This fascinating 52 page A5 size booklet is a listing of Registation Numbers allocated by the Railway Executive, British Transport Commission and British Railways Board to railway locomotives of independent operators allowed to be used on the main line network.  These plates were usually fitted to the locomotives.

The Bowes Railway

 Colin E. Mountford   IRS (BLS)  1966

Used ,good condition,

This A5 size soft cover book has 162 pages and offers details of every National Coal Board locomotive used in West and North Yorkshire (1947-2002).

This A5 size soft cover book has 140 pages including 7 maps and 32 black and white photographs. It list details of every National Coal Board locomotive used in the South Yorkshire coalfield which was one of the largest in England. Major sites were at Askern, Manvers, Wath, Barnsley, Doncaster, Bentley, Hatfield, Thorne, New Stubbin, Yorkshire Main and Smithywood plus numerous other locations.

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 locoation 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.

492 pages in hardback,

272 pages of text, including 24 pages of full colour maps.  The central part of this area is known as the City of London. Much of the industry is situated along the River Thames with its extensive dockyards and ancillary activities. The book also inclues the Woolwich Arsenal, Camden, Chelsea, Clapton, Poplar, Putney, Southwark, Lewisham and Sydenham. The book contains a comprehensive selection of 80 interesting colour and black and white photographs.

Published in 2011 with 372 pages of text, including 35 pages of full colour maps.  Essex is primarly an agricultural county and as such many of the industrial railways in the area are associated with farming and its products such as sugar. The book contains a comprehensive selection of 159 interesting black and white photographs.

This book has 208 pages and completes our coverage of the county of Glamorgan (see also Mid & South Glamorgan), including 11 pages of full colour maps.  Long term industrial activity in West Glamorgan was centred around the docks in Swansea and the coal mines of the West Wales coalfield. The book includes Swansea, Clydach, Gorseinon, Ystslyfera, Cwmmer, Margam, Neath, the Rheola Forest and Landore. The book contains a comprehensive selection of 64 interesting black and white photographs.

Published in 1997 with 400 pages of text, including 27 pages of full colour maps.  

The author, Allan C. Baker, is a renowned expert on North Staffordshire and he has used his extensive knowledge of the area to produce a comprehensive survey of its industrial railways. The area includes the important cities of Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford with their respective coal mining and iron and steel industries.
There were major industrial activities at Chatterley Whitfield and Blythe Bridge. In addtion the book details industrial railway locations in Cheddleton, Kidsgrove, Cheadle, Sudbury and Stone.  The book contains a comprehensive selection of 144 interesting black and white photographs.