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== Schematic Map of the preserved SVR ==
Details of books and publications wholly or mainly concerning the Severn Valley Railway and the Wyre Forest Line.  Books in print are normally stocked in [[List of shops | SVR gift shops]].  Those not in print can often be found in [[List of shops | shops and sales coaches]] run by preservation groups.


{| class="wikitable"
Books and publications in '''bold''' are referenced as sources on this wiki site.
|+Schematic Map of the SVR
 
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==Books ==
[[File:BSicon KBHFa.svg|25px]] [[Bridgnorth]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
<br/>
!Title !! Author !! Date || ISBN !! In print? !! Comments
[[File:BSicon_eHST.svg|25px]] [[Eardington | Eardington Halt]] (Disused)
|-
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| '''Handbook to the Severn Valley Railway''' ||data-sort-value="Randall,J"| J. Randall || 1863 ||  || No || Available as an eBook on [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17612/17612-h/17612-h.htm www.gutenberg.org]
[[File:BSicon_HST.svg|25px]] [[Hampton Loade]]
|-
<br/>
| '''The Severn Valley Railway''' || data-sort-value="Smith,DJ"|D.J. Smith || 1968 ||  || No || 60 page history published in association with the [[Severn Valley Railway Society]]
[[File:BSicon_HST.svg|25px]]  [[Country Park Halt]]
|-
<br>
| '''Severn Valley Steam''' || data-sort-value="Nabarro,Gerald"| [[Sir Gerald Nabarro | Sir Gerald Nabarro MP]] || 1971 || 0710070640 || No || History of the pre-1963 railway and early days of preservation, by the former Chairman.
[[File:BSicon_HST.svg|25px]]  [[Highley]] and [[The Engine House]]
|-
<br>
|Railways of the Severn Valley|| data-sort-value="Hale,Michael"|Michael Hale || 1973 ||095019512 || No || Pre-preservation photos of the SVR and other local railways
[[File:BSicon_HST.svg|25px]]  [[Arley]]
|-
<br>
| '''No steam without fire'''|| data-sort-value="Asleft"|'Asleft'||1978||0950053341||No||Memories of life on the footplate at [[Wolverhampton]], [[Kidderminster Shed|Kidderminster]], and Newton Abbot
[[File:BSicon_WBRÜCKE.svg|25px]]  [[Victoria Bridge]]
|-
<br>
| Life Begins at Forty|| data-sort-value="Blencoe"|S.V. Blencoe || 1979 || || No || The rescue and resurrection of [[7812|GWR 7812 Erlestoke Manor]]. Published by [[The Erlestoke Manor Fund]].
[[File:BSicon_HST.svg|25px]] [[Northwood Halt]]
|-
<br>
| The Severn Valley Railway at Arley || data-sort-value="Geens,Barrie"| Barrie Geens || 1985 || 0906867339 || No ||
[[File:BSicon_eABZlg.svg|25px]] [[Wyre Forest Line | Tenbury Branch]] (Disused)
|-
<br>
| '''The Severn Valley Railway''' || data-sort-value="Marshall,John"|John Marshall || 1989 || 0946537453 || No || History of the pre-1963 railway and early days of preservation.
[[File:BSicon_HST.svg|25px]] [[Bewdley]]
|-
<br>
| Steam Portfolios 6: Severn Valley Railway || data-sort-value="Bell,Andrew"| Andrew Bell || 1991 || 0711019738 || No ||
[[File:BSicon_eABZrf.svg|25px]]  [[Stourport Branch]] (Disused)
|-
<br>
| '''When There Was Steam''' || data-sort-value="Barfield,Tony"|Tony Barfield ||1994||1-85648-190-5||No ||Memories of a Western Region fireman based at [[Kidderminster Shed]]. First published 1976.
[[File:BSicon_TUNNEL1.svg|25px]] [[Bewdley Tunnel]]
|-
<br>
| '''Severn Valley Locomotives As They Were''' || data-sort-value="Ferris,Tom"|Tom Ferris || 1995 || 1857800303 || No ||
[[File:BSicon_ABZrf.svg|25px]] [[Connection to Network Rail]]
|-
<br>
