RateTheFreight Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Evening all, With a mind to Bachmanns Baldwin hopefully soon being upon us, I wondered if anyone could recommend a particularly good book relating to the locos/narrow gauge railways of WW1, particularly any that also contain info about the lives of the locos/stock post war. Cheers Greg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tractionman Posted July 12, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 12, 2017 I rate this book on the subject, 'WDLR Album', by Roy Link. Some other inf here http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/90725-wdlr-war-department-light-railways-on-wwi-trench-maps/ Cheers, Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Another recommendation. https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Books/Trains-Trenches-Locomotives-Tracks-That-Armies-1914-18/1781313660 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
asmay2002 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 I'll second the recomendation of WDLR album . Also https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Allied-Railways-of-the-Western-Front-Narrow-Gauge-in-the-Arras-Sector-Hardback/p/7842 and for the US trench railways https://www.amazon.com/Narrow-gauge-mans-land-railways/dp/0961546727 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
49395 Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Another vote for the WDLR Album, it's been really helpful with our 7mm layout There's also these 3 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Narrow-Gauge-War-Keith-Taylorson/dp/0951110810 https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Books/Narrow-Gauge-at-War-v-Keith-Taylorson/1871980291 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Narrow-Gauge-War-Light-Track-x/dp/1871980402 Before the WDLR Album (and some of the others mentioned) were published recently there wasn't much else available on the subject Edit - there's also this book, which contains a fair bit of background material https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0715341081/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1499927712&sr=1-3&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&dpPl=1&dpID=41xcBIDmbjL&ref=plSrch If you're looking for information specifically on the Baldwin locos this book covers them in detail, including after the war https://www.amazon.co.uk/Over-Here-Baldwin-Military-Locomotives-x/dp/B001QVHN66 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted July 13, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 13, 2017 Another vote for the "Album" - a fantastic resource. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted July 13, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 13, 2017 Do you speak/read French? Best book on the subject is in French. Can't remember the name, ISBN, etc but I know a man who has a copy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp409067 Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 (edited) Do you speak/read French? Best book on the subject is in French. Can't remember the name, ISBN, etc but I know a man who has a copy. * C'est peut-être - Christian Cenac: La voie de 60 Militaire de la Guerre de 14-18 en France CP Edited July 13, 2017 by cp409067 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ELTEL Posted July 13, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 13, 2017 I'll second the recomendation of WDLR album . Also https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Allied-Railways-of-the-Western-Front-Narrow-Gauge-in-the-Arras-Sector-Hardback/p/7842 and for the US trench railways https://www.amazon.com/Narrow-gauge-mans-land-railways/dp/0961546727 I've a new copy of Narrow Gauge to No Mans Land which I was going to put on flea Bay Anyone interested pm me with a offer Eltel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tractionman Posted July 13, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 13, 2017 The French book looks good, four hundred pages for a shade over one hundred euro from here http://www.cftt.org/shop/002.html The title on the cover is in French and English, is the book bilingual? Cheers, Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall5 Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 (edited) Not a book but there are some good videos of WW1 n.g on youtube: French - http://www.ecpad.fr/les-petits-trains-de-la-grande-guerre-2/ Cheers, Ray. Edited July 13, 2017 by Marshall5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall5 Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 ..... and a few more: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060022629 Ray. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp409067 Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 The French book looks good, four hundred pages for a shade over one hundred euro from here http://www.cftt.org/shop/002.html The title on the cover is in French and English, is the book bilingual? Cheers, Keith * There would appear to be two editions - 2003 and 2010 - and hard and softback bindings. There is also a reference to it being in French and English. I would advise contacting a specific supplier to ascertain the exact situation and asking if the English version is a full parallel text or just a summary. CP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tractionman Posted September 9, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 9, 2017 I'll second the recomendation of WDLR album . Also https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Allied-Railways-of-the-Western-Front-Narrow-Gauge-in-the-Arras-Sector-Hardback/p/7842 I've been thinking for a while about getting this book, Narrow Gauge in the Arras Sector, by Martin and Joan Farebrother, but at thirty quid I have dithered... Until I spotted a copy on amazon for twenty quid. Now I've got it, I shouldn't have dithered, even at full price, it's a fantastic book, absolutely superb cartography of narrow gauge railway locations, beautifully drawn. Add to this the detailed research and discussion on both infrastructure and rolling stock, before, during and after the First World War, and metre gauge as well as 60cm, it's a book to savour. The photos are in some cases familiar, understandably considering the topic, but I think the authors' detective work has added to these, as is evident from the detailed captions. The accounts of the lines as they were as well as how they look today are really interesting, especially as this point in the war's centenary. Plenty for the railway archaeologist as well as historian, and of course for us modellers! Can't wait for that Bachmann Baldwin... All the best, Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Heeresfeldbahnen der Kaiserzeit by Rudiger Fach and Gunter Krall is a very good book on the subject of German military narrow gauge railways of the First World War. ISBN 3-933613-46-9 It's in German but there are lots of good photos even if you can't speak German. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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