The Industrial Railways of Bolton, Bury and the Manchester Coalfield

Part 1 - Bolton & Bury

by C.H.A. Townley, C.A. Appleton, F.D. Smith & J.A. Peden

Used Hardback, good condition,

Small Mines of South Wales
Volume 2

by A.J. Booth

Used Hardback, excellent condition  £10

This series of books covers over 100 small mines in the UK and is the culmination of many years of work by the author, Adrian Booth, who visited and documented these lesser known railways during the 1970s. This volume cover 34 privately owned mines in South Wales. 112 pages.

This series of books covers over 100 small mines in the UK and is the culmination of many years of work by the author, Adrian Booth, who visited and documented these lesser known railways during the 1970s. This volume cover 28 privately owned mines north of a line from the Humber to the Mersey. 112 pages. 

This series of books covers over 100 small mines in the UK and is the culmination of many years of work by the author, Adrian Booth, who visited and documented these lesser known railways during the 1970s. This volume cover 28 privately owned mines south of a line from the Humber to the Mersey. 96 pages. 

Industrial Locomotives of Mid & South Glamorgan

by Geoffrey Hill  IRS 2007

Used, Hardcover, good condition £16

Published in 2007 with 384 pages of text, including 19 pages of full colour maps.  This Handbook contains the whole of Glamorgan excluding the western part which has its own book.  The area contained hundreds of industrial railway sites centered on the extensive South Wales coalfield with associated steelworks and dockyards. The book includes locations in Merthyr, Dowlais, Mountain Ash and Aberdare, Pontypool, Cardiff, Barry and Aberthaw.  The book contains a comprehensive selection of 95 interesting black and white photographs.

Industrial Railways & Locomotives of Worcestershire - Preliminary draft

Andrew Smith   Industrial Railway Society 2005

softback, used, excellent condition,  £6

Industrial Locomotives of Nottinghamshire

by Ian R. Bendall  IRS 1999

384 pages of text, including 23 pages of full colour maps.  Early industrial activity in Nottinghamshire centered around the Erewash valley and the activitiies of the Butterley company. The county contained some of the richest coal seams in England and these were worked for several hundred years including extensive new mines sunk by the National Coal Board. The book includes the areas around Worksop, Retford, Bevercotes, Mansfield, Eastwood, Newark, Babbington, Gedling, Nottingham and Gotham. The book contains a comprehensive selection of 95 interesting black and white photos

The Railways of Porthgain and Abereiddi

R C Jermy  Oakwood Press 1986

Softback, good condition,   

Many photos, 56 pages