Settle To Carlisle: including The Branch To Hawes (Northern Lines)
by Roy Davies

The Middleton Press' Northern Lines series continues as Roy Davies covers "the roof of England" in great detail in his book "Settle to Carlisle and the Branch to Hawes". I think that second part of the title is important as this modern reflection on the line which is known around the world includes ...
- Oliver Wilkinson

Book: A Quite Impossible Proposal: How not to Build a Railway
by Andrew Drummond

Review by David Spaven Most Railscot viewers will be aware that efforts were made to build a railway from Garve to Ullapool in the Victorian era, but I suspect very few of us (certainly not me) ...
- David Spaven

Book: Border Union Dream - the inside story of Britain^s boldest railway preservation bid
by David Spaven

This is the tale of the ambitious and ultimately unsuccessful plan for a company to take over the operation of the Waverley Route from British Railways. It is ...
- Ewan Crawford

Book: Branch Lines of Strathearn: Tourists, Tatties and Trains
by John Young

Who knew that there was a Methven Railway Song? What does the demolition of Jerviston Viaduct on the former Wishaw and Coltness have to do with the Gleneagles Hotel? This excellent book ...
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Book: By Rail to the Music Halls
by David Hindle

David Hindle once again demonstrates his knack of finding new subjects to write about. I am not aware of any other books making a link and bringing together a history of ...
- Mark Bartlett

Book: Callander and Oban Railway Through Time
by Ewan Crawford

The Callander and Oban Railway Through Time book, published by Amberley Press, is now ready. The book features photography along the length of the line and also includes the Ballachulish ...
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Book: Enjoying the Cumbrian Coast Railway
by David Hindle

Railscot contributing authors seem to have the knack of looking at a subject with a completely fresh viewpoint. 's covering the Far North Line is a good example, followed ...
- Mark Bartlett

Book: Highland Survivor
by David Spaven

David Spaven's new book on the Far North line, "Highland Survivor" is a fascinating read. Although other books have covered this railway this one is written from a unique ...
- Mark Bartlett

Book: Inverkeithing to Thornton Junction via Cowdenbeath including colliery branches
by Dennis Lovett, Allan McLean

This Middleton Press book comprehensively covers the area from Inverkeithing via Cowdenbeath to Thornton Junction. Every station is illustrated and, I was delighted to ...
- Ewan Crawford

Book: Lament for a Branch Line (The Preston to Southport Railway)
by David Hindle

I felt an immediate connection with this book when asked to review it, as the genesis was a collection of hundreds of photos of the Preston and Southport railway ...
- Mark Bartlett

Book: Memories of Lost Border Railways
by Bruce McCartney

This book describes the days before Health and Safety regulations when a primary seven lad in short trousers could drive the engine at Jedburgh station, or when a goods train would be set off on ...
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Book: Northern Lines Preston to Lancaster West Coast Main Line
by Roy Davies

A Pendolino covers the 21 miles (34km) between Preston and Lancaster in around 14 minutes with little time to take in the pastoral landscape which borders the line ...
- Malcolm Chattwood

Book: Northern Lines - Lancaster to Oxenholme Including the former LNWR branches to Morecambe and Windermere
by Roy Davies

The latest volume in the Northern Lines series continues northwards on the West Coast Main Line from Lancaster and away from the Lancashire plain towards the northern ...
- Malcolm Chattwood

Book: Scotland From The Rails
by Benedict le Vay

Published by Bradt, this follows the highly successful Britain from the Rails: A Window Gazer's Guide by the same author.

There's a lot packed into this entertaining and compact book ...
- Benedict le Vay

Book: The Insider Rail Guide - Aberdeen to Elgin & Inverness
by David Spaven, David Fasken

It could be said that the line between Aberdeen to Elgin and Inverness is the Cinderella of railways in the Highlands with those to the west and north being ...
- Malcolm Chattwood

Book: The Insider Rail Guide - Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh
by David Spaven, David Fasken

The new Insider Rail Guide to the Kyle of Lochalsh line by David Spaven and David Fasken packs a lot into a pocket-sized package. 128 pages, 40 historic and ...
- Mark Bartlett

Book: The Scottish Railway Scene 1973-2020, a personal reflection
by John Burnett Kirk

The title is very apt; the book being a personal journey across the Scottish - with diversions to Carlisle and Berwick-upon-Tweed - railway scene over the last fifty ...
- Bill Roberton

Book: The Spirit of the Borders Railway
by Bruce Ball

Bruce Ball's The Spirit of the Borders Railway is a highly personal tale of The people and the stories behind the return of this lost line ...
- David Spaven

Book: The Times The first railways Atlas of early railways Derek Hayes Times Books Glasgow 2017
by Derek Hayes

When I first saw this book on the Amazon website I had a quick look at some of the pages using the 'look inside' facility. That was enough to convince me to buy right away and I am not normally ...
- Charlie Niven

Book: Waverley Route: the Battle for the Borders Railway
by David Spaven

History never stands still - and it was only weeks after the publication of Waverley Route: the life, death and rebirth of the Borders Railway in August 2012 that I began to accumulate yet ...
- David Spaven

Book: Waverley Route: the life, death and rebirth of the Borders Railway
by David Spaven

David Spaven's book 'Waverley Route: the life, death and rebirth of the Borders Railway' was launched at the Town Hall in Stow in August last year. At present, March 2013, the paperback is ...
- Ewan Crawford