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Nottingham

General and Miscellaneous

Banks, S. 'The South Coast to Nottingham [Excursion] Trains', Fwd, no. 75 (1989), 14-15, ill.

Best, S. J. 'Discontinued Lines: More Memories of Sneinton's Railways', SnMag, no. 34 (1990), 15-22, ill.

Best, S. J. 'Gone, But Not Forgotten', SnMag, no. 3 (1981/82), 6-9, ill. Manvers Street Goods Station, London and North Western Railway.

Best, S.J. 'Impermanent Ways ... The Railways of Sneinton and District', Industrial Heritage Challenge, Nottingham, no. 3 (1993), 6-8, ill.

Best, S. J. 'The Strange History of London Road [Low Level] Station', SnMag, no. 5 (1982), 13-19, ill.

Best, S. J. 'A Train of Thought: Two Memorable Outings in Sneinton', SnMag, no. 33 (1989-90), 6-11, ill. Colwick [Midland Railway] Crossing and Thorneywood [Nottingham Suburban Railway] Station.

Brand, K. D. G. 'Nottingham Central', NCivSNL, no. 81 (1990), 22-23, ill. An 1881 railway station proposal.

Castledine, M. S. 'Round The Handle: The Bagthorpe Junction, Basford North, Bulwell Triangle', British Railways Illustrated, 4 (1995), 546-551, ill.

Castledine, Malcolm. Railways north from Nottingham in the latter days of steam. Volume 1: Nottingham to Basford, Book Law Publications (2004)

Castledine, Malcolm. Railways north from Nottingham in the latter days of steam. Volume 2: Bulwell-Kirkby, Mansfield and Westhouses, Book Law Publications (2004)

Cramp, A. G. 'Only the Clock Tower Remains: Memories of Nottingham Victoria Station', Railway World, 46 (1985), 118-122, ill.

Crooks, H. E. '"Thanks For The Memory": L.N.E.R. Train Spotting at Basford, 1925-39', BB, issue 38 (1992), [1]-3, ill.

Durose,  Ashley R. Railways remembered: Basford & Bulwell,  1848-1967, Walk & Write (1999)

Emblin, R. 'The Life and Times of Nottingham Victoria Station', Back Track, 8 (1994), 201-209; 313-322. Both ill. Author's name spelled Emblim in periodical.

Forster, V. and Taylor, B. Railways In and Around Nottingham (Scenes from the Past, 11). Romiley, Foxline, 1991. 178 ill. Mainly pictorial. Not paginated.

Grainger, K. 'Nottingham Victoria (Stations of the Great Central, 9)', Fwd, no. 102 (1995), 5-14; no. 103 (1995), 5-15. Both ill. Station owned jointly by Great Central and Great Northern Railways.

Hammond, M. 'Edward Parry, His Life and Works', Main Line, no. 87 (1994), 42-43, ill.

Huson, Steve. Nottinghamshire railways. The Age of Steam. Countryside Books (2010)

Holt, J. '"VSOE": Venice Simplon Orient-Express', Nottingham Industrial Heritage, no. 10 (1996), 13-15, ill. Preserved train's visit to Nottingham, 1984.

Iliffe, R. and Baguley, W. Victorian Nottingham, 5 (1971), 103 p., ill. 'Victoria Station and its approaches'.

Johnson, H. B. 'An Elizabethan Railway', Railway Mag., 51 (1922), 415-419. Huntington Beaumont at Bilborough.

Morley, D. S. 'The Railways of Nottingham', NIASJ, 15, 1 (1989), 7-10; 15, 2 (1990), 5-12. Both ill.

 [Potter, R. F.] 'Presidential address', Newsline. Nottingham Soc. of Engineers, 5, 1 (1996), 12-17. On London Road Low Level Station.

Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. East Midlands Branch. The Railways of Nottingham: An Exhibition Covering 130 Years (1839-1969). [n.p., 1969]. 48 p., ill.