| '''The Tenbury & Bewdley Railway''' || data-sort-value="Beddoes,K_Smith,William"| Keith Beddoes & William H. Smith || 1995 || 1 874103 27 5 || Yes ||
[[File:BSicon_KBHFe.svg|25px]] [[Kidderminster]]
|-
| Severn Valley Railway Memories || data-sort-value="Magner,Chris"|Christopher Magner || 1997 || Privately published || No || 1950 to 1970 with additional information
|-
| The Severn Valley Railway: A Past and Present Companion || data-sort-value="Siviter,Roger"|Roger Siviter || 1995 || 978-1858951454 || Yes || The whole route from Shrewsbury to Worcester (Nostalgic Collection). Reprinted 2008
|-
| '''Severn Valley Railway. A View from the Past''' || data-sort-value="Vanns,MichaelA"|Michael A Vanns || 1998 || 978-0957589803 || Yes || Pre-1965 illustrated history. Reprinted 2013
|-
| '''The Jazzer and the last Manning, Wardle''' || data-sort-value="Shaw,Michael"|Michael Shaw || 1998 || 0953290301 || Yes || Illustrated history of [[686 The Lady Armaghdale]] and [[2047 Warwickshire]]
|-
| '''A Pictorial History of [[42968|2968 The Mighty Mogul]]''' || data-sort-value="Greaves,R_Norman,J"|Richard Greaves and Jim Norman || 2001 || 0954150805 || || Published by [[Stanier Mogul Fund]], copies often available on [[Stanier Mogul Fund sales stand | sales stall]]
|-
| The Severn Valley Railway || data-sort-value="Siviter,Roger"| Roger Siviter || 2002 || 0750929766 || No || Photo collection, pre- and post-preservation
|-
| Railway Moods, The Severn Valley Railway || data-sort-value="Heath,Mike"|Mike Heath || 2005 || 1841144444 || No ||
|-
| '''The Railway at Kidderminster in the 1940s''' || data-sort-value="Turley,A"|A.J. Turley || 2005 || 0953786927 || Yes ||
|-
| The District Controller's View No 10: The Severn Valley || data-sort-value="Webb,P"|P. Webb || 2006 || 1901056279 || Yes || BR operations including WTTs, loco allocations etc
|-
| '''Country Railway Routes, Kidderminster to Shrewsbury''' || data-sort-value="Mitchell,V_Smith,K"|Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith || 2007 || 9781906008109 || Yes ||
|-
| '''The Branch Lines of Worcestershire''' || data-sort-value="Maggs,Colin"|Colin C. Maggs || 2009 || 9781848683440 || Yes || Also available as e-book, ISBN 9781445625669
|-
| Severn Valley Railway Recollections || data-sort-value="Stretton,John"|John Stretton || 2010 || 9781857943535 || Yes ||
|-
| The Severn Valley Railway, volume 2: A Second Past and Present Companion || data-sort-value=" Stretton,John "|John Stretton || 2010 || 978-1858952642 || Yes ||
|-
| '''Arley, a glimpse of the past''' || data-sort-value=" Geens,Barrie "|Barrie Geens || 2010 || 9780953477579 || No ||
|-
| '''Severn Valley Railway Recollections, The Story of the Big Flood''' || data-sort-value="Sowden’Phil"|Phil Sowden || 2012 || 9781857943924 || Yes ||
|-
| The Last Years of Steam in Shropshire and the Severn Valley || data-sort-value="Clemens,Michael"|Michael Clemens || 2014 || 9781781552940 || Yes || Illustrated history, including [[Wyre Forest Line | Tenbury Branch]] and [[Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway | CM&DPLR]]
|-
| Severn Valley Railway Journey, Kidderminster to Bridgnorth || data-sort-value="Williams,DavidC"| [[David Williams|David C Williams]] || 2014 || 9781857944365 || Yes ||
|-
| Severn Valley Railway: 50 Glorious Years || data-sort-value="Jones,Robin"|Robin Jones || 2015 || 9781909128651 || Yes || 'Bookazine' format
|-
| Severn Valley Railway: Railway Heritage Guide || data-sort-value="Vanns,MichaelA"|Michael A Vanns || 2017 || 9781473892040 || Yes ||  
   
