Bibliography
Books and Magazine Articles concerned wholly or substantially with the Great Northern Railway. Compiled by Allan Sibley with contributions from members.
In addition to the printed material, the University of Illinois has added two books to a free to use online library:
- The history of the Great Northern Railway, 1845-1895. – Charles H. Grinling
- Locomotives of the Great Northern Railway, 1847-1910 – G.F. Bird
Author | Title | Publisher | Pub. Date | ISBN | HB/SB | Size (mm) | PP | Remarks |
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Tuffrey, Peter and Roe, Michael | 150 Years of Doncaster Plant Works | Bond Publications / Wabtec | 2003 | 1872062059 | HB | 304 x 222 | 138 | |
Smith, Capt. W G | 1247 Preservation Pioneer | Silver Link | 1991 | 947971572 | HB | 243 x 175 | 96 | J13 (J52) No.68846 |
Jones, Robin | A History of the East Coast Main Line | Crowood Press | 2017 | 9781785002861 | SB | 245 x 190 | 240 | Not a comprehensive history |
Atkin, Courtney | A Significant Accident | Upfront Publishing | 2002 | 1844260461 | SB | 233 x 155 | 404 | Conington South accident, 6th March1967 |
Neale, Mark | Along Familiar Lines – The human story of railways in the Bradford area | City Gent Publications | No Date | – | SB | 210 x 150 | 67 | |
Haslam, Rebecca and Thompson, Guy | An Immense And Exceedingly Commodious Goods Station [King’s Cross] | Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd | 2016 | 9780992667269 | HB | 303 x 217 | 356 | The book about King’s Cross Goods Depot |
Vernon, Tony | Archibald Sturrock Pioneer Locomotive Engineer | Tempus | 2007 | 9780752441351 | SB | 248 x 122 | 192 | |
Coster, Peter J | Book Of The Great Northern (The) Part One: Kings Cross to Welwyn Garden City | Irwell Press | 2010 | 9781906919306 | HB | 304 x 217 | 224 | Note no possessive apostrophe in “Kings†in title |
Coster, Peter J | Book Of The Great Northern (The) Part Two: Welwyn North to Doncaster | Irwell Press | 2011 | 9781906919313 | HB | 304 x 217 | 240 | |
Cartwright, Adam & Walker, Stephen | Boston a Railway Town (Part one – to 1922) | KMS Books | 1987 | 948017058 | SB | 210 x 150 | 64 | |
Mitchell, Vic and Smith, Kevin | Boston to Lincoln | Middleton Press | 2015 | 9781908174802 | HB | 240 x 175 | 96 | |
Rhodes, John | Bourne to Essendine | KMS Books | 1986 | 948017031 | SB | 210 x 147 | 48 | |
Woodward, Sue and Geoff | Branch Line to Dunstable | Middleton Press | 2008 | 9781906008277 | SB | 240 x 175 | 96 | |
Mitchell, Vic and Smith, Keith | Branch Lines Around Hatfield and Hertford | Middleton Press | 2009 | 9781906008581 | HB | 240 x 175 | 96 | |
Mitchell, Vic and Smith, Kevin | Branch Lines to Skegness and Mablethorpe, also Spilsby and Coningsby | Middleton Press | 2016 | 9781908174840 | HB | 240 x 175 | 96 | |
Casserley, H C | Britain’s Joint Lines | Ian Allan | 1968 | 711000247 | HB | 235 x 160 | 224 | Has chapters on 57 Joint Railways inc. M&GN and GN&GE |
Baxter, Bertram | British Locomotive Catalogue 1825-1923 Volume 5B | Moorland Publishing | 1988 | 903485869 | SB | 210 x 148 | 272 | Includes GNR and GCR locomotives |
Bonavia, Michael | Cambridge Line (The) | Ian Allan | 1995 | 711023336 | HB | 242 x 183 | 160 | Includes both GN and GE routes |
Shorland-Ball, Rob | Cambridge Station – Its Development and Operation as a Rail Centre | Pen & Sword Books Ltd | 2017 | 9781473869042 | HB | 254 x 180 | 187 | |
Hunter, Michael and Thorne, Robert | Change at King’s Cross | Historical Publications | 1990 | 948667060 | HB | 251 x 193 | 159 | |
Prys Griffiths, R | Cheshire Lines Railway, The | Oakwood Press | 1947 | – | HB | 190 x 128 | 57 | |
Bagwell, Philip S. | Doncaster 1853-1990 Town of Train Makers | Doncaster Books+C84 | 1991 | 906976376 | HB | 305 x 215 | 136 | |
Tuffrey, Peter | Doncaster and its Railways | Tempus | 1996 | 752406353 | SB | 234 x 165 | 128 | |
Tuffrey, Peter | Doncaster and its Railways | Tempus | 1996 | 752406353 | SB | 234 x 165 | 128 | |
Tuffrey, Peter | Doncaster and its Railways. The Second Selection | Tempus | 2004 | 752428764 | SB | 234 x 165 | 127 | |
Major, Dr Susan | Early Victorian Railway Excursions (The Million Go Forth) | Pen and Sword Transport | 2015 | 9781473835283 | HB | 255 x 180 | 195 | |
