Books and reference materials All printed and online reference materials Mon, 08 Jun 2026 04:51:32 +0000 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 04:51:32 +0000 Platform1mrc.com http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?forums/books-and-reference-materials/ The Railway Magazine - January 1959 Fri, 20 Mar 2026 21:06:52 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/the-railway-magazine-january-1959.7170/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/the-railway-magazine-january-1959.7170/ invalid@example.com (Roger Farnworth) Roger Farnworth This article gives a quick review of the January 1959 issue of the Railway Magazine. …

Starting with the Editorial Notes. ....

Editorial Notes
Looking back at past editorials in The Railway Magazine highlights the ongoing debate at the time over the best form of terrestrial travel – road -v- rail.



The Railway Magazine - January 1959]]> 1 The Railway Magazine - March 1959 Sat, 14 Mar 2026 21:21:43 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/the-railway-magazine-march-1959.7175/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/the-railway-magazine-march-1959.7175/ invalid@example.com (Roger Farnworth) Roger Farnworth Just a snap shot of the things appearing in the March 1959 issue of The Railway Magazine. [1]

1. There were adverts on the inside of the front cover – 5 of them. …. (Page ii of the March 1959 Railway Magazine.)

The 34th Model Railway Club Model Railway Exhibition was due to take place in Easter Week. It would run from Tuesday March 31st to Saturday April 4th at Central Hall Westminster. On Tuesday provision appears to have been made for the final...

The Railway Magazine - March 1959]]> The Railway Magazine - December 1952 - Advertising Tue, 10 Mar 2026 21:28:02 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/the-railway-magazine-december-1952-advertising.7167/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/the-railway-magazine-december-1952-advertising.7167/ invalid@example.com (Roger Farnworth) Roger Farnworth
http://rogerfarnworth.com/2026/01/16/the-railway-magazine-december-1952-advertising/]]> Christmas 2025 - Books - Review and Notes Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:58:22 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/christmas-2025-books-review-and-notes.7158/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/christmas-2025-books-review-and-notes.7158/ invalid@example.com (Roger Farnworth) Roger Farnworth 1. Colin Judge

I received a few welcome gifts for Christmas 2025.

Colin Judge; The Locomotives, Railway and History 1916-1919 of the National Filling Factory No. 14, Hereford; Industrial Railway Society, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, 2025, was one of these.

I have an abiding interest in the railways of Hereford and so was delighted to receive Colin Judge’s book as a Christmas present.

Judge’s book focusses on an area to the Southeast of Hereford, surrounding Rotherwas...

Christmas 2025 - Books - Review and Notes]]> 2 David Gwyn; The Coming of the Railway: A New Global History, 1750-1850, Yale UP, 2023 Mon, 08 Dec 2025 20:10:06 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/david-gwyn-the-coming-of-the-railway-a-new-global-history-1750-1850-yale-up-2023.7099/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/david-gwyn-the-coming-of-the-railway-a-new-global-history-1750-1850-yale-up-2023.7099/ invalid@example.com (Roger Farnworth) Roger Farnworth A review of what Yale University Press calls, 'The first global history of the epic early days of the iron railway.'

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2025/10/0...0-yale-university-press-london-new-haven-2023

I found this book to be easy to read and yet deeply scholarly. A superb, informative and enjoyable read! It is not too often that you find a railway history book as readable as a...

David Gwyn; The Coming of the Railway: A New Global History, 1750-1850, Yale UP, 2023]]> New South Wales Government Railways Coaching Stock Books Sat, 03 May 2025 05:07:01 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/new-south-wales-government-railways-coaching-stock-books.6939/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/new-south-wales-government-railways-coaching-stock-books.6939/ invalid@example.com (Gary) Gary
The first book I purchased was 'Coaching Stock of the NSW Railways Vol. 2'.
This book isn't cheap at $110.00 (new), but the info inside is priceless.
This book has a tonne of information about the coaching stock, whether that be the American style sleeping and suburban cars right through to the Indian Pacific cars.


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[url='http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/new-south-wales-government-railways-coaching-stock-books.6939/']New South Wales Government Railways Coaching Stock Books[/url]]]> June 1922: The Silver Jubilee of The Railway Magazine Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:23:27 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/june-1922-the-silver-jubilee-of-the-railway-magazine.6869/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/june-1922-the-silver-jubilee-of-the-railway-magazine.6869/ invalid@example.com (Roger Farnworth) Roger Farnworth
In celebrating its Silver Jubilee, The Railway Magazine was also offering, in its June 1922 edition, its 300th number.

Reading through the various celebratory articles, a common theme encountered was comparisons between 1897 and 1922....

June 1922: The Silver Jubilee of The Railway Magazine]]> Narrow Gauge & Industrial Review Wed, 08 Jan 2025 16:36:58 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/narrow-gauge-industrial-review.5715/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/narrow-gauge-industrial-review.5715/ invalid@example.com (John Clutterbuck) John Clutterbuck
  • Weathering Heights -...

Narrow Gauge & Industrial Review]]> 15 Railway Statistics - The Railway Magazine, July 1903 Thu, 19 Sep 2024 21:21:09 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/railway-statistics-the-railway-magazine-july-1903.6754/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/railway-statistics-the-railway-magazine-july-1903.6754/ invalid@example.com (Roger Farnworth) Roger Farnworth Railway Statistics – The Railway Magazine, July 1903 and a brief look at modern figures. …

J. Holt Schooling produced a series of articles in The Railway Magazine after the turn of the 20th century. I came across the third of these in the July 1903 edition of the magazine. Elsewhere in the same magazine, there was a short note which highlighted the total net receipts of all Britain’s railways companies with the figures...

