Category: Reviews

BOOKS Southern Steam Days Remembered II By Kevin Derrick IT SEEMS hard to believe it is now half a century since steam operations ceased on British Railway’s Southern Region. This lavishly produced limited edition photographic

By B W L Brooksbank and Peter Tuffrey THIS is a condensed softback version of a book produced by Ben Brooksbank 20 years ago, and has the added attraction of several new photographs. As an

IN PASSENGER terms, Britain has the fastest-growing railway in Europe, and although the damage caused to the physical network by the Beeching cuts of the 1960s can never be rectified, huge strides have been made

By Adrian S Garner THIS second volume in Adrian S Garner’s exhaustive study of monorails continues the story from 1900 to the mid-20th century, and reveals some remarkable railways in the UK and further afield,

By Andy Sparks ANDY Sparks is no ordinary railway photographer, and this is not your average railway book filled with front three-quarter views of trains going around curves. Blessed with a good eye for composition

By the Dean Forest Railway Museum Trust THE publication of a first volume by the Dean Forest Railway Museum Trust (now out of print) about railways in the Forest of Dean, triggered an avalanche of

Jonathan Beaumont and Barry Carse THE picturesque single-track through route that meandered south-west from Limerick to Tralee from 1880 until 1975 is still considered a loss to the Republic of Ireland’s railway network more than

By Peter Tuffrey IT WASN’T that many years ago that detailed books on ‘A3s’ were something of a rarity compared with those covering other famous classes. Indeed, it wasn’t until as relatively recently as 2002/3

By Paul Malmassari THIS is a true magnum opus, containing 528 pages, weighing 5½lb and priced at £50, but it will be invaluable to anyone even vaguely interested in the subject of railways and war.