Franks, D L | East & West Yorkshire Union Railways | Turntable Enterprises | 1973 | 902844180 | SB | 216 x 140 | 44 | |
Neve, Eric | East Coast from King’s Cross | Ian Allan | 1983 | 711012121 | HB | 220 x 180 | 112 | |
Gray, Adrian | East Coast Main Line Disasters | Pendragon Publishing | 2013 | 9781899816194 | SB | 273 x 215 | 97 | |
Ludlam, A J | East Lincolnshire Railway (The) | Oakwood | 1991 | 853614164 | HB | 220 x 155 | 160 | |
Lambert, Anthony J | East Midlands Branch Line Album | Ian Allan | 1978 | 711008280 | HB | 240 x 183 | 128 | Photo album (mainly 2 per page) mainly 1950s/60s but some earlier, not exclusively GN/ex-GN lines |
Freeman Allen, G | Eastern (The) Yesterday and Today | Ian Allen | 1982 | 711011850 | SB | 234 x 175 | 64 | BR transition period |
Semmens, Peter | Electrifying the East Coast Route | Patrick Stephens | 1991 | 850599296 | HB | 238 x 175 | 224 | |
Connor, J E | Finsbury Park to Alexandra Palace | Middleton Press | 1997 | 1901706028 | HB | 240 x 172 | 96 | 120 photographs, pages un-numbered |
Ludlam, A J | Firsby to Spilsby | Lincolnshire Wolds Railway Society | 2015 | 9780992676278 | SB | 210 x 147 | 49 | |
Walker, Stephen | Firsby to Wainfleet & Skegness | KMS Books | 1987 | 094801704X | SB | 210 x 147 | 64 | |
Brown, Gordon H | Firsby. Portrait of a country junction | Gordon H Brown | 1994 | 095239930X | SB | 280 x 215 | 110 | |
Brown, F A S | From Stirling to Gresley 1882-1922 | Oxford Publishing Co | 1974 | – | SB | 242 x 188 | 149 | |
Williamson, D J (and others) | G.N. & N.E. Joint Stock Carriage Diagrams | North Eastern Railway Assn | 1999 | 1873513275 | SB | 297 x 215 | 39 | Comb-bound A4 size booklet |
Tuffrey, Peter | GNR & LNER in Doncaster (The) | Amberley | 2013 | 9781445601250 | SB | 245 x 170 | 128 | |
Ludlam A J and Eldridge P J | Gone But Not Forgotten | Lincolnshire Wolds Railway Society | 2013 | 9780992676209 | SB | 210 x 150 | 44 | Railways of East Lincolnshire prior to closure |
Voyageur | Gradients of the London and North Eastern Railway | The Railway Publishing Co | No Date | DB | 240 x 170 | 48 | Includes GNR lines | |
Cossey, Frank | Grantham & Railways | BG Publications | 1983 | 906338123 | SB | 215 x 200 | 54 | |
Anderson, Paul | Great British Railway Station King’s Cross (The) | Irwell Press | 2016 | 9781911262015 | HB | 300 x 215 | 240 | Revision of earlier edition indexed below under Hawkins, Chris |
Hawkins, Chris | Great British Railway Station Kings Cross (The) | Irwell Press | 1990 | 1871608147 | HB | 280 x 223 | 91 | Note no possessive apostrophe in “Kings†in title |
Nock, O S | Great Northern 4-4-2 ‘Atlantics’ | Patrick Srephens | 1984 | 850596831 | HB | 244 x 177 | 136 | |
Goode, C T | Great Northern & Great Eastern Joint Railway (March to Doncaster) | Author | 1989 | 1870313062 | SB | 210 x 145 | 64 | |
Franks, D L | Great Northern and London & North Western Joint Railway | Turntable Enterprises | 1974 | 902844202 | SB | 210 x 140 | 69 | |
Baldwin, James S | Great Northern Atlantics | Pen & Sword Transport | 2015 | 1783463671 | HB | 240 X 250 | 180 | |
Walker, Stephen | Great Northern Branch Lines in Lincolnshire | KMS | 1984 | 948017007 | SB | 205 x 147 | 40 | |
Paye, Peter | Great Northern Railway Branch Lines from Stamford | Lightmoor Press | 2017 | 9781911038245 | HB | 280x 220 | 176 | |
Rhodes, John | Great Northern Branch Lines to Stamford | KMS | 1988 | 948017066 | SB | 210 x 147 | 94 | |
Brown, F A S | Great Northern Locomotive Engineers Volume One: 1846-1881 | George Allen and Unwin | 1966 | – | HB | 222 x 150 | 252 | Author died before completion of Volume Two |
Groves, N | Great Northern Locomotive History Volume 1 1847-66 | RCTS | 1986 | 901115614 | HB | 242 x 187 | 123 | |
Groves, N | Great Northern Locomotive History Volume 2 1867-95 | RCTS | 1987 | 901115622 | HB | 242 x 187 | 311 | |
Groves, N | Great Northern Locomotive History Volume 3a 1896-1911 | RCTS | 1990 | 090111569X | HB | 242 x 187 | 235 | |
Groves, N | Great Northern Locomotive History Volume 3b 1911-1922 | RCTS | 1992 | 901115703 | HB | 242 x 187 | 134 | |
Weight, R A H | Great Northern Locomotives 1847-1947 | Author | 1947 | – | SB | 224 x 142 | 78 | |