Reed, Hayden J. The rise and fall of Nottingham's railway network. Volume 1 – Lines in the city, Book Law Publications (2007)

Reed, Hayden J. The rise and fall of Nottingham's railway network. Volume 2 – Lines outside the city, Book Law Publications (2007)

Reed, Hayden J. The rise and fall of Nottingham's railway network. Volume 3 – Off the beaten track, Book Law Publications (2009)

Sanders, N. S. '--- Then there was one', Railway Mag., 129 (1983), 441-443, ill. Closed stations of Nottingham.

Taylor, W. 'Putting One --- (or Two) --- Over at Nottingham Vic', Fwd, no. 71 (1989), 1-3, ill.

Tuffrey, P. (compiler) Nottingham's railways from the Bill Reed collection, Chalford Publishing Company (1997)

Vanns, M. A. An outline history of the railways of Nottinghamshire, Nottinghamshire County Council (2010)

Vanns, M. A. Rail Centres: Nottingham. Addlestone, Surrey, Ian Allan ( 1993)

Wayne, M. 'The Last Days of Steam at the London Road Low Level', Industrial Heritage Challenge, Nottingham, no. 7 (1995), 15-17, ill.

Wilson, J. P. The Development of Nottingham's Railways (Get to Know Nottingham). Nottingham Civic Soc., [1989]. 32 p., ill.

Great Central Railway

Banyard, P. H. V. 'Arkwright Street Station', Fwd, no. 4 (1975), [9]-[10].

Best, S. J. 'Lost in the Fog: The Weekday Cross Collision', Nottingham Industrial Heritage, no. 10 (1996), 17-19, 21-23, ill.

Nottingham Suburban Railway

Best, S. J. 'Spanning the Years: The Dale Bridge and Its Passing', SnMag, no. 47 (1993), 21-25, ill.

Birch, D. 'The Nottingham Surburban [sic] Railway', Newsline. Nottingham Soc. of Engineers, 1, 1 ([1992-93]), 22-25.

Birch, David G. The story of the Nottingham Suburban Railway. Volume 1: Conception, construction, commencement, Book Law Publications (2010)

Cramp, A. G. 'Basford via Gedling', Railway World, 45 (1984), 118-122, ill.

Marshall, J. 'The Nottingham Suburban Railway', Railway Mag., 107 (1961), 373-379, ill.

Marshall, J. 'The Nottingham Suburban Railway', British Railway J., no. 14 (1986), 178-191, ill.

Weir, C. 'The "Old Suburban"', NC (in NT) (May 1978), [101], ill.

Midland Railway

Best, S. J. 'Midland Alliance: Railway History in two Nottingham Memorials', Nottingham Industrial Heritage, no. 11 (1996), 9-15, front cover, ill. F. S. Williams and S. W. Johnson.

Best, S. J. 'A Noble Structure: The Story of a Local Railway Monument', SnMag, no. 21 (1986), 9-15, ill. Lady Bay (or Sneinton) Bridge.

Best. S. J. '"Very Little Inconvenience to the Public:" A Sneinton Bottleneck Remembered', SnMag, no. 58 (1996), 15-21, ill. Midland Railway level crossing at Meadow Lane.

Perkins, C J and Padgett, R. The Midland Railway in Nottingham: Volume 1.  1839-1907. Buildings, Locomotives and Men, C J Perkins & R Padgett (2000)

Perkins, C J and Padgett, R. The Midland Railway in Nottingham: Volume 2.  1908-1947. Decades of Change, C J Perkins & R Padgett (2001)

Perkins, C J and Padgett, R. The Midland Railway in Nottingham: Volume 3.  1948-1999. From Steam to Diesel, C J Perkins & R Padgett (2002)

Perkins, C J and Padgett, R. The Midland Railway in Nottingham: Volume 4. Far down the shining path, C J Perkins & R Padgett (2004)

 [Zaleski, S.] 'Accident!', LL, no. 20 (1982), [3]-[4], ill. Two railway accidents in Lenton.

