Book Review: The Derek Cross Collection, The Southern In Transition 1946 – 1966 by David Cross
This book by renowned railway photographer Derek Cross illustrates the Southern Railway and Southern Region from the 1940s to the end of steam.
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Book Review: A Comprehensive Guide to Railway Request Stops by Anthony Hart
This book describes the author's quest to visit, photograph, and spend time at every request stop on mainland Britain.
Book Review: Victoria’s Railway King by Geoff Scargill
This book looks at Sir Edward Watkin who was chairman of numerous British and overseas railway companies and started to build a channel tunnel.
Book Review: Trains Through Nuneaton by John Jackson
This book describes the importance of Nuneaton as a railway crossroads, and the source and variety of trains that pass through the area.
Book Review: The Great Western Steam Retreat by Keith Widdowson
This book recalls the authors' locospotting adventures at the end of steam, backed up by notes made at the time which were of variable detail.
Book Review: Preserved Shunters by Andrew Cole
The book covers all classes of diesel shunters that have been saved for preservation, with the exception of Class 13 of which none survived.
Book Review: MOD Railways by Michael Hitchen
This book illustrates railways at some of the many different types of MOD establishments that had railway systems, both standard and narrow gauge.
Book Review: Japanese Steam in the 1970s by Yoshi Hasida
This book captures some of Japan's remaining steam engines in a variety of settings in Western Japan and on Hokkaido between 1971 and 1975.
Book Review: Images of the British Railway Landscape by David Goodyear
The book captures the railway as part of the landscape, where the trains provide the soul and atmosphere that complement the landscape.
Book Review: Croydon Tramlink – A Definitive History by Gareth David
This hardback from publishers Pen & Sword describes the history of Croydon Tramlink, which links Wimbledon with Croydon in South London.