Weight, R A H | Great Northern Locomotives 1847-1947 | Gresley Society | 1970 | – | SB | 224 x 142 | 78 | Reprint of the 1947 edition |
Thrower, W Rayner | Great Northern Main Line (The) | Oakwood Press | 1984 | 857612878 | SB | 215 x 146 | 46 | |
Rapacz, Jan, and Whitaker, Alan | Great Northern Outpost Volume 1 – The Bradford & Thornton Railway | Willowherb Publishing | 2016 | 9780993567803 | HB | 110 colour photographs | ||
Rapacz, Jan, and Whitaker, Alan | Great Northern Outpost Volume 2 – The Halifax, Thornton & Keighley Railway | Willowherb Publishing | 2017 | 9780993567810 | HB | 112 colour photographs | ||
Nock, O S | Great Northern Railway (The) | Ian Allan | 1958 | – | HB | 233 x 163 | 192 | |
Taylor, Bill | Great Northern Railway: The Leen Valley Extension, Kirkby-In-Ashfield to Shirebrook | Book Law Publications | 2017 | 9781909625679 | ? | 297x 210 | 80 | |
Wrottesley, John | Great Northern Railway (The) Volume I Origins and Development | Batsford | 1979 | 713415908 | HB | 224 x 145 | 256 | |
Wrottesley, John | Great Northern Railway (The) Volume II Expansion and Competition | Batsford | 1979 | 173415924 | HB | 224 x 145 | 201 | |
Wrottesley, John | Great Northern Railway (The) Volume III Twentieth Century to Grouping | Batsford | 1981 | 713421835 | HB | 224 X 145 | 220 | |
Harris, Michael | Great Northern Railway and East Coast Joint Stock Carriages from 1905 | Oakwood | 1995 | 853614776 | SB | 210 x 148 | 160 | |
Griffiths, Roger and Hooper, John | Great Northern Railway Engine Sheds Volume 1 Southern Area | Irwell Press | 1989 | 1871608074 | HB | 283 x 223 | 130 | |
Griffiths, Roger and Hooper, John | Great Northern Railway Engine Sheds Volume 2 The Lincolnshire Loop, Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire | Challenger Publications for Book Law / Railbus | 1996 | 1899624228 | HB | 280 x 223 | 122 | |
Griffiths, Roger and Hooper, John | Great Northern Railway Engine Sheds Volume 3 Yorkshire & Lancashire | Book Law / Railbus in association with Challenger | 2000 | 1899624260 | HB | 280 x 223 | 114 | |
Crawley, John | Great Northern Railway in Focus (The) | W D Wharton | 2001 | 1899597115 | HB | 304 x 222 | 176 | |
Henshaw, Alfred | Great Northern Railway In The East Midlands (The) No.1. The Rise and Fall of Colwick Yards, Nottingham London Road-Gedling-Basford | RCTS | 1999 | 901115843 | SB | 278 x 216 | 108 | |
Henshaw, Alfred | Great Northern Railway In The East Midlands (The) No.2. Nottingham Victoria and the GC Line, The Leen Valley Network and Extensions | RCTS | 2000 | 090111588X | SB | 278 x 216 | 131 | |
Henshaw, Alfred | Great Northern Railway In The East Midlands (The) No.3. The Erewash Valley Lines, Pinxton Branch, Awsworth-Ilkeston, Heanor & Stanton Branches | RCTS | 2000 | 901115886 | SB | 278 x 216 | 155 | |
Henshaw, Alfred | Great Northern Railway In The East Midlands (The) No.4. Nottingham-Grantham, Bottesford-Newark, Melton Mowbray, The Leicester Line and Ironstone Branches | RCTS | 2003 | 901115924 | SB | 278 x 216 | 176 | |
Bairstow, Martin | Great Northern Railway in the West Riding (The) | Martin Bairstow | 1999 | 1871944198 | SB | 240 x 178 | 96 | Photographs and text – line histories. |
Bairstow, Martin | Great Northern Railway in West Yorkshire (The) | Wyvern Publications | 1982 | 907941036 | SB | 245 x 178 | 64 | Photographs and text – line histories. |
Nock, O S | Great Northern Railway Pre-Grouping Railway Scene No.2 | Ian Allan | 1979 | 711009163 | HB | 242 x 183 | 96 | |
Tuplin, W A | Great Northern Steam | Ian Allan | 1971 | 711001790* | HB | 236 x 144 | 208 | |
Young, John N | Great Northern Suburban | David & Charles | 1977 | 071537477X | HB | 223 x 146 | 168 | Subject is specifically the London suburban lines |
Great Northern, North Eastern, and North British Railway Companies – Plans of East Coast Joint Stock – January 1909 | North Eastern Railway Association | 1999 | 18735136 | SB | 297 x 215 | 44 | Copy of 1909 Diagram Book – Comb-bound, A4 | |
Wright, Tony | Green/Blue Transition on the ECML | Irwell Press | 2015 | 9781906919818 | SB | 60 | ||
Haresnape, Brian | Gresley Locomotives | Ian Allan | 1981 | 711008922 | HB | 235 x 175 | 176 | |
Harris, Michael | Gresley’s Coaches | David & Charles | 1973 | 715359355 | HB | 251 x 197 | 160 | Includes GN and ECJS vehicles |