Nottinghamshire

General

Aldworth, C. The Nottingham & Melton Railway, 1872-1900. Keyworth, privately published, (1991)

Anderson, P. H. The East Midlands (Forgotten Railways, 2). 2nd, rev., ed. [n.p.], David St John Thomas, 1985. Nt, 109-171, 195-211, ill., bibl. 1st ed., 1973, pub. by David & Charles, Newton Abbot.

Anderson, P. H. The East Midlands (Regional Railway Handbooks, 1). [n.p.], David St. John Thomas, 1986. 208 p., ill., bibl. Nt, passim.

Banks, C. Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire (British Railways Past and Present, 23). Wadenhoe, Northamptonshire, Past & Present Publishing, 1996. Nt, [9]-49, ill.

Bendall, I. R. Industrial locomotives of Nottinghamshire, Industrial Railway Society (2000)

Best, S. J. Railway Stations in Nottinghamshire: A Handlist of Stations Open to Passengers During the 20th Century. Nottingham, Local Studies Library, 1978. [9] p.

Birks, J. A. and Coxon, P. An Account of Railway Development in the Nottinghamshire Coalfield. Mansfield, privately published, [1949]. 77 p., ill.

 [Budd, A.] Nottingham Railways. Beeston, East Midlands Group of the Railway & Canal Historical Soc., 1992. 25 p., ill. Ed. by P. Stevenson.

Cossons, N. The Evolution of the Railway Network of the East Midlands. M.A., Liverpool, 1969.

Elliott, B. J. The South Yorkshire Joint Railway. Lingfield, Surrey, Oakwood Pr., [1971]. 67 p., ill., bibl.

Garton, R. The Railways of the Leen Valley, Incorporating the Mid Notts Joint. [n.p.], East Midland Group of the Railway and Canal Historical Soc., 1975. 15 p., ill. Based on notes of 1968 by Garton and M. D. P. Hammond.

Goode, C. T. The Railways of Nottingham. Anlaby, Yorkshire, [privately published, 1991]. 80 p., ill.

Hammond, P. J. 'An Intriguing Find', Industrial Heritage Challenge, Nottingham, no. 5 (1994), 10-11, ill. London and North Western Railway staff circular, 1882.

Harvey, N. 'Pre-Grouping Locomotives in the Nottingham Area', Railway World, 24 (1963), [243]-246, ill.

Hooper, John (compiler). Steam memories: in colour,  1950's & 1960's,No. 55 – Retford. Including the motive power depots, station, flat crossing and the main lines. Photographs by Keith Pirt, Book Law Publications (2009)

Hopwood, H. L. 'The Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway', Railway Mag., 42 (1918), 393-399, ill.

Hudson, B. Private Owner Wagons. Oxford Publishing Co., 1976-1987. 4v. (v. 4 pub. by Headstock Publications, Wombwell). 'Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire', v.1, pl. 1-19; v.2, pl. 79-84; v.3, pl. 60-66; v.4, pl. 51-59.

Kingscott, Geoffrey. Lost railways of Nottinghamshire, Countryside Books (2004)

Leleux, R. The East Midlands (A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain, 9). 2nd rev. ed. [Newton Abbott?], David St. John Thomas ( 1984)

Munns, R. T. Milk Churns to Merry-Go-Round: A Century of Train Operation. Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1986. 191 p., ill. Nt, passim. Freight train operation.

Ottley, G. A Bibliography of British Railway History. 2nd ed. H.M.S.O., 1983-1988. 2 v. (of which v. [1] is a corrected repr. of the 1 v. 1st ed., 1965). Great Central Railway, v. [1]: 5742-5771 and supp., 11709-11730; Great Northern Railway, v. [1]: 5877-5929 and supp., 11771-11784; Midland Railway, v. [1]: 6896-6970 and supp., 12336-12375. Figures following vol. no. refer to entries.