|-
| Fifty Glorious Years - celebrating 50 years of the Class 50 locomotives || data-sort-value="Taylor,C"|Craig Taylor and Jonathan Dunster || 2019 || || Yes || Limited edition of 500 published by [[Class 50 Alliance Limited]]. A behind-the-scenes story of the planning, preparation and delivery of a year of events including seven mainline railtours and the highly successful Class 50 Golden Jubilee gala at the SVR which brought together 11 members of the class. 
|-
| Kidderminster Diesel Depot, the Old Oak Common of preservation || data-sort-value="Webb,Jonathan"|Jonathan Webb || data-sort-value="2019"|September 2019 || || Pre-Order || Chime Whistle Publishing. 200 page A4 hard back book,with approximately 300 colour pictures, looking at the work carried out, and the volunteers who do it, at the [[Diesel Depot]]. A donation will be made to the depot fund for every book sold. 
|-
|-
|}
|}


== Schematic maps of the pre-closure SVR ==
==SVR Publications==
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
=== Map 1 - Shrewsbury to Hartlebury ===
!Title !! Date !! In print? !! Comments
 
|-
{| class="wikitable"
| Severn Valley Railway Album || 1974 || No || 140 b/w photographs compiled by [[David Williams]]
|-
| '''SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition''' || 1998 || No ||
|-
| '''From the Window'''|| 2018 || Yes || Available free from SVR ticket offices or as a [http://www.svr.co.uk/Downloads.aspx PDF download].
|-
| '''Severn Valley Railway Visitor Guide 10th Edition''' || 2018 || Yes ||
|-
|-
|
| '''[[Severn Valley Railway News]]''' || 2020 || Yes || Published quarterly. Latest edition: Issue 209 Spring 2020
[[File:BSicon_STR.svg|25px]]  To Chester
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[[File:BSicon DST.svg|25px]]  [[Coton Hill Yard]]
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[[File:BSicon_ABZrg.svg|25px]]  Crewe Jct (To Crewe)
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[[File:BSicon_BHF.svg|25px]]  [[Shrewsbury]]
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[[File:BSicon_ABZgl+l.svg|25px]]  Severn Bridge Jct (To Wellington)
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[[File:BSicon_ABZrf.svg|25px]] [[Sutton Bridge Junction  | Sutton Bridge Jct]] (To Welshpool, Craven Arms)
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[[File:BSicon_HST.svg|25px]]  [[Berrington]]
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[[File:BSicon_HST.svg|25px]]  [[Cound Halt]]
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[[File:BSicon_HST.svg|25px]]  [[Cressage]]
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[[File:BSicon_vSTRg+r.svg|25px]]  To Much Wenlock
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[[File:BSicon_vBHF.svg|25px]]  [[Buildwas]]
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[[File:BSicon_SPLe.svg|25px]] 
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[[File:BSicon_ABZlf.svg|25px]]  Buildwas Jct (To Madeley Jct, Wellington)
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[[File:BSicon DST.svg|25px]]  [[Bowers Yard Lime Kilns Siding]]
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[[File:BSicon_HST.svg|25px]]  [[Ironbridge and Broseley]]
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[[File:BSicon DST.svg|25px]]  [[Jackfield Siding]]
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[[File:BSicon_HST.svg|25px]]  [[Jackfield Halt]]
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[[File:BSicon DST.svg|25px]]  [[Maw and Co's Siding]]