Ludlam, A J | Grimsby – A Lincolnshire Railway Centre | Lincolnshire Wolds Railway Society | 2016 | 9780992676285 | SB | 210 x 147 | 48 | |
Digby, Nigel J L | Guide to the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway (A) | Ian Allan | 1993 | 711021871 | HB | 215 x 291 | 160 | |
Taylor, Roger D and Anderson, Brian | Hatfield and St Albans Branch of the Great Northern Railway (The) | Oakwood | 1988 | 853613737 | SB | 210 x 150 | 64 | |
Woodward, Geoff and Sue | Hatfield, Luton & Dunstable Railway (The) | Oakwood | 1977 | SB | 215 x 140 | 72 | ||
Mitchell, Vic and Smith, Keith | Hertford Loop | Middleton Press | 2010 | 9781906008710 | HB | 240 x 175 | 96 | |
Jones, Robin | History of the East Coast Main Line (A) | Crowood Press | 2017 | 9781785002861 | SB | 245 x 190 | 240 | Superficial history, lacking in factual content |
Grinling, Charles H | History of the Great Northern Railway (The) [1845-1895] | Methuen & Co | 1898 | HB | 228 x 152 | 430 | ||
Grinling, Charles H, Borley, H V and Ellis, C Hamilton | History of the Great Northern Railway (The) [1845-1922] | George Allen & Unwin | 1966 | HB | 228 x 152 | 490 | With additional chapters | |
Mitchell, Vic and Mott, Allan | Hitchin to Peterborough | Middleton Press | 2003 | 1904474071 | HB | 240 x 175 | 96 | |
Clarke, J N | Horncastle and Tattershall Canal (The) | Oakwood | 1990 | 853613982 | SB | 210 x 147 | 96 | |
Ludlam, A J | Horncastle and Woodhall Junction Railway (The) | Oakwood | 1986 | 085361 3265 | SB | 205 x 147 | 56 | |
Hoole, Ken | Illustrated History of East Coast Joint Stock (The) | Oxford Publishing Co | 1993 | 860934306 | HB | 306 x 220 | 144 | |
Vanns, Michael A | Illustrated History of Great Northern Railway Signalling (An) | Oxford Publishing Co | 2000 | 860935450 | HB | 298 x 222 | 128 | |
Tonks, Eric | Ironstone Quarries of the Midlands Part 8 South Lincolnshire (The) | Book Law Publications | 1991 | 9781907094071 | SB | 210 x 135 | 256 | |
Aston, Mark, and Marshall, Lesley | King’s Cross a tour in time | Camden Local Studies and Archive Centre | 2006 | 1800846187 | SB | 210 x 150 | 60 | |
Thrower, W Rayner | King’s Cross in the Twenties | Oakwood | 1978 | – | SB | 213 x 140 | 52 | Locomotion Papers No.110 |
Christopher, John | King’s Cross Station Through Time | Amberley Publishing | 2012 | 9781445605302 | SB | 234 x 166 | 96 | |
Connor, Charlie and Jim | King’s Cross to Potters Bar | Middleton Press | 2009 | 9781906008628 | HB | 240 x 175 | 96 | |
Brown, Leo | Leo’s World 1911-1996 | Leo Publishing | 2005 | 095163571 9 | SB | 250 x 205 | 72 | Railway career included ex-GN stations |
Squires, Stewart | Lincoln to Grantham Line via Honington (The) | Oakwood | 1996 | 853614997 | SB | 210 x 150 | 176 | |
Ludlam, A J | Lincoln: A Lincolnshire Railway Centre | Lincolnshire Wolds Railway Society | 2017 | 9780995461017 | SB | 210 X 147 | 48 | |
Jelley, Graham | Lincolnshire After Beeching | Book Law Publications | 2014 | 9781909625204 | SB | 200 x 220 | 100 | |
Ludlam, A J | Lincolnshire Loop Line (GNR) and the River Witham | Oakwood | 1995 | 853614644 | SB | 210 x 147 | 160 | |
Squires, Stewart | Lincolnshire Potato Railways (The) (Rev ised edition) | Oakwood | 2005 | 853616469 | SB | 210 x147 | 160 | |
Squires, Stewart | Lincolnshire Railways | Lincolnshire Books | 1998 | 1872375065 | SB | 210 x 147 | 46 | |
Stennett, Alan | Lincolnshire Railways | Crowood Press | 2016 | 9781785000829 | SB | 246 x 189 | 160 | |
Herbert, W B and Robinson, D N | Lincolnshire Railways in Camera | Quotes Ltd of Buckingham | 1986 | 860233065 | HB | 210 x 147 | 80 | Photos with brief captions |
Herbert, W B and Robinson, D N | Lincolnshire Railways in Camera 2 | Quotes Ltd of Buckingham | 1988 | 860233294 | HB | 210 x 147 | 80 | |
Burgess, Neil | Lincolnshire’s Lost Railways | Stenlake Publishing | 2007 | 9781840334074 | SB | 240 x 175 | 48 | |
Gammell, C J | LNER Branch Lines 1945-65 | Oxford Publishing | 1979 | 860930076* | HB | 280 x 220 | 95 | |
Brodribb, John | LNER Country Stations | Ian Allan | 1988 | 071101714X | HB | 240 x 170 | 144 | Has a chapter about GN stations |
Sharpe, Brian | LNER Steam Revival | Mortons Media | 2014 | 9781909128637 | SB | 130 | Features preserved ex GNR locos | |
