Category: Reviews

By David John Hindle (hardback, Silver Link, 160pp, £25, ISBN 978 1 85794 497 6) Covering the Furness Railway route from Carnforth via Barrow-in-Furness to Workington, this book contains the expected history and description of

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By Les Wheeler, softback, Grange Publications & Les Wheeler, Hawthorn Terrace, Shilbottle, NE66 2XA 312pp, £19.99, ISBN 9 780995 554818. There have been many books written by enthusiasts detailing their travels in pursuit of BR

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By Derek Hayes (hardback, The Times/Harper Collins, 272pp, £30, ISBN 978 0 00 824948 9) While Britain did not invent the railway concept – that has been attributed to ancient Greek drama, when grooves were

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By Peter Best, Ian Gaylor and Stephen Phillips, edited by Tony Nicholson (softback, The 762 Club, www.lynton-rail.co.uk/shop £9.95 plus £2.50 p&p) As highlighted in our feature on pages 70-72, one of the landmark events of

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By Kevin McCormack and Martin Jenkins, (hardback, Pen & Sword Transport, 168pp, £25, ISBN 1473860296). This magnificent volume starts at simply evocative, and goes up from there. It is based around the collection of Blake

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By Don Benn (hardback, Pen & Sword, 322pp, £30, ISBN1473863066) Rarely has a railway book made such a timely appearance, and if you enjoyed our special exclusive report in this issue on how the Sunny

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By John Fletcher (softback, The Nostalgia Collection, 320pp, £25 (+10% P&P), ISBN 978 1 85794 507 2 ) The author readily admits to not having had a lifelong love of railways and was at least

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By Richard Furness (hardback, Poster to Poster Publishing, 254pp, £40 (£35 + p&p from www.postertoposter.co.uk), ISBN 978 0 9562092 7 6) It’s been a marathon, writes Geoff Courtney, with every step being recorded in Heritage

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