Wagon Books and Magazine Articles

[halfwit]

I thought that it might be usefull to have a list on here of all the wagon books and magazine articles available in one place.

I know that this is a massive undertaking but if we pull together I'm sure that we can get close to a definative list over time.

Can we please stick to UK standard gauge on here, narrow gauge and overseas could possibly have their own threads if there is sufficiant interest.

My own library is limited but I'll make a start, please note that a lot of these are out of print!

 

Title; Author(s); Pubisher and date published; ISBN (where known); Any notes

 

Pre-grouping first;

Wagons on the LNER - North British; John Hooper; Irwell Press 1991; ISBN 1-871608-22-8

Private Owner Wagons of the North East volume one The Chaldrons; John A. Elliott; Chilton Iron Works 1994; ISBN 0-9523672-0-3

An Illustrated History Of Midland Wagons; two volumes, both by R.J. Essery; OPC 1980; ISBN 0 86093 040 8 (vol.1); ISBN 86093 041 6 (vol. 2)

 

General development;

British Goods Wagons from 1887 to the Present Day; R.J. Essery, D.P. Rowland, W.O.Steel; David & Charles 1970

 

Private Owner;

More Railways In Profile No.1 - An Illustrated History Of The ICI Hopper Wagon; Paul Harrison & Peter Midwinter; Cheona Publications 2002; ISBN 1-900298-18-X

Private Owner Wagons in Colour; David Ratcliffe; Ian Allen 2009; ISBN 978-0-7110-3365-8 (modern image)

International Train Ferry Wagons in Colour; David Ratcliffe; Ian Allen 2009; ISBN 978-0-7110-3404-4

Industrial Wagons - An Introduction; David Monk Steel; Industrial Railway Society 2005; ISBN 1 901556 33 6; (internal user wagons)

 

British Railways/British Rail;

An Illustrated History of BR Wagons Volume One; P. Bartlett, D. Larkin, T. Mann, R. Silsbury, A. Ward; OPC 1985; ISBN 0-86093-203-6 (there was no volume 2!)

British Railways Wagons; Don Rowland; David & Charles 1985; ISBN 0 7153 8183 0

Wagons Of The Early British Railways Era A Pictorial Study of the 1948-1954 Period; David Larkin; Kestral 2006; ISBN 095448598x

Wagons Of The Middle British Railways Era 1955-1961 Period; David Larkin; Kestral 2007; ISBN 978-1-905505-06-7

Wagons Of The Final Years Of British Railways 1962-1968 Period; David Larkin; Kestral 2008; ISBN 978-1-905505-08-1

Wagons Of The Early British Rail Era 1969-1982 Period; David Larkin; Kestral 2009; ISBN 978-1-905505-10-4

Wagons Of The Final British Rail Era 1983-1995 Period; David Larkin; Kestral 2010; ISBN 978-1-905505-17-3

British Railways Goods Wagons In Colour; Robert Hendry; Midland Publishing 1999; ISBN 1-85780-094-X

British Railways Wagons - Their Loads and Loading; Brian Grant and Bill Taylor; Silver Link Publishing 2003; ISBN 1-85794-205-1

Working Wagons Volume 1. 1968-1973; David Larkin; Santona 1998, reprinted 2009; ISBN 0 9507960 6 9

Working Wagons Volume 2. 1974-1979; David Larkin; Santona 1999; ISBN 0 9507960 7 7

 

Post Privatisation;

Wagon Recognition Volume 1 Carkinds - B to W; Martin Buck & Mark Rawlinson; Freightmaster Publishing 2008; ISBN 978-0-9558275-0-1

Wagon Recognition Volume 2 Carkinds - Y and Z; Martin Buck and Mark Rawlinson; Freightmaster Publishing 2009; ISBN 978-0-9558275-2-5

 

Drawings;

Rolling Stock Worth Modelling, two volumes; Bradford Barton; ISBN 0 85153 453 8 (vol. 1), ISBN 0 85153 454 6; (line drawings, no history)

 

Of course there are plenty of other books so over to you!