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[[File:BSicon_HST.svg|25px]]  [[Coalport]]
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[[File:BSicon DST.svg|25px]]  [[Coalport Brick & Tile Works Siding]]
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[[File:BSicon_HST.svg|25px]]  [[Linley]]
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[[File:BSicon_TUNNEL1.svg|25px]]  [[Bridgnorth Tunnel]]
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[[File:BSicon_BHF.svg|25px]]  [[Bridgnorth]]
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[[File:BSicon DST.svg|25px]]  [[Knowlesands Sidings]]
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[[File:BSicon_HST.svg|25px]]  [[Eardington]]
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[[File:BSicon_HST.svg|25px]]  [[Hampton Loade]]
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[[File:BSicon DST.svg|25px]]  [[Alveley Sidings]]
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[[File:BSicon_HST.svg|25px]]  [[Alveley Halt]]
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[[File:BSicon_HST.svg|25px]]  [[Highley]]
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[[File:BSicon_DST.svg|25px]]  [[Kinlet and Billingsley Sidings signal box|Kinlet Sidings]]
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[[File:BSicon_HST.svg|25px]]  [[Arley]]
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[[File:BSicon_WBRÜCKE.svg|25px]]  [[Victoria Bridge]]
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[[File:BSicon_HST.svg|25px]]  [[Northwood Halt]]
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[[File:BSicon_ABZlg.svg|25px]]  [[Bewdley North signal box|Bewdley Jct North]] (To [[Tenbury Wells]], [[#Map 2 - Bewdley to Kidderminster|Map 2]])
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[[File:BSicon_BHF.svg|25px]]  [[Bewdley]]
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[[File:BSicon_ABZlf.svg|25px]]  [[Bewdley South signal box|Bewdley Jct South]] (To [[Kidderminster]], [[#Map 2 - Bewdley to Kidderminster|Map 2]])
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[[File:BSicon_TUNNEL1.svg|25px]]  [[Mount Pleasant Tunnel]]
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[[File:BSicon_HST.svg|25px]]  [[Burlish Halt]]
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[[File:BSicon DST.svg|25px]]  [[List_of_signal_boxes#List_of_historical_Signal_Boxes_and_Ground_Frames|Brindley Street Siding]]
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[[File:BSicon_ABZlg.svg|25px]]  [[List_of_signal_boxes#List_of_historical_Signal_Boxes_and_Ground_Frames|Burlish Branch]]
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[[File:BSicon_BHF.svg|25px]]  [[Stourport]]
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[[File:BSicon_ABZrf.svg|25px]]  To [[Stourport Power Station]]
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[[File:BSicon DST.svg|25px]]  [[List_of_signal_boxes#List_of_historical_Signal_Boxes_and_Ground_Frames|Leapgate Siding]]
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[[File:BSicon_ABZrg.svg|25px]]  [[Hartlebury Junction | Hartlebury Jct]] (To [[Kidderminster]])
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[[File:BSicon_HST.svg|25px]]  [[Hartlebury]]
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[[File:BSicon_STR.svg|25px]]  To Worcester
|-
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|}
|}