Pearson, R. E. 'Changes in Railway Passenger Services in the Derby-Nottingham Area, 1964-1974', EMG, 6, 43 (1975), 136-144, ill.

Pearson, R. E. 'Changes in Railway Passenger Services in the Derby-Nottingham Area, 1974-1984', EMG, 8 (1985), 252-260, ill.

Popplewell, L. A Gazetteer of the Railway Contractors and Engineers of Central England, 1830-1914 (Railway Contractors, [7]). Bournemouth, Melledgen, 1986. Nt, passim., ill.

Severn, J. A. 'Why The Railways Happened', Industrial Heritage Challenge, Nottingham no. 2 (1992), 4-8.

Siviour, G. R. Post-war Changes in the Railway Geography of the East Midlands. Ph.D., Nottingham, 1977. 2 v., ill., bibl. Nt, passim.

Spence, J. G. 'Alterations to Names of Passenger Stations', J. of the Railway and Canal Historical Soc., 12 (1966), [43-44] (Great Northern Railway); 13 (1967), 12-13 (Great Central Railway); 15 (1969), 77-82 (Midland Railway). Nt, passim.

Squires, S. E. The Lost Railways of Lincolnshire. Ware, Hertfordshire, Castlemead Publications, 1988. Railways running into Nt, 22-25, 52-56, ill.

Stevenson, P. 'For Sale or Exchange - Railway Surveys?', J. of the Railway and Canal Historical Soc., 9 (1963), 100-103.

Stevenson, P. 'Tramways and Railways in the Nottingham Coalfield', J. of the Railway and Canal Historical Soc., 15 (1969), 45-[53], ill. From Nottingham west to the Erewash Canal.

Vanns, Michael A. The railways of Newark-on-Trent, Oakwood (1999)

Walker, C. P. 'The G.N. & L.N.W. Joint Line Through Leicestershire', Railway World, 24 (1963), 323-330, 388-392, ill.

Wright, Gordon. Nottinghamshire steam railways in the 1960s. Vol 1. (Yesterday’s Nottinghamshire Series No. 42,, Keyworth: Reflections of a Bygone Age (2002)

Wright, Gordon. Nottinghamshire steam railways in the 1960s. Vol 2. (Yesterday’s Nottinghamshire Series No. 51, Keyworth: Reflections of a Bygone Age (2009)

Great Central Railway

Ablitt, Dave. Through Great Central England. A walk along the former Great Central Railway London Extension from Annesley to Marylebone, Silver Link Publishing (2008)

Allen, C. J. 'Last Main Line into London', Trains Annual (1955), [35]-47, 112, ill.

Bracey, R. 'The Last Main Line: Reflections on the Latter Years', Main Line, no. 71 (1990), 33-34.

 [British Transport Historical Records]. Gt. Central, Gt. Eastern, Gt. Northern, Gt. Western Railway Companies (Rail 226, 227, 236, 250). (List & Index Soc., 213). 1985. 'Great Central Railway Company. Rail 226 (Formerly GCR classes)', 1-38.

Clay, J. F. 'Leicester to Nottingham', Main Line no. 5 (1971), 7-9, ill.

Cooper, B. K. 'The Great Central between The Wars', Trains Annual (1948), 30-36, ill.

Dow, G. Great Central. Locomotive Publishing Co., 1959-1965. 3 v., ill. Repr. Nt, passim.

Dow, G. Great Central Album: A Pictorial Supplement to Great Central. Ian Allan, 1969. 128 p. Nt, passim.

Dow, G. Great Central Recalled. Truro, Barton, 1978. 95 p. Mainly pictorial.

Draper, P. 'Great Central Fragments', Fwd, no. 105, (1996), 15-16.

Eato, C. H. 'Nottingham District Reminiscences', Fwd. no. 22 (1979), [6]-[10].

