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Locomotive Stock Books

TitleAuthor(s)YearLibrary
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Locomotive Stock of Main Line Companies of Great Britain as at 31 December 1934RO Editors351
Locomotive Stock of Main Line Companies of Great Britain as at 31 December 1935RO Editors353
Locomotive Stock of Main Line Companies of GB and Ireland as at 31 December 1936Pollock, Smith, Prentice355
Locomotive Stock Book 1937
Locomotive Stock Book Appendix 1938Pollock, Smith, Prentice357
Locomotive Stock Book 1939Pollock, Smith, Prentice359
Locomotive Stock Alterations 1939-42RO Editors361
Locomotive Stock Book 1946Pollock, Smith, Prentice363
Locomotive Stock Book Appendix 1947Pollock, Smith, Prentice365
Locomotive Stock Book 1948Pollock, Smith, Prentice367
Locomotive Stock Book 1950Pollock, Smith, Prentice369
Locomotive Stock Book 1952Pollock, Smith, Prentice371
Locomotive Stock Alterations 1952-4Pollock, Fry373
Locomotive Stock Book 1960Stubbs, Boddy375
Locomotive Stock Book 1963Stubbs, Boddy377
Locomotive Stock Book 1966Stubbs, Knowles, Lissenden379
Locomotive Stock Book 1969
(With reprint of 1934 stock book)
Hope, Belton, Mallaband381
Locomotive Stock of British Railways 1977Wood, Mallaband383
1983 Locomotive Stock BookWood384

Coaching Stock Books

Coaching Stock Book of British Railways 1974Bowles, Mallaband391
Coaching Stock Book of British Railways 1976Bowles, Mallaband392
Coaching Stock of British Railways 1978Mallaband, Bowles393
British Rail Coaching Stock 1980Mallaband, Bowles394
British Rail Coaching Stock 1981Mallaband, Bowles395
British Rail Coaching Stock 1982Mallaband, Bowles396

Individual Locomotive Histories

Reprint of Institution of Locomotive Engineers Proceedings
A Modern Locomotive History - Ten Years Development on the LMSR 1923-1932Cox8297
The Development of LNER Locomotive DesignSpencer1555
History of SR Locomotives to 1938Cocks3538
The Late GJ Churchward‘s Locomotive Development on the Great Western RailwayCook1605

Locomotives of the LNER (1923-1937)Prentice, Proud19411528
Standard Gauge Locomotives of Egyptian State and Palestinian Railways (1942-5)RCTS Middle East branch19461430
2-8-0/2-10-0 Locomotives of the WD (1939-45)Pollock, White19461574
LNWR Eight-Coupled Goods EnginesGregory1950*1598
GJ Churchward‘s Locomotive DevelopmentCook19501605
The Great Eastern 0-6-0T‘sProud19541652
Great Eastern ‘Claud Hamilton‘ ClassProud19591680
Midland CompoundsTee19631740

Series Locomotive Histories

Locomotives of the Great Western Railway and its constituents
Part 1 - Preliminary Survey1951*1719
Part 2 - Broad Gauge1952*1720
Part 3 - Absorbed Engines 1854-19211956*1721
Part 4 - Six-wheeled Tender Engines1956*1722
Part 5 - Six coupled Tank Engines1958*1723
Part 6 - Four coupled Tank Engines1959*1724
Part 7 - Dean‘s Larger Tender Engines1954*1725
Part 8 - Modern Passenger Classes1953*1726
Part 9 - Standard Two-cylinder Classes1962*1727
Part 10 - Absorbed Engines 1922-194719661728
Part 11 - Rail Motor Vehicles and Internal Combustion Locomotives1952*1729
Part 12 - A Chronological and Statistical Survey19741730
Part 13 - Addendum and Corrigenda19831730A
Part 14 - Names, War Service and Preservation19931730B