Railway Statistics - The Railway Magazine, July 1903]]> The Railway Magazine, November 1899 Thu, 19 Sep 2024 16:11:18 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/the-railway-magazine-november-1899.6745/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/the-railway-magazine-november-1899.6745/ invalid@example.com (Roger Farnworth) Roger Farnworth Adverts

This is the earliest Railway Magazine that I have so far been able to view and it takes us back into the 19th century. ... A rather tatty copy with both front two and at least the back two pages missing.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/09/07/the-railway-magazine-november-1899-adverts/]]> 3 The Railway Magazine, August 1905 - Adverts Fri, 06 Sep 2024 20:02:24 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/the-railway-magazine-august-1905-adverts.6744/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/the-railway-magazine-august-1905-adverts.6744/ invalid@example.com (Roger Farnworth) Roger Farnworth The August 1905 edition of the Railway Magazine was the 98th issue. In preparation for its 100th edition, it carried an advert for its 'centenary' of issues. ... The Railway Magazine had been established for over 8 years!

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/08/11/the-railway-magazine-august-1905-advertising/]]> 2 The Railway Magazine, January 1934: Water Troughs, GWR Cap. Prog., Campbeltown, etc. Thu, 05 Sep 2024 12:49:56 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/the-railway-magazine-january-1934-water-troughs-gwr-cap-prog-campbeltown-etc.6743/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/the-railway-magazine-january-1934-water-troughs-gwr-cap-prog-campbeltown-etc.6743/ invalid@example.com (Roger Farnworth) Roger Farnworth
https://wordpress.com/post/rogerfarnworth.com/53679

Water Pick-Up Troughs

Some superb diagrams showing the operation of water troughs were included on page 4 of the January 1934 edition of The Railway Magazine.

The GWR Capital Programme

The Railway Magazine noted, "A special programme of extensions and improvements, involving a cost of over £8,000,000, was put in hand by the GWR under...

The Railway Magazine, January 1934: Water Troughs, GWR Cap. Prog., Campbeltown, etc.]]> 'Railway' or 'Railroad'? Thu, 05 Sep 2024 06:05:12 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/railway-or-railroad.6741/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/railway-or-railroad.6741/ invalid@example.com (Roger Farnworth) Roger Farnworth An article in The Railway Magazine, August 1905 discussed the use of 'Railway' and 'Railroad' in different jurisdictions around the world at the turn of the 20th century.

As the linked article suggests, there was considerable uncertainty over the use of the two terms.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/08/14/railway-or-railroad/]]> 2 The Modern Tramway Journal in the mid-20th century. ... Sun, 30 Jul 2023 19:04:00 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/the-modern-tramway-journal-in-the-mid-20th-century.6382/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/the-modern-tramway-journal-in-the-mid-20th-century.6382/ invalid@example.com (Roger Farnworth) Roger Farnworth
I picked up a small batch of copies of The Modern Tramway Journal which included volumes from the 1950s, 1960s and 1980s and have begun reading through them. The first Journal that I have is dated 15th July 1953. At the time of writing it is almost 70 years old.

Volume 16 No. 187 of July 1953 starts with an item entitled, “Tramways and the Press.” Starting with a specific instance of dubious reporting...

The Modern Tramway Journal in the mid-20th century. ...]]> 20 The Tralee and Dingle Railway Sat, 15 Jul 2023 06:51:20 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/the-tralee-and-dingle-railway.6408/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/the-tralee-and-dingle-railway.6408/ invalid@example.com (Roger Farnworth) Roger Farnworth
http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/07/09/the-tralee-dingle-railway/]]> 2 Goods sheds and warehouses Tue, 13 Jun 2023 07:17:29 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/goods-sheds-and-warehouses.6385/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/goods-sheds-and-warehouses.6385/ invalid@example.com (Kimbo) Kimbo https://historicengland.org.uk/imag...england/the-railway-goods-shed-and-warehouse/]]> 1 Building The Right-Sized Layout Fri, 25 Mar 2022 11:30:21 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/building-the-right-sized-layout.5943/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/building-the-right-sized-layout.5943/ invalid@example.com (Gary) Gary The book is titled 'Building The Right-Sized Layout' Designing and Operating a Small Switching Layout. This book is published by Model Railroader under their Layout Design & Planning banner.


Thomas acknowledges all the contributing modellers who provided photographs and information.

The book is 112...

Building The Right-Sized Layout]]> 2 The Railways of Telford Sun, 26 Dec 2021 20:06:49 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/the-railways-of-telford.5796/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/the-railways-of-telford.5796/ invalid@example.com (Roger Farnworth) Roger Farnworth
https://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/12/26/the-railways-of-telford-part-1-a-book-review

This is my review of the book which, as you will read, should become a primer for me for exploring Telford and Wrekin and the wider area of East Shropshire!]]> On the Slow Train Fri, 29 Oct 2021 19:28:15 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/on-the-slow-train.5737/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/on-the-slow-train.5737/ invalid@example.com (Roger Farnworth) Roger Farnworth

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/10/29/meandering-slowly-along-branch-lines-and-other-routes


On the Slow Train]]> Railway Modeller Magazine - Online Archive from 1949 Fri, 15 Oct 2021 13:21:01 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/railway-modeller-magazine-online-archive-from-1949.5719/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/railway-modeller-magazine-online-archive-from-1949.5719/ invalid@example.com (Graham K) Graham K https://shop.exacteditions.com/gb/railway-modeller which now also gives access to a full archive right back to 1949. Will be revisiting my childhood over the next few days as I browse through the 1960's and 70's editions that used to excite and intrigue me so much back then.]]> 3