Emblin, R. and others. 'Money Sunk and Lost', Back Track, 9 (1995), 129-136, ill.

Franks, D. L. 'Change at Newstead for Nottingham', Fwd, no. 23 (1979), [19]-[20].

Franks, D. L. Great Central Remembered. Ian Allan, 1985. 'Leicester to Sheffield', 43-53. Mainly pictorial.

Hartley, R. F. Manchester to Marylebone: A Short History of the Great Central Railway (Leicestershire Museums Publications, 74). Leicester, Leicestershire Museums, Art Galleries and Records Service, 1986. 80 p., ill.,bibl.

Healy, J. M. C. Echoes of the Great Central. Sparkford, Somerset, Haynes Publishing Group, 1987. 208 p., ill. Nt, passim.

Healy, J. M. C. Great Central Memories. Baton Transport, 1987. 'Sherwood Forester: Nottingham to Leicester', [55]-82, ill.

Hurst, G. Great Central East of Sheffield. v. 1. Worksop, Milepost Publications, 1989. 96 p., ill., bibl. No more pub. Nt, passim.

Jackson, D. and Russell, O. The Great Central in L.N.E.R. days. Ian Allan, 1983-1986. 2 v., ill.

Kirby, J. C. 'End of the Great Central?', Railway Mag., 115 (1969), 340-341.

Milnes, R. 'Further East of Sheffield', Fwd, no. 43 (1984), [2], [5]-[11], ill. 'More Notes', no. 45 (1984), 11-12.

 [Peacock, E. B. W.] 'The Lincolnshire Extension Railway', Lincolnshire and Humberside Transport R., 12 (1974), 1-3. Repr. in Fwd, no. 33 (1982), [13]-[15]. Author identified as "Forward" in original pub., by his own name in 1982 repr.

Plant, K. 'Further East of Sheffield - A Postscript', Fwd., no. 45 (1984), 12-17.

Railway Correspondence and Travel Society, A traveller's guide to the Robin Hood Line (1998)

Robotham, R. 'Decline & Fall of a Main Line', Railway World, 47 (1986), [680]-683, ill.

Robotham, R. The Last Years of the Great Central Main Line. Ian Allan, 1986. [112] p., ill.

Rolt, L. T. C. The Making of a Railway. Photographed by S. W. A. Newton. Hugh Evelyn, 1971. 154 p. Mainly pictorial. Repr., 1979 by Godfrey Cave. Nt, passim.

Shannon,  Paul.  British railways past and present, No. 57. Nottinghamshire, Past & Present Publishing (2006)

Soar, M J. (ed.) The new line to London of the Great Central Railway Centenary edition 1899-1999 a report on the construction & formal opening of the extension from Annesley, Nottingham, to London Marylebone Friday, March 10th, 1899, Rook (1999)

Taylor, W. 'Night Goods', Fwd, no. 41 (1983), [5]-[7]. Repr., no. 103 (1995), 1-4. London and North Eastern Railway trains running on metals laid by the GCR.

Tuplin, W. A. Great Central Steam. Allen & Unwin, 1967. 234 p., ill.

Vanags, John. The Mansfield and Pinxton railway, The Old Mansfield Society (2000)

Walker, C. Main Line Lament: The Final Years of the Great Central Route to London. Oxford, Oxford Publishing Co., 1973. [197] p. Mainly pictorial.

Wilson, J. P. 'Sunday Workings on the Great Central Main Line in the 1930s', Main Line, no. 44 (1984), 24, 26, ill.

Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway

Cupit, J. and Taylor, W. The Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway. Lingfield, Surrey, Oakwood, 1966. 42 p., ill. Corrected repr., called 2nd ed., Great Hinton, Wiltshire, Oakwood, 1984. An article with the same title, by Cupit alone, appeared in Trains Illustrated (1956), 427-431, 439, 498-501, ill.

Eato, C. H. 'L.D. & E.C.R. Reminiscences', Fwd, no. 18 (1978), [7]-[11].