Scott, Ron | Loco Profile 30 GN Large Atlantics | Profile | No Date | – | SB | 251 x 187 | 24 | pp 125-148 incl. |
Ahrons, E L | Locomotive & Train Working in the Latter Part of the Nineteenth Century Volume One | W. Heffer and Sons | No Date | HB | 230 x 160 | 152 | PP1-19 cover GNR | |
Harris, Michael | Locomotives Illustrated 14 GNR Ivatt Atlantics | Ian Allan | 1978 | 3071804 | SB | 209 X 286 | 38 | |
Stephenson, Brian (Editor) | Locomotives Illustrated 14 GNR Ivatt Atlantics | Ian Allan | 1978 | 03071804 ^ | SB | 297 x 210 | 38 | |
Stephenson, Brian (Editor) | Locomotives Illustrated 53 Gresley three cylinder 2-6-0s | Ian Allan | 1987 | 03071804 ^ | SB | 297 x 210 | 38 | |
Stephenson, Brian (Editor) | Locomotives Illustrated 67 Gresley two cylinder 2-6-0s | Ian Allan | 1989 | 03071804 ^ | SB | 297 x 210 | 38 | |
Stephenson, Brian (Editor) | Locomotives Illustrated 79 British Express 4-2-2s | Ian Allan | 1991 | 03071804 ^ | SB | 297 x 210 | 38 | Includes GNR classes A1-A5 |
Stephenson, Brian (Editor) | Locomotives Illustrated 87 Gresley Passenger Tanks | RAS | 1993 | 03071804 ^ | SB | 297 x 210 | 38 | |
Stephenson, Brian (Editor) | Locomotives Illustrated 92 GWR and LNER Group 2-4-0s | RAS | 1993 | 03071804 ^ | SB | 297 x 210 | 46 | includes GNR 2-4-0s that became LNER locos |
Stephenson, Brian (Editor) | Locomotives Illustrated 106 Gresley A1 pacifics | RAS | 1996 | 03071804 ^ | SB | 297 x 210 | 46 | |
Stephenson, Brian (Editor) | Locomotives Illustrated 111 The British 0-4-2 | RAS | 1997 | 03071804 ^ | SB | 297 x 210 | 46 | includes GNR 0-4-2s |
Stephenson, Brian (Editor) | Locomotives Illustrated 126 Ivatt Great Northern Railway 4-4-0s | RAS | 1999 | 03071804 ^ | SB | 297 x 210 | 44 | |
Stephenson, Brian (Editor) | Locomotives Illustrated 139 Great Northern Railway Eight Coupled locos | RAS | 2001 | 03071804^ | SB | 297 x 210 | 48 | |
Stephenson, Brian (Editor) | Locomotives Illustrated 153 Great Northern Railway 0-6-0s | RAS | 2004 | 03071804^ | SB | 298 x 210 | 45 | Including LNER Classes J1 to J7 |
Stephenson, Brian (Editor) | Locomotives Illustrated 164 The Four-Coupled Tank Engines and Steam Railmotors of the Great Northern Railway | RAS | 2007 | 03071804^ | SB | 299 x 210 | 46 | |
Stephenson, Brian (Editor) | Locomotives Illustrated 166 Great Northern Railway & North Eastern Railway 0-6-0Ts | RAS | 2007 | 03071804^ | DB | 300 X 210 | 47 | Includes LNER classes J50 to J58 |
Bird, Geo Fredk | Locomotives of the Great Northern Railway (The) | Locomotive Publishing Co | 1903 | – | HB | 203 x 140 | 203 | |
Bird, Geo Fredk | Locomotives of the Great Northern Railway (The) | Locomotive Publishing Co | 1910 | HB | 205 x 140 | 228 | New and Revised Edition | |
Bird, G F (edited by Christopher, J) | Locomotives of the Great Northern Railway (The) | Amberley Publishing | 2013 | 9781445634159 | SB | 234 x 166 | 160 | Edited reprint of the original work |
Fry, E V (series editor) | Locomotives of the LNER Part 1 | RCTS | 1963 | – | SB | 204 x 151 | 120 | Preliminary Survey |
Fry, E V (series editor) | Locomotives of the LNER Part 2A | RCTS | 1973 | 901115258 | SB | 204 x 151 | 231 | Includes GNR class A1 |
Fry, E V (series editor) | Locomotives of the LNER Part 3A | RCTS | 1979 | 901115452 | SB | 204 x 151 | 148 | Includes GNR class C1 [251] and C1 [990] |
Fry, E V (series editor) | Locomotives of the LNER Part 3B | RCTS | 1980 | 901115460 | SB | 204 x 151 | 108 | Includes GNR classes D1, D2 and D3 |
Fry, E V (series editor) | Locomotives of the LNER Part 5 | RCTS | 1984 | 901115126 | SB | 204 x 151 | 231 | Includes GNR classes J4, J5, J21 and J22 |
Fry, E V (series editor) | Locomotives of the LNER Part 6A | RCTS | 1982 | 901115533 | SB | 204 x 151 | 170 | Includes GNR classes H2, H3 and H4 |
Fry, E V (series editor) | Locomotives of the LNER Part 6B | RCTS | 1983 | 901115541 | SB | 204 x 151 | 196 | Includes GNR classes O1 and O2 |
Fry, E V (series editor) | Locomotives of the LNER Part 6C | RCTS | 1984 | 090111555X | SB | 204 x 151 | 168 | Includes GNR classes K1 and K2 |
Fry, E V (series editor) | Locomotives of the LNER Part 8A | RCTS | 1983 | 901115053 | SB | 204 x 151 | 102 | Includes GNR classes J13, J14, J15, J16, J17, J18 and J23 |
