Operations
NOCK, O.S.
British Steam Railways
Aspects of operation capturing the railway as it appeared to the travelling public. Coverage includes carriages, speed and express trains, broad and narrow gauge, royal mail, coal carrying, suburban services and wartime. Includes fine colour plates.
NOCK, O.S.
Tales of the Great Western Railway
Informal recollections of a near-lifetime's association with the line
Nock's selection of diverse GWR recollections and anecdotes. Chapters include Reading in Broad Gauge; Sir Felix Pole; Coaches; Signals; Churchward and Hawksworth eras; the Cmbrain; and Wivelscombe.
NOCK, O.S.
Great British Trains
An evocation of a memorable age in travel
Survey of the titled trains from across Britain and their operation from the nineteenth century onwards. Photographs throughout including a centre colour section.
NOCK, O.S.
Fifty Years of Western Express Running / Sixty Years of Western Express Running
First edition published as "Fifty Years of Western Express Running" in 1954, the second updated edition of 1973 as "Sixty Years ..". The period covered is that from the record breaking Ocean Mails of 1904.
NOCK, O.S.
Line Clear Ahead - 75 Years of Ups and Downs
Autobiographical work giving an account of Nock's work, recollections, experiences in railway engineering and writing. Nock worked for Westinghouse for forty-five years from 1925. He produced over 140 books and many more articles on railways.
NOCK, O.S.
Rocket 150 - A Century and a half of Locomotive Trials
A history of locomotive trials and testing from the 1829 Rainhill trials to the Cornish Riviera in 1955. Coverage is both UK and foreign with photographs, diagrams and data throughout. Issued at the time of the 1980 anniversary.
NOCK, O.S.
British Locomotives at Work
Early Nock work published in 1947, featuring train workings across the country and locomotive development from the 1920s. Photographs, colour plate, gradient profiles, locomotive drawings, maps and performance charts.