170 pages plus full colour maps

170 pages plus full colour maps

Industrial Railways & Locomotives of Worcestershire - Preliminary draft

Andrew Smith   Industrial Railway Society 2005

softback, used, excellent condition,  £6

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.

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.

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.

Industrial Locomotives of Dyfed & Powys

John de Havilland  IRS 1994

 £12 (hard cover) very good condition

Published in 1994 with 342 pages of text, including location maps.  This Handbook contains the whole of West and Mid-Wales with its numerous interesting industrial railway sites including those around Llanelli, Towyn, Brecon, Gwili, Carmarthen, Milford Haven and Pembroke.The book contains a comprehensive selection of 64 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.

170 pages plus full colour maps