[Mod6]

A laudable objective Paul - how are you planning to consolidate all the information, just an ongoing updated version of your OP based on other contributions?

[halfwit]

A laudable objective Paul - how are you planning to consolidate all the information, just an ongoing updated version of your OP based on other contributions?

 

I'm hoping others will post contributions in the same style.

[Pixie]

Cool idea! A few more that I've got in my library:

 

British Railways/British Rail:

BR Standard Freight Wagons - A Pictorial Survey; David Larkin; Bradford Barton 1975; ISBN 0 851353 240 3

BR Departmental Rolling Stock - A Pictorial Survey; David Larkin; Bradford Barton 1979; ISBN 0 851353 348 5

BR General Parcels Rolling Stock - A Pictorial Survey; David Larkin; Bradford Barton 1978; ISBN 0 851353 320 5

Pre-Nationalisation Freight Wagons on British Railways- A Pictorial Survey; David Larkin; Bradford Barton 1977; ISBN 0 851353 302 7

British Railways Brake Vans and Ballast Ploughs; Eric Gent; HMRS 1999; ISBN 0 902 835 16 5

British Railway Wagons - Opens and Hoppers (Rail Profile Series #1); G. Gamble; Cheona 1996; ISBN 1 900298 01 5

British Railway Vans (Rail Profile Series #3); G. Gamble; Cheona 1997; ISBN 1 900298 03 5

British Railway Wagons - Railtanks (Rail Profile Series #4); G. Gamble; Cheona 1997; ISBN 1 900298 04 X

British Railway Wagons - Cattle and Brake Vans (Rail Profile Series #5); G. Gamble; Cheona 1997; ISBN 1 900298 05 8

British Railway Non-Passenger Rolling Stock (Rail Profile Series #6); G. Gamble; Cheona 1998; ISBN 1 900298 06 6

British Railway Engineer's Stock - 2 (Rail Profile Series #8); G. Gamble; Cheona 1998; ISBN 1 900298 08 2

British Railway Vans Volume 2 (Rail Profile Series #11); G. Gamble; Cheona 1997; ISBN 1 900298 14 7

 

Private Owner

British Railway Private Owner Wagons Opens and Hopper (Rail Profile Series #9); G. Gamble; Cheona 1999; ISBN 1900298 11 2

British Railway Private Owner Wagons (Rail Profile Series #10); G. Gamble; Cheona 2000; ISBN 1900298 13 9

British Railway Private Owner Tank Wagons (Rail Profile Series #14); R Tourret; Cheona 2001; ISBN 1900298 17 1

Private Owner Freight Wagons - A Pictorial Survey; David Larkin; Bradford Barton 1976; ISBN 0 851353 294 2

 

LNER (I think it'll be worth splitting them down to individual companies)

LNER Wagons Before 1948 Volume 1 (Rail Profile Series #13); David & Claire Williamson; Cheona 2003; ISBN 1 900298 16 3

 

GWR

GWR Wagons Before 1948 Volume 1 (Rail Profile Series #15); R Tourret; Cheona 2005; ISBN 1 900298 29 5

GWR Wagons Before 1948 Volume 2 (Rail Profile Series #17); R Tourret; Cheona 2009; ISBN 1 900298 27 8

 

Hope these help,

 

Pix

[halfwit]

On modelling;

 

Detailing and Improving Ready To Run Wagons; Iain Rice; Irwell Press 1993; ISBN1-871608-42-2

Gettin the Best from Plastic Wagon Kits; Iain Rice; Irwell Press 1993; ISBN 1-871608-56-2; (this and the above are from Irwells 'Modelling Railways Ilustrated Hanbooks series)

The 4mm Wagon Part One - Opens, Minerals and Hoppers; Geoff Kent; Wild Swan 1991; ISBN 1 874103 03 8

The 4mm Wagon Part Two - General Merchandise Vans, Special Purpose Vans and Tank Wagons; Geoff Kent; Wild Swan 1995; ISBN 1 874103 24 0