=== Map 2 - Woofferton to Kidderminster ===
==Other References==
 
Details of other books which do not relate directly to the Severn Valley Railway but include information used in this Wiki.
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Title !! Author !! Date || ISBN !! In print? !! Comments
|-
| '''Great Western Coaches 1890-1954'''|| data-sort-value="Harris,Michael"|Michael Harris|| 1966 || 0-7153-5502-3 || No ||
|-
| '''Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal|| data-sort-value="Langford,J"|J Ian Langford || 1974 || 0-900404-22-1 || No ||
|-
| '''An Historical Survey of Great Western Engine Sheds 1947|| data-sort-value="Lyons,E"|E Lyons||1974||0 902888 16 1||No||
|-
| '''A history of GWR goods wagons Vol 1|| data-sort-value="Atkins,Beard,Hyde,Tourett"|AG Atkins, W Beard, DJ Hyde, R Tourret || 1975 || 0-7153-6532-0 || No ||
|-
| '''A history of GWR goods wagons Vol 2|| data-sort-value=" Atkins,Beard,Hyde,Tourett "|AG Atkins, W Beard, DJ Hyde, R Tourret || 1976 || 0-7153-7290-4 || No ||
|-
| '''Preserved Locomotives'''|| data-sort-value="Casserley,H.C."|H.C. Casserley|| 1976 || 978-0-71100-725-3 || No || 4th edition
|-
| '''LMS Coaches, An Illustrated History''' || data-sort-value="Jenkinson,D_Essery,R"|D Jenkinson and RJ Essery || 1977 || 902888 83 8 || No ||
|-
| '''Rolling Stock Recognition:2 - BR & Private Owner Wagons || data-sort-value="Marsden,ColinJ"|Colin J. Marsden||1984||0-7110-1403-5 || No||
|-
| '''Track Machines, Second Edition || data-sort-value="Butcher,R"|Roger Butcher||1986||0-906759 54 6 || No||
|-
| '''Red For Danger''' || data-sort-value="Rolt,LTC"|L.T.C. Rolt || 1986 || 0 330 29189 0  || Yes || Regularly reprinted
|-
| '''A history of GWR goods wagons|| data-sort-value=" Atkins,Beard,Hyde,Tourett "|AG Atkins, W Beard, DJ Hyde, R Tourret || 1986 || 0-7153-8725-1 || ||
|-
| '''The Cleobury & Ditton Priors Light Railway'''|| data-sort-value="Price,MRC"|MRC Price||1995 || 0 85361 447 4 || Yes ||
|-
| '''British Railways Wagons – the first half million'''|| data-sort-value="Rowland,Don"|Don Rowland || 1996 || 0-7529-0378-0 || No||
|-
| '''GWR Goods Services, An Introduction || data-sort-value=" Atkins,Hyde"|Tony (AG) Atkins & David (DJ) Hyde,|| 2000 || 1-874103-59-3 || Yes ||
|-
| '''The Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway''' || data-sort-value="Boynton,John"|John Boynton || 2002 || 0 9540839 0 3 || No ||
|-
| '''The GWR at Stourbridge and the Black Country, Volume 1''' || data-sort-value="Butcher,Clive"|Clive Butcher || 2004 || 0 85361 627 2 || Yes ||
|-
| '''The Wickham Works List''' || data-sort-value="Gunner,K_Hennard,M"|Keith Gunner & Mike Kennard || 2004 || 0 9549199 2 0 || No ||
|-
| '''Barges and Bargemen''' (A social history of the Upper Severn Navigation 1660-1900) || data-sort-value="Trinder,B"|Barrie Trinder || 2005 ||1-86077-361-3  || Yes ||
|-
| '''Shropshire Airfields in the Second World War''' || data-sort-value="Brooks,Robin|Robin J Brooks || 2008 || 979-1-84674-105-0 || Yes ||
|-
| '''The History of the Great Western A.E.C. Diesel Railcars''' || data-sort-value="Judge,Colin"|Colin Judge|| 2008|| 978-1-906419-11-0|| Yes ||
|-
| '''The Barry Story''' || data-sort-value="Beckett,M_Hardingham,R"|Martin Beckett and Roger Hardingham || 2010 ||978-0-946184-42-2  || Yes || Includes ‘The Barry List’ Tenth Edition
|-
| '''Civil Engineers Wagons Vol 1: British Railways 1948-1967|| data-sort-value="Larkin,David"|David Larkin || 2011 || 978-1-905505-23-4 || No ||
|-
