If you are a keen train spotter then you will love this book of photographs of steam engines with accompanying descriptions. The book also shares the details of the photographer, Reg Batten his background & life, his hobbies, his cameras, his friends and his joy.
NetGalley, Heather Cracknell
If you are a keen train spotter then you will love this book of photographs of steam engines with accompanying descriptions. The book also shares the details of the photographer, Reg Batten his background & life, his hobbies, his cameras, his friends and his joy.
NetGalley, Heather Cracknell
Another classic from David Maidment who this time looks at the Southern Railway’s 0-6-0 Tender Goods locomotives. This series of locomotive histories are a must for anyone remotely interested in the type of engines seen on the Southern Railway in its heyday.
Branch Line & Light Railway Publications flyer
Another classic from David Maidment who this time looks at the Southern Railway’s 0-6-0 Tender Goods locomotives. This series of locomotive histories are a must for anyone remotely interested in the type of engines seen on the Southern Railway in its heyday.
Branch Line & Light Railway Publications flyer
Thompson seems to have rather divided opinion during his lifetime, and has certainly done so since his death; this book takes a commendably dispassionate view of its subject, and provides a useful overview of the man and his role in the LNER’s history.
LNER Society Newsletter, Spring 2021
Thompson seems to have rather divided opinion during his lifetime, and has certainly done so since his death; this book takes a commendably dispassionate view of its subject, and provides a useful overview of the man and his role in the LNER’s history.
LNER Society Newsletter, Spring 2021
Referenced in ‘Added reading’ part of [i]Five Electric Generation[/i] article
Railways Illustrated, April 2021
Referenced in ‘Added reading’ part of [i]Five Electric Generation[/i] article
Railways Illustrated, April 2021
[b]Review by Roger Backhouse[/b]
... overall, it is a good addition to railway histories using sources other rail historians could usefully follow.
York Model Engineers newsletter
[b]Review by Roger Backhouse[/b]
... overall, it is a good addition to railway histories using sources other rail historians could usefully follow.
York Model Engineers newsletter
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Locomotive Portraits
Whilst ever there have been railways there have been artists keen to paint them. Many famous names have included aspects of the railways in their paintings, including most notably Claude Monet and J M W Turner. This enthusiasm has been kept alive by the formation in the UK of the Guild of Railway Artists, of which there are over two hundred members… Read more...
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Flying Scotsman
From hauling the first non-stop express from London to Edinburgh in 1928 and breaking the 100mph barrier in 1934, to being sold in 1963, and to its final home at the York National Railway Centre, The Flying Scotsman has a rich and, at times, controversial history. It has travelled across the USA and steamed across Australia, changed owners and colour… Read more...