Fry, E V (series editor) | Locomotives of the LNER Part 9A | RCTS | 1977 | 901115401 | SB | 204 x 151 | 170 | Includes GNR classes N1 and N2 |
Fry, E V (series editor) | Locomotives of the LNER Part 9B | RCTS | 1977 | 090111541X | SB | 204 x 151 | 116 | Includes GNR class L1 |
Fry, E V (series editor) | Locomotives of the LNER Part 10A | RCTS | 1988 | 901115657 | SB | 204 x 151 | 140 | Includes GNR 0-4-4CT, 0-6-0T and 0-4-0T departmental locos |
Fry, E V (series editor) | Locomotives of the LNER Part 10B | RCTS | 1990 | 901115665 | SB | 204 x 151 | 150 | Includes GNR steam rail motors |
Fry, E V (series editor) | Locomotives of the LNER Part 11 | RCTS | 1994 | 901115090 | SB | 204 x 151 | 98 | Supplementary information |
Hornby, Frank | London Commuter Lines Volume 1 | Silver Link | 2002 | 1857941152 | SB | 237 x 173 | 144 | GNR London commuter lines form chapter 6 (pages 78-96) |
Fellows, Reginald B | London to Cambridge By Train -1845-1938 | Oleander Press, Cambridge | 1976 | 902675656 | SB | 210 x 128 | 40 | Originally published in 1939 |
Jackson, Alan A | London’s Local Railways | Capital Transport | 1978 | 1854142097 | HB | 185 x 250 | 464 | 34 pages devoted to the Northern Heights and Cuffley lines |
Pearson, R E and Ruddock, J G | Lord Willoughby’s Railway, The Edenham Branch | Willoughby Memorial Trust | 1986 | 951165607 | SB | 225 x 147 | 120 | |
Squires, Stewart | Lost Railway In Lincolnshire | Castlemead | 1988 | 0948555`49 | HB | 270 x 212 | 144 | |
Stennett, Alan | Lost Railways of Lincolnshire | Countryside Books | 2007 | 9781846740404 | SB | 216 x 150 | 160 | |
Ludlam, A J | Louth, Mablethorpe & Willoughby Loop (The) | Oakwood | 1987 | 853613540 | SB | 210 x 147 | 64 | |
Johnson, E M | Manchester’s Central Station and the Great Northern Railway Goods Warehouse | Foxline | 2005 | 1870119797 | SB | 273 x 215 | 78 | |
Bourne, Susan | Memories of Friargate Station | Breedon Books | 1998 | 1859831168 | SB | 212 x 296 | 100 | |
Rhodes, John | Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway (The) | Ian Allan | 1982 | 711011451 | HB | 175 x 235 | 178 | |
Wrottesley, A J | Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway (The) | David & Charles | 1981 | 715381733 | HB | 224 x 145 | 221 | 1st edition (no ISBN) 1970 |
Walker, Stephen | New Line, Kirkstead to Little Steeping (The) | KMS Books | 1985 | 948017023 | SB | 210 x 147 | 48 | |
Mitchell, Vic and Smith, Kevin | Newark to Doncaster | Middleton Press | 2015 | 9781908174789 | HB | 240 x 175 | 96 | |
Mitchell, Vic and Smith, Kevin | Nottingham to Boston | Middleton Press | 2015 | 9781908174703 | HB | 240 x 175 | 96 | |
Huntriss, Derek | On Great Northern Lines | Ian Allan | 1994 | 711022860 | HB | 190 x 214 | 80 | Colour photo album, various photographers, BR period. |
Rolt, L T C | Patrick Stirling’s Locomotives | Hamish Hamilton | 1964 | – | HB | 207 x 222 | 63 | |
Mitchell, Vic and Smith, Kevin | Peterborough to Lincoln | Middleton Press | 2016 | 9781908174895 | HB | 240 x 175 | 96 | |
Mitchell, Vic and Smith, Kevin | Peterborough to Newark | Middleton Press | 2015 | 9781908174727 | HB | 240 x 175 | 96 | |
Maclean, A A | Pictorial Record of LNER Constituent Signalling (A) | Oxford Publishing Co | 1983 | 860931463 | HB | 280 x 220 | 220 | |
Mitchell, Vic and Mott, Allan | Potters Bar to Cambridge | Middleton Press | 2006 | 1904474705 | HB | 240 x 172 | 96 | 120 photographs, pages un-numbered |
Arkell, John | Private Owner Wagons of the South East (SE&CR / SR (Eastern Divn.)) | Lightmoor Press | 2016 | 9781911038061 | HB | 283 x 219 | 192 | |
Body, Geoffery | PSL Field Guide Railways of the Eastern Region: Southern Operating Area | Patrick Stephens | 1989 | 852602988 | HB | 234 x 155 | 232 | |
Ludlam, A J | RAF Cranwell Railway (The) | Oakwood | 1988 | 853613796 | SB | 210 x 147 | 64 | |
Batty, Stephen R | Rail Centres: Doncaster | Ian Allan | 1991 | 711020043 | HB | 240 x 175 | 144 | |
Waszak, Peter | Rail Centres: Peterborough | Ian Allan | 1984 | 711013896 | HB | 240 x 185 | 128 | |
Davies, Reg | Rails to the People’s Palace | Hornsey Historical Society | 2006 | 905794117 | SB | 210 x 148 | 36 | |
Ruddock, J G and Pearson, R E | Railway History of Lincoln (The) | J.G. Ruddock & Partners | 1974 | SB | 230 x 155 | 272 | ||
