 Along Familiar Lines.
Mark
Neale's latest book
looks at the human story of railways in the Bradford area.
It includes stories from the days of construction, operation, and the
more modern era.
Included are features on the Aire Valley, Queensbury, Idle, and Yeadon
lines.
The book can be obtained from Saltaire Bookshop, Haworth Station,
Embsay Station, at £3.50.
Or direct from the publishers, City Gent, PO
56. Bradford BD13 3XR for £4 which includes postage. |
 Broken
Rails : How Privatisation Wrecked Britain's Railways
Written by the boss, Christian Wolmar, based around the events of
the Hatfield crash in October 2000.
Goes on to explain the chaotic mess that is & always has been Britain's
railways.
Available from Amazon -
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Broken-Rails-Privitisation-Britains-Railways/ |
 The
Great Northern Railway In The West Riding
By Martin Bairstow. Over 150 photo's & maps.
Available from Amazon -
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Northern-Railway-West-Riding/ |
 Great
Provincial Stations: Leeds Termini
By Bob Pixton & John Hooper First published 1998 by Challenger
Publications ISBN 1 899624 27 9
Re-published 2006 by Book Law ISBN 1 899624 27 9
Recommended by Paul Holroyd
Vintage Carriages Trust |
 Keighley
Bus Museum & its forerunners.
£12.95 A4 format paperback 118 pages.
In stock at Reid's Bookshop, Cavendish Street, Keighley. |
 L
& NWR Society Journal
The L&NWR Society Journal Vol. 5 no 3 Dec 2006: “Cleckheaton & The
Leeds New Line”
8 1/2 page illustrated article by Jack Walne. |
 The
Leeds New Line: The Heaton Lodge & Wortley Railway
By Roy Waring Published 1989 by Oakwood Press ISBN 0 85361 369 9 out
of print.
Recommended by Paul Holroyd
Vintage Carriages Trust |
  Lost
Railways of south & west Yorkshire
Latest book from Gordon Suggitt. (See also Huddersfield Examiner
article)
Starts off in the early days of the important & often neglected Leeds
Middleton railway.
All the old favourites & loads of extra stuff I didn't know about.
Available from Countryside Books -
http://www.countrysidebooks.co.uk/ |
 The
Queensbury Lines
By Alan Whitaker & Bob Cryer Published 1984 by Dalesman Books ISBN 0
85206 807 7 out of print.
Recommended by Paul Holroyd
Vintage Carriages Trust |
 Railway
Buildings of west Yorkshire 1812-1920
By George Sheeran. This book is right up my street, an archaeological
approach to railways.
Doesn't concern us with all the boring convoluted financial
development of companies, train workings & timetables.
It is out of print but I managed to acquire a copy using Fullerton's
Booksearch -
www.hotfroguk.co.uk/
Failing that try Amazon -
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Railway-Buildings-West-Yorkshire-1812-1920/ |
 Railway
Character Lines
By Mike Collins Published by Athena Press.
Come meet the railway characters of old, the "originals, mavericks,
eccentrics, defectives, or plain straightforward barmpots" introduced
to us by the author who for many years worked as a British Rail Civil
Engineer based in Yorkshire. The book is bursting with hilarious
anecdotes, tales of mishaps and unforeseen incidents laced with the
dour humour of the locals in their broad Yorkshire brogue.
Recommended by Richard Brown. Available from Amazon -
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003U2TRWC |
 Railway
Memories No. 4 Bradford
By Alan Whitaker & Brian Myland Published 1993 by Bellcode Books ISBN
1 871233 03 8
Recommended by Paul Holroyd
Vintage Carriages Trust |
 Railway
Memories No 11 : Halifax & The Calder Valley
By Jack Wild & Stephen Chapman. Plenty of old Halifax photo's,
including North Bridge & St Paul's.
Available from Amazon -
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Halifax-Calder-Valley-Railway-Memories/ |
 Railway
Memories No 13 : Huddersfield Dewsbury Batley
By Robert Anderson. I use this book loads, essential cross reference for the Lost Railways site.
Available from Amazon -
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Huddersfield-Dewsbury-Batley-Railway-Memories/ |
 Railway
Memories No. 22: Return to Leeds
By Robert Anderson & Peter Rose Published 2009 by Bellcode Books ISBN
978 1 871233 22 3
Recommended by Paul Holroyd
Vintage Carriages Trust |
 Railways
through Airedale & Wharfedale
By Martin Bairstow Published 2004 by Martin Bairstow ISBN 1
871944 28 7
Recommended by Paul Holroyd
Vintage Carriages Trust |
 Too
Busy to Delegate: More Railway Characters (Railway Character Lines)
By Mike Collins Published by Athena Press
Retired Civil Engineer Mike Collins' second foray down the branch
lines of memory have produced a host of humorous new faces and some
recognisable 'barmpots' from his first volume. Notable among these are
Bill the prankster, the helpful if hilarity-prone Wendy, and the
megalithic figure of Mike's No. 2, John Midgley.
Recommended by Richard Brown. Available from Amazon -
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003U2TSGM |
 West
Yorkshire Railway Stations from Aberford to Yeadon
By Peter Tuffrey Published 30/07/2011 by Amberley Publishing ISBN
9781445603070
We like this one & there is a massive big up to this website, thanks
Peter.
Available from Amberley -
http://www.amberleybooks.com
Amazon -
http://www.Amazon .co.uk |
 West
Yorkshire Railway Stations
By Norman Ellis Published 1989 by Bond Publications ISBN 1 872062 00 8
Recommended by Paul Holroyd
Vintage Carriages Trust |