Lake, R. 'Carriages for the "Dukeries Route" - (an Epitaph to the Passenger Rilling [sic] Stock of the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway)', Fwd, no. 8 (1976), [3]-[6]; no. 9 (1976), [3]-[5]; no. 10 (1976), [1], [3]-[5], ill.; no. 11 (1976), [11]-[13]; no. 12 (1977), [6]-[8].

Peacock, E. B. W. 'The Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway', Fwd, no. 36 (1982), [5]-[8].

Perkins, T. R. 'Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway', Railway Mag., 20 (1907), 114-119, 233-238, ill.

Taylor, W. 'Dukeries Route Excursion in 1937', Fwd, no. 91 (1993), 15-16, ill. Journey made by C. S. Bayes.

Taylor, W. 'The Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway', Wyvern, Ripley, Derbyshire, no. 52 (1982/83), 38-41, ill. Abridged from 'How the Squire Broke a Railway's Monopoly', Mansfield Chronicle Advertiser, 15 Aug 1974.

Woodnutt, C. G. 'The Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway', Railway Observer, 12 (1940), 220-222. Mansfield Railway (operated by the Great Central Railway)

Cupit, J. 'The End of Passenger Services on the Mansfield Railway', Trains Illustrated, 9 (1956), 58-61, ill.

Peacock, E. B. W. 'The Mansfield Railway', Fwd, no. 12 (1977), [9]-[14].

Swift, M. 'The Mansfield Railway', Fwd, no. 45 (1984), [5]-[13].

Western, R. G. 'The Mansfield Railway Company', Railway World, 37 (1976), [328]-[331], ill.

Great Northern Railway

Bird, G. F. The Locomotives of the Great Northern Railway, 1847-1910. New and rev. ed. Locomotive Publishing Co., 1910. 228 p., ill. 1st ed., 1903.

[British Transport Historical Records]. Gt. Central, Gt. Eastern, Gt. Northern, Gt. Western Railway Companies (Rail 226, 227, 236, 250). (List & Index Soc., 213). 1985. 'Great Northern Railway Company. Rail 236 (Formerly GN classes)', 68-121.

Cramp, A. G. 'The Back Line', in Allen, G. F., The Ian Allan Regional Rounds, no. 1, Eastern and North Eastern Regions (Ian Allan, [1949]), 16-22, ill. The GNR Nottingham-Derby line.

Cramp, A. G. 'West of Basford – The Great Northern's Derbyshire Extension', Railway World, 48 (1987), 6-10, ill.

Grinling, C. H. The History of the Great Northern Railway, 1845-1922. With Supplementary Chapters by H. V. Borley and C. H. Ellis. Allen & Unwin, 1966. ill. Nt, passim. 1st ed., 1898.

Henshaw, Alfred. The Great Northern Railway in the East Midlands the rise and fall of Colwick Yards, Nottingham London Road, Gedling, Basford, Pt 1, Railway Correspondence & Travel Society (2001)

Henshaw, Alfred. The Great Northern Railway in the East Midlands: Nottingham Victoria and the GC Line, the Leen Valley Network and Extensions Pt. 2, Railway Correspondence & Travel Society (2000)

Henshaw, Alfred .The Great Northern Railway in the East Midlands: Erewash Valley Lines, Pinxton Branch, Awsworth - Ilkeston, Heanor and Stanton Branches, Pt. 3, Railway Correspondence & Travel Society (2001)

Henshaw, Alfred. The Great Northern Railway in the East Midlands: Nottingham-Grantham, Bottesford-Newark, Melton Mowbray, the Leicester Line and Ironstone Branches, Pt 4., Railway Correspondence & Travel Society (2003)

Hopwood, H. L. 'The Nottingham & Grantham Railway', Railway Mag., 50 (1922), 328-333, ill.

Marshall, J. 'Midlands Coal on the Great Northern', Railway Mag., 121 (1975), 431-435, 542-546, ill.

