Book Review: The Sandstone Steam Railway – the story continues by David Richardson
This book describes the world's most ambitious preservation project, which is home…
Book Review: Thompson, His Life and Locomotives by Tim Hillier-Graves
Thompson, His Life and Locomotives is an immensely readable biography of the…
Book Review: The Minor Railways of East Anglia: Development Demise & Destiny by Rob Shorland-Ball
3 out of 5Very poor organisation with too much irrelevant information.
This book describes some of the minor railways of the region that…
Book Review: The Metropolitan-Vickers Type 2 Co-Bo Diesel-Electric Locomotives by Anthony P. Sayer
This book provides a detailed history of these unsuccessful locomotives, commonly known…
Book Review: The History of the London Underground Map by Caroline Roope
This book traces the history of London’s iconic ‘Tube’ map which has…
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…
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…
Book Review: Rails from Shrewsbury: A Pictorial Journey 1970s to 2012 by Peter J Green
4.3 out of 5This book continues Peter J Green’s series of books featuring railways at the end of the 20th and beginning of the 21st century. He has chosen an excellent selection of photographs that provide a good impression of services on the multiplicity of lines that radiate from Shrewsbury.
This book illustrates trains on lines around Shrewsbury from just after the…
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…
Book Review: Termination at the Halt by Yvonne Marrs
Termination at the Halt is a tale about one man’s re-creation of…