Operations
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.
NOCK, O.S. (ed.)
Single Line Railways - A Handbook of Management, Engineering and Operation
Account of construction and operation of single line railways, intended as a guide to then current practice for developing countries. A 1960s review of the economics, infrastructure, rolling stock and maintenance required for single line operation.
O'BRIEN, Patrick
Railways and the Economic Development of Western Europe 1830 - 1914
