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Booklist | Light Railway Engineering
The titles within this section are broadly concerned with particular aspects of the design and construction of minor railways, their locomotives and rolling stock.
By Mark SmithersReprinted and now available as a softback publication. A definitive history of Victorian railway engineer Sir Arthur Heywood, and his fifteen-inch gauge railways. Heywood conceived the idea of 15” as the ‘minimum gauge’ for serious railway operation, and devoted much of his life to promoting the concept. Includes full description of Heywood’s own railways at Dove Leys, Duffield Bank and Eaton Hall, plus notes on other railways (notably the Ravenglass and Eskdale) which his work influenced. The book includes full details of both locomotives and rolling stock.ISBN 1871980623Softback 275mm x 210mm, 184 pages, 130 photographs, 37 maps and scale drawings.
E.R.Calthrop Softback, laminated cover, 40 pages, 17 black and white photographs, 15 maps and drawings.ISBN 1-871980-33-X
Richard L. HillsSoftback, 235 x 175mm, 80 pages, numerous photographs and illustrations throughout.ISBN 1 871980 43 7
