Alon Siton

An introduction to the many different railways and locomotive types that were to be found in the Indian subcontinent in the time of the British Empire…

Roger Smith 4th October 2023

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Book Review: Railroads of Wisconsin by Mike Danneman

This is a .photographic Journey showcasing the diversity and beauty of railroads in Wisconsin, and the different companies, liveries, and landscapes.

Roger Smith 17th September 2023

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Book Review: Railway Crimes Committed In Victorian Britain by Malcolm Clegg

This is an interesting book that describes a wide variety of crimes committed on, around, and against the railway in Victorian Britain.

Roger Smith 28th August 2023

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Book Review: Narrow Gauge and Industrial Railways by Brian and Ian Reading

An intriguing insight into Britain’s narrow gauge and industrial railways, with unusual locomotives and on lines often lost in vegetation.

Roger Smith 21st August 2023

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Book Review: MGR Coal Trains by Mike Rhodes

This book is a historical archive of what was an everyday scene when Merry-Go-Round coal trains were to be found in throughout most of the UK.

Roger Smith 13th August 2023

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