| '''Civil Engineers Wagons Vol 2: Early British Rail 1967-1977|| data-sort-value=" Larkin,David "|David Larkin || 2012 || 978-1-905505-24-1 || No ||
|-
| '''Civil Engineers Wagons Vol 3: Later British Rail 1978-1994|| data-sort-value=" Larkin,David "|David Larkin || 2013 || 978-1-905505-25-8 || No ||
|-
| '''BR Mark 1 & Mark 2 Coaching Stock''' || data-sort-value="Longworth,Hugh"|Hugh Longworth || 2013 || 978-0-86093-650-3 || Yes ||
|-
| '''GWR Goods Wagons, a Historical Survey|| data-sort-value=" Atkins,Beard,Tourett "|AG Atkins, W Beard, R Tourret || 2013 || 978-0-96093-657-2 || Yes || Expanded from the 2 volumes published in 1975-76
|-
| '''The Kidderminster and Stourport Electric Tramway Company Ltd.''' || data-sort-value="Voice,David"|David Voice || 2017 ||978-1-910654-13-2  || Yes ||
|-
| '''British Railways Pre-Nationalisation Coaching Stock''' Volume 1 GWR and LNER || data-sort-value=" Longworth,Hugh "|Hugh Longworth || 2018 || 978-0-86093-675-6 || Yes ||
|-
|-
|
| '''British Railways Pre-Nationalisation Coaching Stock''' Volume 2 SR and LMS || data-sort-value=" Longworth,Hugh "| Hugh Longworth || 2019 || 978-0-86093-695-4 || Yes ||  
[[File:BSicon_STR.svg|25px]]  To Leominster
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[[File:BSicon_HST.svg|25px]]  [[Wyre Forest Line#Woofferton | Woofferton]]
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[[File:BSicon_ABZlf.svg|25px]]  Woofferton Jct (To Ludlow)
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[[File:BSicon_HST.svg|25px]]  [[Wyre Forest Line#Easton Court | Easton Court]]
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[[File:BSicon_HST.svg|25px]]  [[Wyre Forest Line#Tenbury Wells | Tenbury Wells]]
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[[File:BSicon_HST.svg|25px]]  [[Wyre Forest Line#Newnham Bridge | Newnham Bridge]]
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[[File:BSicon_HST.svg|25px]]  [[Wyre Forest Line#Neen Sollars | Neen Sollars]]
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[[File:BSicon_HST.svg|25px]]  [[Wyre Forest Line#Cleobury Mortimer | Cleobury Mortimer]]
<br/>
[[File:BSicon_ABZlf.svg|25px]]  [[Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway]]
<br/>
[[File:BSicon_HST.svg|25px]]  [[Wyre Forest Line#Wyre Forest | Wyre Forest]]
<br/>
[[File:BSicon_WBRÜCKE.svg|25px]]  [[Dowles Bridge]]
<br/>
[[File:BSicon_ABZrg.svg|25px]]  [[Bewdley North signal box|Bewdley Jct North]] (To [[Bridgnorth]], [[#Map 1 - Shrewsbury to Hartlebury|Map 1]])
<br/>
[[File:BSicon_BHF.svg|25px]]  [[Bewdley]]
<br/>
[[File:BSicon_ABZrf.svg|25px]]  [[Bewdley South signal box|Bewdley Jct South]] (To [[Hartlebury]], [[#Map 1 - Shrewsbury to Hartlebury|Map 1]])
<br/>
[[File:BSicon_eHST.svg|25px]]  [[Rifle Range Halt]]
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[[File:BSicon_TUNNEL1.svg|25px]]  [[Bewdley Tunnel]]
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[[File:BSicon_HST.svg|25px]]  [[Foley Park Halt]]
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[[File:BSicon DST.svg|25px]]  [[Foley Park sidings]]
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[[File:BSicon_ABZlg.svg|25px]]  [[Kidderminster Junction signal box#Kidderminster Junction | Kidderminster Jct]] (To Hartlebury)
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[[File:BSicon_BHF.svg|25px]]  [[Kidderminster]]
<br/>
[[File:BSicon_STR.svg|25px]]  To Stourbridge Junction
|-
|-
| '''UK Preserved 2019 || data-sort-value="UK"|ST Publications||2019||- || Yes||
|}
|}


