History
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.
Railway Development Society
Have they done well? - Some New and Reopened Lines and Stations
Railway Development Society
Rail for the Future - A Development Strategy for the Railways
Railway Invigoration Society
Can Bus Replace Train? or Will They Never Learn?
Booklet issued by the Railway Invigoration Society arguing against replacement of railways with bus services. Issued in the mid-1977s it includes certain lines threatened with conversion at the time.
RANSOM, P.J.G.
Iron Road - The Railway in Scotland
A history of railways in Scotland from the early waggonways to the present day. Substantial work with illustrations throughout.
RANSOME-WALLIS, P.
Locomotives & Trains of the Big Four
Album of Ransome-Wallis photographs of the big four companies, largely taken in the 1920s and 1930s.
RANSOME-WALLIS, P.
On Railways at Home and Abroad
History and experiences of Ransome-Wallis from the 1920s to 1950s. Around half the book covers Britain with the remainder covering continental Europe, North America and Africa, as well as island railways. Text supported with maps and photographs.
