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Details of books and publications wholly or mainly concerning the Severn Valley Railwayand 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.
Books and publications in '''bold''' are referenced as sources on this wiki site.
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| '''Handbook to the Severn Valley Railway''' || J. Randall || 1863 || || No || Available as an eBook on [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17612/17612-h/17612-h.htm www.gutenberg.org]
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| '''The Severn Valley Railway''' || D.J. Smith || 1968 || || No || 60 page history published in association with the [[Severn Valley Railway Society]]
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| '''Severn Valley Steam''' || [[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.
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|Railways of the Severn Valley||Michael Hale || 1973 ||095019512 || No || Pre-preservation photos of the SVR and other local railways
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| '''No steam without fire'''||'Asleft'||1978||0950053341||No||Memories of life on the footplate at [[Wolverhampton]], [[Kidderminster Shed|Kidderminster]], and Newton Abbot
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| The Severn Valley Railway at Arley || Barrie Geens || 1985 || 0906867339 || No ||
| Steam Portfolios 6: Severn Valley Railway || Andrew Bell || 1991 || 0711019738 || No ||
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| '''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.
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| Severn Valley Locomotives As They Were || Tom Ferris || 1995 || 1857800303 || No ||
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| 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
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| '''Severn Valley Railway. A View from the Past''' || M Michael A Vanns || 1998 || 978-0957589803 || Yes || Pre-1965 illustrated history. Reprinted 2013
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| '''The Jazzer and the last Manning, Wardle''' || Michael Shaw || 1998 || 0953290301 || Yes || Illustrated history of [[686 The Lady Armaghdale]] and [[2047 Warwickshire]]
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| '''A Pictorial History of [[42968|2968 The Mighty Mogul ]]''' || Richard Greaves and Jim Norman || 2001 || 0954150805 || || Published by [[Stanier Mogul Fund]], copies often available on [[Stanier Mogul Fund sales stand | sales stall]]|-| '''The Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway''' || John Boynton || 2002 || 0 9540839 0 3 || No ||
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| Railway Moods, The Severn Valley Railway || Mike Heath || 2005 || 1841144444 || No ||
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| '''The Railway at Kidderminster in the 1940s''' || A.J. Turley || 2005 || 0953786927 || Yes ||
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| The District Controller's View No 10: The Severn Valley || P. Webb || 2006 || 1901056279 || Yes || BR operations including WTTs, loco allocations etc
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| '''Country Railway Routes, Kidderminster to Shrewsbury''' || Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith || 2007 || 9781906008109 || Yes ||
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| '''The Branch Lines of Worcestershire''' || Colin C. Maggs || 2009 || 9781848683440 || Yes || Also available as e-book, ISBN 9781445625669
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| Severn Valley Railway Recollections || John Stretton || 2010 || 9781857943535 || Yes ||
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| The Severn Valley Railway, volume 2: A Second Past and Present Companion || John Stretton || 2010 || 978-1858952642 || Yes ||
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| '''Arley, a glimpse of the past''' || Barrie Geens || 2010 || 9780953477579 || No ||
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| '''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 [[Wyre Forest Line | Tenbury Branch]] and [[Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway | CM&DPLR]]
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| Severn Valley Railway Journey, Kidderminster to Bridgnorth || [[David Williams| David C Williams ]] || 2014 || 9781857944365 || Yes ||
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| Severn Valley Railway: 50 Glorious Years || Robin Jones || 2015 || 9781909128651 || Yes || 'Bookazine' format
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| Severn Valley Railway: Railway Heritage Guide || Michael A Vanns || 2017 || 9781473892040 || Yes ||
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| 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.
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| Kidderminster Diesel Depot, the Old Oak Common of preservation || 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.
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!Title !! Date !! In print? !! Comments
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| Severn Valley Railway Album || 1974 || No || 140 b/w photographs compiled by [[David Williams]]
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| '''SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition''' || 1998 || No ||
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| '''From the Window'''|| 2014 2018 || Yes || Available free from SVR ticket offices or as a [http://www.svr.co.uk/Downloads.aspx PDF download].