== Geographic map of the preserved SVR ==
== See also ==
 
[[List of shops]]
[[File:Svrline-stat2.jpg|226px|link=Geographic Map]]
 
Click on the map for a larger interactive version.

Revision as of 15:24, 31 July 2020

Details of books and publications wholly or mainly concerning the Severn Valley Railway and the Wyre Forest Line. Books in print are normally stocked in SVR gift shops. Those not in print can often be found in shops and sales coaches run by preservation groups.

Books and publications in bold are referenced as sources on this wiki site.

Books[edit | edit source]

Title Author Date ISBN In print? Comments
Handbook to the Severn Valley Railway J. Randall 1863 No Available as an eBook on www.gutenberg.org
The Severn Valley Railway D.J. Smith 1968 No 60 page history published in association with the Severn Valley Railway Society
Severn Valley Steam Sir Gerald Nabarro MP 1971 0710070640 No History of the pre-1963 railway and early days of preservation, by the former Chairman.
Railways of the Severn Valley Michael Hale 1973 095019512 No Pre-preservation photos of the SVR and other local railways
No steam without fire 'Asleft' 1978 0950053341 No Memories of life on the footplate at Wolverhampton, Kidderminster, and Newton Abbot
Life Begins at Forty S.V. Blencoe 1979 No The rescue and resurrection of GWR 7812 Erlestoke Manor. Published by The Erlestoke Manor Fund.
The Severn Valley Railway at Arley Barrie Geens 1985 0906867339 No
The Severn Valley Railway John Marshall 1989 0946537453 No History of the pre-1963 railway and early days of preservation.
Steam Portfolios 6: Severn Valley Railway Andrew Bell 1991 0711019738 No
When There Was Steam Tony Barfield 1994 1-85648-190-5 No Memories of a Western Region fireman based at Kidderminster Shed. First published 1976.
Severn Valley Locomotives As They Were Tom Ferris 1995 1857800303 No
The Tenbury & Bewdley Railway Keith Beddoes & William H. Smith 1995 1 874103 27 5 Yes
Severn Valley Railway Memories Christopher Magner 1997 Privately published No 1950 to 1970 with additional information
The Severn Valley Railway: A Past and Present Companion Roger Siviter 1995 978-1858951454 Yes The whole route from Shrewsbury to Worcester (Nostalgic Collection). Reprinted 2008
Severn Valley Railway. A View from the Past Michael A Vanns 1998 978-0957589803 Yes Pre-1965 illustrated history. Reprinted 2013
The Jazzer and the last Manning, Wardle Michael Shaw 1998 0953290301 Yes Illustrated history of 686 The Lady Armaghdale and 2047 Warwickshire
A Pictorial History of 2968 The Mighty Mogul Richard Greaves and Jim Norman 2001 0954150805 Published by Stanier Mogul Fund, copies often available on sales stall
The Severn Valley Railway Roger Siviter 2002 0750929766 No Photo collection, pre- and post-preservation
Railway Moods, The Severn Valley Railway Mike Heath 2005 1841144444 No
The Railway at Kidderminster in the 1940s A.J. Turley 2005 0953786927 Yes
The District Controller's View No 10: The Severn Valley P. Webb 2006 1901056279 Yes BR operations including WTTs, loco allocations etc
Country Railway Routes, Kidderminster to Shrewsbury Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith 2007 9781906008109 Yes
The Branch Lines of Worcestershire Colin C. Maggs 2009 9781848683440 Yes Also available as e-book, ISBN 9781445625669
Severn Valley Railway Recollections John Stretton 2010 9781857943535 Yes
The Severn Valley Railway, volume 2: A Second Past and Present Companion John Stretton 2010 978-1858952642 Yes
Arley, a glimpse of the past Barrie Geens 2010 9780953477579 No
Severn Valley Railway Recollections, The Story of the Big Flood Phil Sowden 2012 9781857943924 Yes
The Last Years of Steam in Shropshire and the Severn Valley Michael Clemens 2014 9781781552940 Yes Illustrated history, including Tenbury Branch and CM&DPLR
Severn Valley Railway Journey, Kidderminster to Bridgnorth David C Williams 2014 9781857944365 Yes
Severn Valley Railway: 50 Glorious Years Robin Jones 2015 9781909128651 Yes 'Bookazine' format
Severn Valley Railway: Railway Heritage Guide Michael A Vanns 2017 9781473892040 Yes
Fifty Glorious Years - celebrating 50 years of the Class 50 locomotives Craig Taylor and Jonathan Dunster 2019 Yes Limited edition of 500 published by Class 50 Alliance Limited. A behind-the-scenes story of the planning, preparation and delivery of a year of events including seven mainline railtours and the highly successful Class 50 Golden Jubilee gala at the SVR which brought together 11 members of the class.
Kidderminster Diesel Depot, the Old Oak Common of preservation Jonathan Webb September 2019 Pre-Order Chime Whistle Publishing. 200 page A4 hard back book,with approximately 300 colour pictures, looking at the work carried out, and the volunteers who do it, at the Diesel Depot. A donation will be made to the depot fund for every book sold.

SVR Publications[edit | edit source]

Title Date In print? Comments
Severn Valley Railway Album 1974 No 140 b/w photographs compiled by David Williams
SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition 1998 No
From the Window 2018 Yes Available free from SVR ticket offices or as a PDF download.
Severn Valley Railway Visitor Guide 10th Edition 2018 Yes
Severn Valley Railway News 2020 Yes Published quarterly. Latest edition: Issue 209 Spring 2020

Other References[edit | edit source]

Details of other books which do not relate directly to the Severn Valley Railway but include information used in this Wiki.

