Tag: RailAdvent

Book Review: Great Western 0-6-2 Tank Engines, Absorbed & Swindon Designed Classes by David Maidment

This book describes the Great Western Railway’s 0-6-2 tank engines, including those…

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Book Review: George & Robert Stephenson: Pioneer Inventors and Engineers by Anthony Burton

This biography describes the influence of the great British engineers George and…

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Book Review: Freight Trains in the North of England, an Illustrated Survey 1955-2018 by John Matthews

This book provides an appreciation of a variety of freight trains, their…

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Book Review: The Railway That Helped Win The Crimean War by Anthony Dawson

This book provides a detailed account of the railway built for the…

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Book Review: Black Country Steam, Western Region Operations 1948-1967 by Paul Dorney

This book illustrates trains on Western Region lines in the Black Country…

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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…

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Book Review: Trains Through Nuneaton by John Jackson

This book describes the importance of Nuneaton as a railway crossroads, and…

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Book Review: Preserved Shunters by Andrew Cole

The book covers all classes of diesel shunters that have been saved…

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Book Review: Images of the British Railway Landscape by David Goodyear

The book captures the railway as part of the landscape, where the…

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Book Review: Illinois Railroads by Mike Danneman

The book provides an appreciation of the large numbers of railroads to…

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