Wilmot, George | Railway In Finchley (The) | Library and Arts Committee of the Barnet London Borough Council | 1973 | SB | 213 x 165 | 70 | 2nd revised edition | |
Harper, Douglas | Railway, River and Ravine (Foot Suspension Bridges for Empire) | History Press | 2017 | 9780750962131 | HB | 230 x 250 | 164 | Includes three suspension bridges on GNR |
Minnis, John | Railway Signal Boxes – A Review | Historic England | 2012 | 9781848023437 | SB | 297 x 210 | 55 | Includes a section on GNR boxes |
King, P K and Hewins, D R | Railways around Grimsby, Cleethorpes, Immingham & NE Lincolnshire | Foxline | 1988 | 18701119045 | SB | 280 x 215 | 88 | Mostly GC but Grimsby and ELR interest |
Weight, R A H | Railways Before The Grouping Number Two The Great Northern | Ian Allan | No Date | – | SB | 224 x 142 | 33 | |
Railways in Lincolnshire on Old Picture Postcards | Reflections of a Bygone Age | 2010 | 1905408221 | SB | 48 | |||
Bates, Chris and Bairstow, Martin | Railways in North Lincolnshire | Martin Bairstow | 2005 | 1871944309 | SB | 240 x 190 | 112 | |
Wright, Neil R | Railways of Boston (The), Their Origins and Development | Richard K Publications | 1971 | 902662538 | SB | 210 x 160 | 55 | |
Cockman, F G | Railways of Hertfordshire (The) | Hertfordshire Library Services | 1978 | 901354112 | SB | 295 x 210 | 80 | |
Vanns, Michael A | Railways of Newark-on-Trent (The) | Oakwood | 1999 | 853615322 | HB | 210 x 148 | 256 | Includes Midland Railway |
Waite, Peter Barry | Railways of Nottingham A History of The Great Northern Colwick Motive Power Depot & Marshalling Yard | Book Law | 2004 | 1901945316 | HB | 221 x 279 | 96 | |
Barnett, A L | Railways of the South Yorkshire Coalfield from 1880 (The) | RCTS | 1984 | 901115584 | HB | 245 x 185 | 132 | |
Ludlam, A J | Railways to Skegness | Oakwood | 1997 | 853615187 | SB | 210 x 147 | 160 | |
Joy, David | Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Volume 8 West & South Yorkshire (A) | David & Charles | 1984 | 946537119 | HB | 220 x 140 | 317 | Second Revised Edition. Includes many other railways but has maps which help explain the GNR’s position in a ccmplex layout |
Smith, Jack | Return to Bawtry. A Busy Country Station in the Golden Age of Steam | Waterdale Press | 1992 | 86976332 | SB | 200 x 200 | 56 | Author was stationmaster at Bawtry 1930-45 |
Gammell, C J | Rural Railway (The) | G R Q Publications | 1983 | 946863008 | HB | 266 x 204 | 96 | Includes GN, M&GN and GN&GE |
Dorricott, Edward | Samuel Telford Dutton, Railway Signal Engineer | Signalling Record Society | 2016 | 9781873228265 | HB | 273 x 215 | 256 | |
Clark, Ronald H | Short History of the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway (A) | Goose & Son, Norwich | 1967 | – | HB | 254 x 195 | 210 | |
Jackson, Allen | Signalling and Signal Boxes – GNR Routes | Amberley Publishing | 2017 | 978144566746 | SB | 210 x 147 | 96 | |
Mitchell, Vic and Smith, Kevin | Spalding to Grimsby | Middleton Press | 2014 | 9781908174659 | HB | 240 x 175 | 96 | |
Semmens, Peter | Speed on the East Coast Main Line | Patrick Stephens | 1990 | 085059930X | HB | 252 x 195 | 248 | History of services over140 years |
Ludlam, A J | Spilsby to Firsby Railway (The) | Oakwood | 1985 | 853613109 | SB | 210 x 147 | 52 | |
Baker, Allan C, and Fell, Mike G | Stafford & Uttoxeter Railway (The) | Lightmoor Press | 2014 | 9781899889907 | HB | |||
Jones, P | Stafford & Uttoxeter Railway (The) | Oakwood | c. 1981 | – | SB | 213 x 138 | 40 | |
Franks, D L | Stamford & Essendine Railway (The) | Turntable Enterprises | 1971 | 902844024* | SB | 213 x 140 | 40 | |
Jordan, Arthur and Elisabeth | Stamford All Change | Amphion Press | 1996 | 095165631 7 | SB | 240 x 185 | 80 | Mostly Midland, but some GN |
Digby, Nigel J L | Stations and Structures of the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway Vol. 1 – Lowestoft to Melton Constable | Lightmoor Press | 2015 | 9781819889822 | HB | 275 x 215 | 288 | |
Digby, Nigel J L | Stations and Structures of the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway Vol. 2 – Norwich to Peterborough and Little Bytham | Lightmoor Press | 2015 | 9781911038016 | HB | 275 x 215 | 330 | |
