General Histories & Descriptions
TURNOCK, David
Railways in the British Isles - Landscape, land use and society
A study of the railway impact on the landscape, illustrated with supporting maps and photographs. In three sections: the growth of the railways; the role of railways in the evolution of towns, industry and agriculture; preservation and re-use.
VALLANCE, H.A.
British Branch Lines
Review of branch lines and their history, each region of the country covered in a separate chapter. Text supported by photographs and maps. Vallance was editor of the Railway Magazine from 1949 to 1963.
VANNS, Michael A.
Witness to Change: A Record of the Industrial Revolution - The Elton Collection at the Ironbridge Gorge Museum
Drawings, prints, other ephemera and artefacts of the Industrial Revolution collected by Sir Arthur Elton. Well presented in a landscape format with mostly colour image. The collection focused on early railway construction and operation.
VAUGHAN, Adrian
Railwaymen, Politics & Money - The Great Age of Railways in Britain
W. J. Adams & Bradshaw & Blacklock
Bradshaw's Railway Manual Shareholders' Guide and Directory, 1869
WALLER, C.E. (ed.)
Marshall's Book of Railways
Miscellany of articles from Britain and around the world, illustrated throughout including fine colour plates.