Title Author Date ISBN In print? Comments
Great Western Coaches 1890-1954 Michael Harris 1966 0-7153-5502-3 No
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal J Ian Langford 1974 0-900404-22-1 No
An Historical Survey of Great Western Engine Sheds 1947 E Lyons 1974 0 902888 16 1 No
A history of GWR goods wagons Vol 1 AG Atkins, W Beard, DJ Hyde, R Tourret 1975 0-7153-6532-0 No
A history of GWR goods wagons Vol 2 AG Atkins, W Beard, DJ Hyde, R Tourret 1976 0-7153-7290-4 No
Preserved Locomotives H.C. Casserley 1976 978-0-71100-725-3 No 4th edition
LMS Coaches, An Illustrated History D Jenkinson and RJ Essery 1977 902888 83 8 No
Rolling Stock Recognition:2 - BR & Private Owner Wagons Colin J. Marsden 1984 0-7110-1403-5 No
Track Machines, Second Edition Roger Butcher 1986 0-906759 54 6 No
Red For Danger L.T.C. Rolt 1986 0 330 29189 0 Yes Regularly reprinted
A history of GWR goods wagons AG Atkins, W Beard, DJ Hyde, R Tourret 1986 0-7153-8725-1
The Cleobury & Ditton Priors Light Railway MRC Price 1995 0 85361 447 4 Yes
British Railways Wagons – the first half million Don Rowland 1996 0-7529-0378-0 No
GWR Goods Services, An Introduction Tony (AG) Atkins & David (DJ) Hyde, 2000 1-874103-59-3 Yes
The Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway John Boynton 2002 0 9540839 0 3 No
The GWR at Stourbridge and the Black Country, Volume 1 Clive Butcher 2004 0 85361 627 2 Yes
The Wickham Works List Keith Gunner & Mike Kennard 2004 0 9549199 2 0 No
Barges and Bargemen (A social history of the Upper Severn Navigation 1660-1900) Barrie Trinder 2005 1-86077-361-3 Yes
Shropshire Airfields in the Second World War Robin J Brooks 2008 979-1-84674-105-0 Yes
The History of the Great Western A.E.C. Diesel Railcars Colin Judge 2008 978-1-906419-11-0 Yes
The Barry Story Martin Beckett and Roger Hardingham 2010 978-0-946184-42-2 Yes Includes ‘The Barry List’ Tenth Edition
Civil Engineers Wagons Vol 1: British Railways 1948-1967 David Larkin 2011 978-1-905505-23-4 No
Civil Engineers Wagons Vol 2: Early British Rail 1967-1977 David Larkin 2012 978-1-905505-24-1 No
Civil Engineers Wagons Vol 3: Later British Rail 1978-1994 David Larkin 2013 978-1-905505-25-8 No
BR Mark 1 & Mark 2 Coaching Stock Hugh Longworth 2013 978-0-86093-650-3 Yes
GWR Goods Wagons, a Historical Survey AG Atkins, W Beard, R Tourret 2013 978-0-96093-657-2 Yes Expanded from the 2 volumes published in 1975-76
The Kidderminster and Stourport Electric Tramway Company Ltd. David Voice 2017 978-1-910654-13-2 Yes
British Railways Pre-Nationalisation Coaching Stock Volume 1 GWR and LNER Hugh Longworth 2018 978-0-86093-675-6 Yes
British Railways Pre-Nationalisation Coaching Stock Volume 2 SR and LMS Hugh Longworth 2019 978-0-86093-695-4 Yes
UK Preserved 2019 ST Publications 2019 - Yes

See also[edit | edit source]

List of shops

Severn Valley Railway

Francis Webb, Locomotive Superintendant/Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London and North Western Railway 1871-1903

British Rail or British Railways

Great Western Railway

London Midland & Scottish Railway

Woodham Brothers Scrapyard, Barry, South Wales. The source of many locomotives now in preservation.

London & North Eastern Railway

Southern Railway

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