Book Review: The Chester And Holyhead Railway, A New History by Philip M Lloyd
This book describes why Holyhead was chosen as the departure point for Ireland and the history of the line between Chester and Holyhead.
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Book Review: The B T H & North British Type 1 Bo-Bo Diesel-Electric Locomotives – British Railways Class 15 & 16, Design, Development and Demise by Anthony P. Sayer
This book provides a huge amount of detail on how the Class 15 and Class 16 locos came to be built, their technical specifications, and life histories…
Book Review: Steam in my Lens by Malcolm Batten
This book features the photos of Reg Batten and covers from the early 1930s through wartime and the 1950s, and onto steam in the preservation era.
Book Review: Railways and Industries in North East Wales and Deeside by Bob Shorland-Ball
This book takes an in-depth look at the development of mineral resources and industries in northeast Wales and their associated railways.
Book Review: London’s Historic Railway Terminal Stations by Geoff Swaine
This book provides an illustrated overview of London’s historic terminal railway stations with the exception of Broad Street and Holborn Viaduct.
Book Review: Carmarthen to Fishguard Harbour by John Hodge
This book continues the author’s excellent series of books on West Wales Railways with a description of the line from Carmarthen to Fishguard Harbou…
Book Review: Great Northern Railway Gallery, A Pictorial Journey Through Time by Michael A. Vanns
This lavishly-illustrated book tells the story of the Great Northern Railway from its inception in 1846 until its absorption into the LNER in 1923
Book Review: Oliver Bulleid’s Locomotives, Their Design And Development by Colin Boocock
This book continues Pen & Sword's Locomotive Portfolios series, but with a study of Oliver Bulleid’s range of locos rather than an individual class.
Book Review: Great Central Railway Joint Operations around Manchester and in South Yorkshire by Bob Pixton
This lavishly-illustrated book looks at lines that operated jointly with the Great Central around Manchester and across the Pennines into Yorkshire.
Book Review: Britain’s Railways in the First World War by Michael Foley
The book is similar to the author's book on the Second World War and tells of how railway companies coped during the First World War.