Locomotives of the London and North Eastern Railway
Part 1 - Preliminary Survey1963*1741
Part 2A - Tender Engines - Classes A1 to A101975*1742A
Part 2B - Tender Engines - Classes B1 to B191975*1742B
Part 3A - Tender Engines - Classes C1 to C1119791743A
Part 3B - Tender Engines - Classes D1 to D1219811743B
Part 3C - Tender Engines - Classes D13 to D2419811743C
Part 4 - Tender Engines - Classes D25 to E71968*1744
Part 5 - Tender Engines - Classes J1 to J371966*1745
Part 6A - Tender Engines - Classes J38 to K519821746A
Part 6B - Tender Engines - Classes O1 to P21983*1746B
Part 6C - Tender Engines - Classes Q1 to Y101984*1746C
Part 7 - Tank Engines - Classes A5 to H21964*1747
Part 8A - Tank Engines - Classes J50 to J701970*1748
Part 8B - Tank Engines - Classes J71 to J941971*1749
Part 9A - Tank Engines - Classes L1 to N191977*1750A
Part 9B - Tank Engines - Classes Q1 to Z51977*1750B
Part 10A - Departmental Stock, Locomotive Sheds, Boiler and Tender Numbering1988*1751A
Part 10B - Railcars and Electric Stock19901751B
Part 11 - Supplementary Information19941751C

British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives
Volume 1 - Background and Pacific ClassesChancellor, Gilbert19943949A
Volume 2 - The 4-6-0 and 2-6-0 ClassesWalford20033949B
Volume 3 - The Tank Engine ClassesChancellor19973949C

Company Locomotive Histories

Great Northern Locomotive History
1 - 1847-66Groves19868475
2 - 1867-95 The Stirling EraGroves1987*8476
3A - 1896-1911 IvattGroves19908477A
3B - 1911-1923 GresleyGroves199x8477B

Locomotives of the Southern Railway and its constituents

Locomotives of the LSWR
1 - Beatties, North Devon Broad Gauge and miscBradley19651717
2 - Adams, Drummond, UrieBradley19661718
Locomotives of the London, Chatham & Dover RailwayBradley1960
1979
1681
3535
Locomotives of the South Eastern RailwayBradley1963
1985
1682
 
Locomotives of the South Eastern and Chatham RailwayBradley1961
1980
1683
3536

Locomotives of the LB&SCR
1 - London & Brighton, Craven, StroudleyBradley19691789
2 - Stroudley, RJ BillintonBradley19721788
3 - RJ Billinton, Marsh, LB BillintonBradley19741790
A Locomotive History of Railways on the Isle of WightBradley19823518

Locomotives of the Southern Railway
1 - Maunsell, misc, BulleidBradley19753501
2 - Bulleid PacificsBradley19763502

Locomotives of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and its constituents
Locomotives of the LNWR Southern DivisionJack2001
L&NWR Locomotive Names
Sequel to LMS Locomotive Names
Goodman2002
LMS Locomotive Design and ConstructionCook19903951
LMS Locomotive NamesGoodman19943952
LMS Diesel Locomotives and RailcarsRichards19963953
Raising Steam on the LMS
The Evolution of the LMS Boiler
Cook19993954

Highland Railway Locomotives
1 - Early days to the ‘Lochs‘Cormack, Stevenson19883998
2 - Drummond, Smith & Cummings ClassesCormack, Stevenson19903999

Railway Localities

Midland Traffic Survey 7th August 19562513
Fylde Coast Traffic Survey 5th September 19592534
North Eastern Region Traffic Survey 6th August 19602530
Traffic Survey on Southern Region 6th August 19602650
Sheffield Traffic Survey 11th August 19602531
North Wales Rail Traffic Survey 4th August 19622505
Railways of WeardaleRounthwaite19652776
Longmoor Military RailwayBagnall19663088
Railways of Dorset (Joint with the Dorset History and Archaeology Society)Lucking19682789
Railways of NottinghamRCTS East Midlands19692793
Lord Carlisle‘s RailwaysWebb, Gordon19782999
Yesterday's Railway EdinburghScottish Branch1983
Railways of the South Yorkshire Coalfield from 1880Barnett19842998
Shildon-Newport in RetrospectAppleby19903773
Western Change Summer Saturdays in the West 1957 - 1995Chancellor1995
A Traveller‘s Guide to the Robin Hood LineHitchens*19964918
The Railways of KeynshamLeitch1998
The Birkenhead RailwayMaund2001
Plymouth‘s Railways in the 1930‘sLeitch2002

The Great Northern Railway in the East Midlands
1 - Colwick Yards, Nottingham L Road - Gedling - BasfordHenshaw19994299A
2 - Nottingham Victoria, GC, Leen Valley NetworkHenshaw20004299B
3 - The Erewash Valley Lines, Pinxton Branch, Awsworth - Ilkeston, Heanor & Stanton BranchesHenshaw20004299C
4 - Nottingham - Grantham, Bottesford - Newark, Melton Mowbray, The Leicester Line and Ironstone BranchesHenshaw2000
Last update: October 2008