The 4mm Wagon Part Three - Conflats & Containers, Wagons for long loads & steel, Brake Vans and Finishing touches; Geoff Kent; Wild Swan 2004; ISBN 1 874103 97 6

The 4mm Coal Wagon; John Hayes; Wild Swan; ISBN 1 874103 48 8

Modern Wagons in 4mm Scale - Making thr best of ready to run models; Nigel Burkin; Warners Group Publications

Building Modern 4mm Scale Wagons - An introduction to kits and other building techniques; Nigel Burkin; Warners Group Publications 2010; ISBN 978-1-907292-11-8; (this and the above are in the British Railway Modelling book series)

[Pixie]

...and some more:

 

GWR

A History of GWR Goods Wagons Vol. 1; A Atkins et al; David and Charles 1975; ISBN 0 7153 6532 0

A History of GWR Goods Wagons Vol. 2; A Atkins et al; David and Charles 1976; ISBN 0 7153 72904

Freight Wagons adn the Loads in Service on the Great Western Railway and British Rail (Western Region); J. Russel; OPC 1981; SBN 86093 155 2

Great Western Wagons Appendi ; J. Russel; OPC 1974; SBN 0 902888 03 X

All About GWR Iron Minks; J Lewis et al; HMRS 1980 ISBN ???

 

Modelling Wagons

The 4mm Wagons (Part one - Opens, Minerals and Hoppers); Geoff Kent; Wild Swan 1991; ISN 1 874103 03 9

The 4mm Wagons (Part two - General Merchandise Vans, Special Purpose Vans and Tank Wagons); Geoff Kent; Wild Swan 1995; ISN 1 874103 24 0

The 4mm Wagons (Part Three - Conflats, Containers Wagons for long loads and steel, Brake Vans and Finishin g Touches); Geoff Kent; Wild Swan 2004; ISN 1 874103 97 6

 

British Railways

Rolling Stock Recognition:3 - Departmental Stock; Colin J Marsden; Ian Allan 1984; ISBN 0 7110 1446 9

 

Private Owner

Standard Railway Wagon Co - Heywood Works; David W Tandy; Ty Mawr Publications 2009; ISBN 09552354-2-1

 

Pix

[Pixie]

As a foot note, if anyone has a copy of 'British Railways Engineer's Stock - 1 (Railways in Profile Series #8)' by G. Gamble (Cheona)* or the R. Tourret book on rail tanks (the exact name escapes me but it's recently been reprinted) then they'd be worth adding to the listings. There also a few Cheona books on more modern air braked stock that would be handy.

 

*If anyone has a spare copy of this then I'm more than interested!

 

Pix

[halfwit]

Some magazine articles. I'm concentrating on prototype information here.

 

Wagon type; Auther (where known!); Magazine, year/ month or volume/no., notes

 

All the below from Modelling Railways Illustrated (Morill);

 

HBA/HEA Domestic Coal Hoppers; David Larkin, Nigel Burkin, Norman Green (modelling); Morill Vol.1 No.1; prototype drawings and modelling (4mm)

BR Trestrols; David Larkin, Rob Kinsey (modelling); Morill Vol 2 No.6; prototype drawings and modelling (A1 Models kit, 4mm)

Wigan Coal & Iron Co. Wagon No.596; Morill Vol.2 No.8; line drawings and description, 1860's wagon with dumb buffers

The Tiger Tanks - The Depressed Centre Presflow Wagons used by Tiger Railcar Leasing; Morill Vol.2 No.9; 6 page profile

Highland Railway 8 ton 2-plank drop side ballast wagon; Peter Tatlow; Morill Vol.2 No.10; description and drawing

Stephenson Clarke & Co. London 10 tons Coal Wagon of 1900; Simon Turner; Morill Vol.2 No.11; description and drawing

Honeyball & Son 8 ton Coal Wagon; S.T. Turner; Morill Vol.2 No.12; desrription and drawing of an 1888 wagon

 

A bit of a mix here but organising magazine articles into type, period and company would be an enourmous task!

