Railway Books

Southern Main Lines

Basingstoke to Salisbury

by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith

Once the pride of the London & South Western Railway, this important route h...

Great Railway Eras

Talyllyn 60

by Vic Mitchell

This 2ft 3ins gauge line has a unique place in railway history as the first publ...

Eastern Main Lines

Shenfield to Ipswich

by Vic Mitchell

This historic main line has undergone many station improvements and changes of r...

Great Railway Eras

Beamish 40 years on rails

by Roger Darsley & Paul Jarman

The North of England Open Air Museum at Beamish, County Durham, operates in two ...

Midland Main Lines

Chester to Rhyl

by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith

The first section is close to the Dee Estuary and it attracted many industrial p...

Narrow Gauge

Central and Southern Spain Narrow Gauge

by John Organ

From the windswept plains of Castile to the barren industrial wastelands of Huel...

Western Main Lines

Bristol to Taunton

by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith

The quaint long-forgotten intermediate country stations are all illustrated, alo...

Southern Main Lines

St. Pancras to Folkestone

by Richard Neville-Carlé

Britain's first High Speed line runs through the Garden of England and also some...

Welsh Valleys

Pontypridd to Port Talbot

by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith

The two Rhondda Valleys required a complex railway system to cope with their pro...

Narrow Gauge

Northern Spain Narrow Gauge

by John Organ

Between 1896 and 1972 an extensive metre gauge railway network was constructed t...

Narrow Gauge

Douglas - Laxey - Ramsey

by Tom Heavyside

The Manx Electric Railway was a pioneer in electric traction and has become a na...

Country Railway Routes

Oswestry to Whitchurch

by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith

The route formed the eastern extremity of the Cambrian Railways and many unique ...

Branch Lines

Branch Lines of Midhurst

by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith

The three routes to Midhurst were widely admired for their rural charm and class...

Country Railway Routes

Hertford Loop

by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith

The Enfield branch was extended north to form the Hertford Loop and thus create ...

Western Main Lines

Shrewsbury to Chester

by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith

Once part of the GWR's Didcot to Birkenhead route, this line carried a heavy coa...