Nock, O. S. The Great Northern Railway. Ian Allan, 1958. 192 p., ill. Nt, passim.

[Peacock, E. B. W.]. 'The Ambergate, Nottingham, Grantham and Boston Railway', by "Forward", Lincolnshire Transport R., 10 (1972), [101]-106.

Pirt, K. R. East Coast Main Line - Retford (The Colour of Steam, 7). Penryn, Cornwall, Atlantic Transport Publishers, 1989. [48] p., ill. Mainly pictorial. London and North Eastern Railway trains running on metals laid by the GNR.

S., W. L. 'The Coal Traffic of the Great Northern Railway', Railway Mag., 21 (1907), 461-469. ill.

The Towns Line, 100 Years, Retford, Newark, Grantham, Peterborough: Retford Railway Centenary Celebrations, Whitehall, Retford. 1852-1952. [Retford, privately published, 1952]. [20] p., ill.

Tuplin, W. A. Great Northern Steam. Ian Allan, 1971. 208 p., ill.

Waite, Peter Barrie, A history of the Great Northern Railway's Colwick Motive Power Depot and Marshalling Yard, incorporating the Nottingham Colwick Estates Light Railway and the London & North Western Railway's Netherfield & Colwick Engine Shed, Book Law Publications (2004)

Wilson, J. P. 'The Grantham-Nottingham Line -"A Railway of Great Public Advantage"', Trains Illustrated, (1956), 530-539, ill.

Wrottesley, J. The Great Northern Railway. Batsford, 1979-1981. 3 v., ill. Midland Railway

Midland Railway

Ball, P. G. 'From Rolleston Junction to Mansfield (Know Your Midland)', Wyvern, Ripley, Derbyshire, no. 64 (1986), 36-41, ill.

Ball, P. G. 'Nottingham-Lincoln', Wyvern, Ripley, Derbyshire, 6 (1992), 376-377.

Barnes, E. G. The Midland Main Line, 1875-1922. Allen & Unwin, 1969. 280 p., ill. Nt, passim.

Barnes, E. G. The Rise of the Midland Railway, 1844-1874. Allen & Unwin, 1966, 317 p., ill. Nt, passim.

Barnes, R. 'East Midlands Excursion, 1964', Railway World, 51 (1990). [339]-341, ill.

Best, S. J. '"The Rapid Ride": A Guide-book Journey on Sneinton's First Railway', SnMag, no. 56 (1995), 19-27, ill. The Midland Railway's Nottingham-Lincoln line.

Birks, J. A. and Coxon, P. 'The Mansfield & Pinxton Railway', Railway Mag., 95 (1949), 224-233, ill. Comment, by V. S. Haran, 406-407.

[British Transport Historical Records]. London & North Western Railway Company (Rail 410) and Midland Railway Company (Rail 491): class list (List & Index Soc., 172). 1980. 'Midland Railway Company Class List Rail  491 (formerly MID classes)', 105-160.

Cowie, A. 'The Robin Hood Line', Newsline. Nottingham Soc. of Engineers, 1, 2 (1993), 10-12.

Derby Railway History Research Group. The Midlands Counties Railway. Mold, Railway and Canal Historical Soc., 1989. 128 p., ill. Tutor: C. R. Clinker.

Dow, G. Midland Style: A Livery and Decor Register of the Midland Railway, its Absorbed Lines and its Joint Lines to the End of 1922. Bromley, Historical Model Railway Soc., 1975. 192 p., ill.

Edwards, K. C. 'The Nottingham and Derby Railway, 1839', Railway Gaz., 70 (1939), 1059-1060, ill.

Ellis, C. H. The Midland Railway. Ian Allan, 1953. 193 p., ill. Reprs., called eds. Repr. by Malaga Books, Ashford, Middlesex, 1966.

