AUGUST 2010 : Latest Issues of Black Dwarf Lightmoor Journals

Archive (Issue 67) and Railway Archive (Issue 28) are now available.

From the Karoo to the Kelvin
Compiled by Dugald Cameron

PRICE £18.00

The story of South African Railways Class ‘15F’ 4-8-2 No. 3007, built in Glasgow by the North British Locomotive Co. and shipped to South Africa in 1945, which was repatriated back to its birthplace in 2007 to become the centrepiece of the new Glasgow Riverside Museum, alongside the River Kelvin. ...more

Private Owner Wagons : A Ninth Collection
Keith Turton


PRICE £19.95

The ninth volume of this remarkable series of books, now regarded as one of the definitive sets on the subject of Private Owner Wagons contains the usual wide variety of owners and operators, both in terms of business type and geographical spread. .....more

The North Staffordshire Railway in LMS Days
Basil Jeuda


PRICE £22.50

The first of three volumes looking at what happened to the North Staffordshire Railway after it was taken over by the LM&SR in 1923, up until 1947 when the LM&SR was Nationalized. During this period, the country suffered the economic downturn of 1924 and a slump that lasted from 1929 until the late 1930s, which was then followed by the Second World War and its aftermath.....more

JUNE 2010 : Latest Issues of Black Dwarf Lightmoor Journals

Archive (Issue 66) and Railway Archive (Issue 27) are now available.

Rhymney Railway Drawings
Nigel Nicholson, Trefor Jones & Mike Morton Lloyd


PRICE £18.00

The Rhymney Railway opened in the winter of 1857-58 and this idiosyncratic company was largely reliant upon outside framed saddle tanks during the 19th century. In the early 20th century, under the guidance of R. Jenkins and C.T. Hurry Riches, the motive power and rolling stock was transformed, providing the Company with modern stock that survived in some cases to the British Railways era....more

Great Western Steam 1934-1949

Price: £22.50

For this second volume of Norman Lockett’s photographs, we move to his favourite railway, the Great Western and, in particular, the main line between Bristol and Plymouth. Beginning in the mid 1930s, Norman captured the GWR’s last great era, before the Second World War and then Nationalisation brought to an end nearly 125 years of company history...more

Track Layout Diagrams - 52. Neath & Brecon - 2nd Edition

Price: £6.00

The Neath & Brecon volume has been republished in an updated edition 
after being out of print for many years. As well as containing 
updated information the plans have been reproduced with typeset text. 
It forms an invaluable guide for those with an interest in the Neath 
& Brecon Railway.

The Wirral Railway and its Predecessors

Price: £24.99

The Wirral peninsula, which forms the top north west corner of Cheshire and sits between the rivers Dee and Mersey, is almost an island and, in many respects, exhibits the characteristics of a region isolated from other influences. This was undoubtedly even more pronounced in times gone past and is a feature that was particularly well illustrated in the development and ‘look’ of the railway company which served the most northerly and populated part of the peninsula – the Wirral Railway....more

The Great North of Scotland Railway was a compact system which served the north east corner of Scotland from its headquarters in Aberdeen. Its coaching stock reflected the Company’s chequered development and the perpetual need to keep expenditure to a minimum. Progress in coach design lagged behind many other parts of the country. The majority of passengers were still being conveyed in 4- and 6-wheelers at the time of the grouping, but the bogie coaches for more important services were among the best appointed of their time...more