History
JOY, Stewart
The Train That Ran Away: A Business History of British Railways 1948 - 1968
KARMEL, David & BEDDINGTON, Richard
The Transport Act, 1947
The Act nationalising railways and other transportation under the new British Transport Commission. This work is divided into a 'Book One' being the authors' introduction and explanation of the Act, followed by a 'Book Two' being the Act.
Ministry of Transport & Civil Aviation
The British Transport Commission - Proposals for the Railways 1956
PARKER, Peter
For Starters: The Business of Life
Autobiography of BR Chairman from 1976 to 1983.
PEEL, David
The Unusual and the Unexpected on British Railways: A Chronology of Unlikely Events 1948 - 1968
Railway Development Society
Rail for the Future - A Development Strategy for the Railways
Railway Development Society
Who Should Run Our Railways?
Publication by the Railway Development Society putting the case for BR privatisation. Published in 1989, four years before actual privatisation. Includes contemporary photographs illustrating some of the lines discussed.