Goslin, Geoff | Steam on the Widened Lines. Volume 1`: The Great Northern and Midland Railways and Their Successors | Connor & Butler | 1997 | 947699252 | SB | 210 x 148 | 61 | Volume 2 covers the Great Western and southern cos. |
Leech, K H and Boddy, M G | Stirling Singles (The) | David & Charles | 1965 | – | HB | 250 x 193 | 160 | |
Howard, Phil | Take the Train From Hitchin | Hitchin Historical Society | 2006 | 9780955241100 | SB | 223 x 157 | 90 | |
Dawes, Martin C | The End Of The Line – The Story of the Railway Service to the Great Northern London Cemetery | Barnet & District Local History Society | 2003 | 951334255 | SB | 153 x 232 | 116 | |
Higginson, Mark | The Friargate Line – Derby and the Great Northern Railway | Golden Pingle | 1989 (reptd 1992) | 095138340X | HB | 212 x 305 | 160 | |
Tuffrey, Peter | The Last Years of Yorkshire Steam | Great Northern Books | 2016 | 9780993344749 | HB | 160 | ||
Minnis, John | The Railway Goods Shed and Warehouse in England | Historic England | 2016 | 9781848023284 | SB | 210 x 210 | 128 | Includes a section on GNR buildings |
Birch, G David | The Story of the Nottingham Suburban Railway Vol.1 – Conception, Construction, Commencement | Book Law | 2010 | 781907094989 | HB | 222 x 272 | 92 | |
Birch, G David | The Story of the Nottingham Suburban Railway Vol.2 – The Operational Years | Book Law | 2012 | 781907094361 | HB | 215 x 273 | 124 | |
Townend, P N | Top Shed | Ian Allan | 1977 | 711006482 | HB | 240 x 180 | 175 | Reprint. First published 1975 |
Ludlam, A J | Trains to the Lincolnshire Seaside Volume 2 Skegness | Lincolnshire Wolds Railway Society | 2014 | 992676230 | SB | 210 X 147 | 32 | |
Gladwyn, Neville and White | Welwyn’s Railways A History of the Great Northern Line from 1850 to 1986 | Castlemead | 1986 | 948555041 | HB | 218 x 279 | 120 | |
Giles, John et at | Wheathampstead Railway Recollections | Wheathampstead Local History Group | 1995 | 952548003 | SB | 145 x 190 | 60 | |
Ludlam, A J | Woodhall Junction to Horncastle | Lincolnshire Wolds Railway Society | 2015 | 9780992676261 | SB | 210 x 147 | 48 | |
Yeadon, W B | Yeadon’s Register of LNER Locomotives Volume Eight | Book Law Publications | 1995 | 1899624023 | HB | 280 x 222 | 94 | Includes H4 2-6-0 |
Yeadon, W B | Yeadon’s Register of LNER Locomotives Volume Eighteen | Book Law Publications | 2000 | 1899624465 | HB | 280 x 222 | 94 | Includes H2 and H3 2-6-0 |
Yeadon, W B | Yeadon’s Register of LNER Locomotives Volume Nine | Book Law Publications | 1995 | 1899614074 | HB | 280 x 222 | 94 | Includes O1 and O2 2-8-0 |
Yeadon, W B | Yeadon’s Register of LNER Locomotives Volume Nineteen | Book Law Publications | 2001 | 1899624473 | HB | 280 x 222 | 94 | Includes all 4-4-0 inc M&GN |
Yeadon, W B | Yeadon’s Register of LNER Locomotives Volume One | Book Law Publications | 2001 | 1871608090 | HB | 280 x 222 | 90 | Includes A1 4-6-2 |
Yeadon, W B | Yeadon’s Register of LNER Locomotives Volume Thirteen | Book Law Publications | 2003 | 1899624309 | HB | 280 x 222 | 94 | Includes C1/990 and C1/251 4-4-2 |
Yeadon, W B | Yeadon’s Register of LNER Locomotives Volume Thirty | Book Law Publications | 2004 | 1899624643 | HB | 280 x 222 | 94 | Includes E1 2-4-0 |
Yeadon, W B | Yeadon’s Register of LNER Locomotives Volume Thirty Seven Part A | Book Law Publications | 2005 | 1901945448 | HB | 280 x 222 | 102 | 0-6-0 classes part A |
Yeadon, W B | Yeadon’s Register of LNER Locomotives Volume Thirty Seven Part B | Book Law Publications | 2006 | 1899634740 | HB | 280 x 222 | 94 | 0-6-0 classes part B plus M&GN |
Yeadon, W B | Yeadon’s Register of LNER Locomotives Volume Thirty Six | Book Law Publications | 2006 | 1899624732 | HB | 280 x 222 | 94 | Includes G1 and G3 0-4-4T |
Yeadon, W B | Yeadon’s Register of LNER Locomotives Volume Thirty Three | Book Law Publications | 2005 | 1899624708 | HB | 280 x 222 | 94 | Includes C2 4-4-2T |
Yeadon, W B | Yeadon’s Register of LNER Locomotives Volume Twenty | Book Law Publications | 2001 | 1899624481 | HB | 280 x 222 | 94 | Includes all 0-8-0 |
Yeadon, W B | Yeadon’s Register of LNER Locomotives Volume Twenty Five | Book Law Publications | 2002 | 1899624589 | HB | 280 x 222 | 110 | Includes N1 And N2 0-6-2T |