[halfwit]

From the Model Railway Constructor (MRC) Annuals;

 

BR Tube Wagons and Some Related Conversions; Paul Bartlett & Trevor Mann; MRC Annual1984; drawings and description

BR Air-braked Coal Hopper Wagons; David Monk-Steel, Paul Bartlett and Trevor Mann; MRC Annual 1987; drawings and comprehensive article

 

Thats the only two annuals I have. MRC had some good wagon articles but unfortunatly I don't have any copies so its over to you!

[Thomas]

A few more....

 

Pre grouping

 

LNWR WAGONS VOLUME ONE Edited by Chris Northedge/LNWR/ Society Wild Swan Publications 2001 ISBN 1 874103 65 8

LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE WAGONS Volume one Noel Coates / Wild Swan Publications 1990 ISBN 0 906867 87 8

LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE WAGONS Volume two Noel Coates / Wild Swan Publications 2006 ISBN 1 905184 18 2

 

BR

 

BRITISH RAILWAYS WAGONS the first half million Don Rowland / David & Charles 1985, republished by Leopard 1996 ISBN 0 7529 0378 0

 

Private owner

 

PRIVATE OWNER WAGONS from the INCE WAGGON & IRONWORKS CO A J Watts / HMRS 1998 ISBN 978-0902835252

 

Tom.

[hmrspaul]

A very comprehensive source available here http://home.wtal.de/gueterwagen/litera.htm#UK-G

 

Which also has reference to wagon books from all over the world.

 

See also the reference back to the home page. Viktor Schiffer is a real gentleman.

 

Paul Bartlett

[Guest Max Stafford]

A Google for the ISBN for 'The First Half Million' led me to this...

 

http://home.wtal.de/gueterwagen/litera.htm#UK-G

 

Dave.

[2ManySpams]

A laudable objective Paul - how are you planning to consolidate all the information, just an ongoing updated version of your OP based on other contributions?

 

Picking up on this point, it's clear from just the few posts so far that it's not a single definitive list but a whole host of mini lists. I think Mod6 (sir) is right and these perhaps need to be pulled together in a single list in the OP or added to an organised spreadsheet / PDF the can be downloaded as an attachment. Otherwise it will end up like looking for a needle in a haystack! Discuss.....

 

Don't get me wrong, great idea and worthy of being done but needs a bit of organising thought. Happy to add my SR books to a list.

[halfwit]

Picking up on this point, it's clear from just the few posts so far that it's not a single definitive list but a whole host of mini lists. I think Mod6 (sir) is right and these perhaps need to be pulled together in a single list in the OP or added to an organised spreadsheet / PDF the can be downloaded as an attachment. Otherwise it will end up like looking for a needle in a haystack! Discuss.....

 

Don't get me wrong, great idea and worthy of being done but needs a bit of organising thought. Happy to add my SR books to a list.

 

My thought when I started this was that a thread full of mini lists are better than no lists at all.

However, the link given above by Paul and Max Stafford lists everything available anyway!

And theres also a list of magazine articles there. http://home.wtal.de/gueterwagen/litera2.htm#en

[2ManySpams]

A Google for the ISBN for 'The First Half Million' led me to this...

 

http://home.wtal.de/gueterwagen/litera.htm#UK-G

 

Dave.

 

Good list - any idea what date it was done? There appear to be a few books I've bought in the last 18 months that aren't on there so I'm guessing it's at least that old. Just shows how many books have come out!

[trains12]

As a foot note, if anyone has a copy of 'British Railways Engineer's Stock - 1 (Railways in Profile Series #8)' by G. Gamble (Cheona)* or the R. Tourret book on rail tanks (the exact name escapes me but it's recently been reprinted) then they'd be worth adding to the listings. There also a few Cheona books on more modern air braked stock that would be handy.

 

*If anyone has a spare copy of this then I'm more than interested!

 

Pix

 

 

 

Pix

Just to let you know have literally one copy left of No.8 if you are interested. Send a PM and will confirm price/postage

Regards

Peter (Cheona Publications)