General Surveys - Studies
WEBSTER, H.C.
What Engine Is That?
Wartime publication covering the engines of the big four companies. Each class is covered with a locomotive drawing accompanied by summary build and technical data.
WEBSTER, H.C.
British Railway Rolling Stock
Survey of locomotives, carriages and wagons from the big four companies with photographs and descriptions including technical detail. Undated, although Ottley records as 1942.
WESTCOTT, G.F.
The British Railway Locomotive 1803 - 1853
A brief pictorial history of the first fifty years of the British steam railway locomotive
Plates reproduced from early railway books and drawings depicting the development of the locomotive.
WHEELER, Geoffrey
Fired By Steam
Finely detailed locomotive drawings by the author, well presented in landscape format.
WILLIAMS, Alan & PERCIVAL, David
B.R. Steam Locomotives from Nationalisation to Modernisation
Volumes One to Four
Four volumes covering the locomotives taken over by British Railways from the Big Four companies in 1948. For individual volumes see the category of each separate company.
WILLIAMS, Alan & PERCIVAL, David
Veteran & Vintage - Steam Locomotives
Veteran & Vintage Series