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| '''The Severn Valley Railway Souvenir Visitor Guide10th Edition''' || 2012 2018 || Yes ||
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| '''[[Severn Valley Railway News]]''' || 2015 2019 || Yes || Published quarterly. Latest edition: Issue 205 Spring 2019
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==Other References==
Details of other books which do not relate directly to the Severn Valley Railway but include information used in this Wiki.
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!Title !! Author !! Date || ISBN !! In print? !! Comments
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| '''Great Western Coaches 1890-1954'''||Michael Harris|| 1966 || 0-7153-5502-3 || No ||
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| '''Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal||J Ian Langford || 1974 || 0-900404-22-1 || No ||
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| '''An Historical Survey of Great Western Engine Sheds 1947||E Lyons||1974||0 902888 16 1||No||
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| '''A history of GWR goods wagons Vol 1|| AG Atkins, W Beard, DJ Hyde, R Tourret || 1975 || 0-7153-6532-0 || No ||
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| '''A history of GWR goods wagons Vol 2|| AG Atkins, W Beard, DJ Hyde, R Tourret || 1976 || 0-7153-7290-4 || No ||
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| '''LMS Coaches, An Illustrated History''' || D Jenkinson and RJ Essery || 1977 || 902888 83 8 || No ||
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| '''Rolling Stock Recognition:2 - BR & Private Owner Wagons || Colin J. Marsden||1984||0-7110-1403-5 || No||
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| '''Red For Danger''' || L.T.C. Rolt || 1986 || 0 330 29189 0 || Yes || Regularly reprinted
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| '''A history of GWR goods wagons|| AG Atkins, W Beard, DJ Hyde, R Tourret || 1986 || 0-7153-8725-1 || ||
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| '''The Cleobury & Ditton Priors Light Railway'''||MRC Price||1995 || 0 85361 447 4 || Yes
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| '''British Railways Wagons – the first half million'''|| Don Rowland || 1996 || 0-7529-0378-0 || No||
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| '''The Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway''' || John Boynton || 2002 || 0 9540839 0 3 || No ||
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| '''The GWR at Stourbridge and the Black Country, Volume 1''' || Clive Butcher || 2004 || 0 85361 627 2 || Yes ||
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| '''The Wickham Works List''' || Keith Gunner & Mike Kennard || 2004 || 0 9549199 2 0 || No ||
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| '''Barges and Bargemen''' (A social history of the Upper Severn Navigation 1660-1900) || Barrie Trinder || 2005 ||1-86077-361-3 || Yes ||
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| '''The Barry Story''' || Martin Beckett and Roger Hardingham || 2010 ||978-0-946184-42-2 || Yes || Includes ‘The Barry List’ Tenth Edition
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| '''Civil Engineers Wagons Vol 1: British Railways 1948-1967|| David Larkin || 2011 || 978-1-905505-23-4 || No ||
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| '''Civil Engineers Wagons Vol 2: Early British Rail 1967-1977|| David Larkin || 2012 || 978-1-905505-24-1 || No ||
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| '''Civil Engineers Wagons Vol 3: Later British Rail 1978-1994|| David Larkin || 2013 || 978-1-905505-25-8 || No ||
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| '''BR Mark 1 & Mark 2 Coaching Stock''' || Hugh Longworth || 2013 || 978-0-86093-650-3 || Yes ||
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| '''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
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| '''The Kidderminster and Stourport Electric Tramway Company Ltd.''' || David Voice || 2017 ||978-1-910654-13-2 || Yes ||
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| '''British Railways Pre-Nationalisation Coaching Stock''' Volume 1 GWR and LNER || Hugh Longworth || 2018 || 978-0-86093-675-6 || Yes ||
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| '''British Railways Pre-Nationalisation Coaching Stock''' Volume 2 SR and LMS || Hugh Longworth || 2019 || 978-0-86093-695-4 || Yes ||
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== See also ==
[[List of shops]]