Essery, B. and Jenkinson, D. An Illustrated History of LMS Locomotives. [St. Michaels, Lancashire], Silver Link, 1981-. v. 4: Absorbed Pre-Group Classes, Midland Division. 1987. 224 p., ill. v. 1-3 pub. by Oxford Publishing, Oxford.

Forster, V. 'The Development of Railways in the Nottingham Area', Beeston and District Local History Soc. Newsletter (May 1980), [2]-[5], ill. "To be continued", but no further parts found. This article deals with the Nottingham and Derby Railway.

Goode, C. T. Midland Railway: Derby-Lincoln. Hull, [privately published], 1984. 72 p., ill.

Gough, J. V. The Midland Railway: A Chronology, Listing in Geographical Order the Opening Dates of the Lines and Additional Running Lines of the Company (With the Powers Under Which They Were Constructed), Together with the Dates of the Opening, Re-naming, and Closing of Stations and Signalboxes. Rev. and expanded ed. Gwernymynydd, Clwyd, Railway and Canal Historical Soc., 1989. 'The Erewash Valley and Nottinghamshire', 87-121, 319-331, ill. 1 p. 'Corrections' leaflet, 1989. 1st ed., 1986.

Hawkins, C. and Reeve, G. L.M.S. Engine Sheds: Their History and Development. Upper Bucklebury, Berkshire, White Swan Publications, 1981-1986 (5 v.). v. 2: The Midland Railway (1981). 258 p., ill.

Higginson, M. The Midland Counties Railway, 1839-1989: A Pictorial Survey. [Ripley, Derbyshire], Midland Railway Trust, 1989. 60 p. Distributed to subscribers to Wyvern as an un-numbered extra issue.

Hurst, G. The Midland Railway around Nottinghamshire, v.1. Worksop, Milepost, [1987]. 78 p., ill. No more pub.

Lambert, A. J. East Midlands Branch Line Album. Ian Allan, 1978, 'Midland Branches from Nottingham', [72]-[101]. Mainly pictorial.

The Nottingham & Derby Railway Companion (1839), with a new introd. by J. B. Radford (Derbyshire Record Soc., Occasional Papers, 3) Wingerworth, Derbyshire, 1979. 'Introduction', i-xvi.

Nottinghamshire County Council. Leisure Services Department. The Southwell Trail. Farnsfield to Southwell Railway. [West Bridgford], 1976. folded sheet, ill.

Oxley, J. F. and Smith, D. R. 'The Nottingham-Kettering Line of the L.M.R.', Trains Illustrated, 12 (1959), 318-325, ill.

[Peacock, E. B. W.] 'The Nottingham and Lincoln Railway', by "Forward", Lincolnshire Transport R., 9 (1971), 69-71.

Radford, J. B. and Smith, S. W., eds. The Midland Railway: A Pictorial History. Truro, Barton, [1978]. 94 p.

Slater, P. 'From Mansfield to Worksop (Know Your Midland)', Wyvern, Ripley, Derbyshire, 6 (1991), 320-326, ill.

Slater, P. 'From Nottingham to Lincoln (Know Your Midland)', Wyvern, Ripley, Derbyshire, 6 (1990), 130-136, ill.

Slater, P. 'From Nottingham to Melton Mowbray (Know Your Midland)', Wyvern, Ripley, Derbyshire, no. 67 (1986), 180-185, ill.

Smith, S. W. 'Midland Counties 150', Railway Mag., 135 (1989), 320-323, ill.

Stevenson, P. 'George Sanderson and the Plans of the Midland Counties Railway', Derbyshire Miscellany, 6 (1973), 119-124.

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Stretton, C. E. The History of the Nottingham and Lincoln Line: A Paper Read at Nottingham on the Occasion of the Newark Brake Trials Being Held on This Branch of the Midland Railway. [n.p., privately published], 1875. [10] p. MS note on BLRD copy says "Published at Nottingham". on of the Permanent-Way Institution. Leicester, [privately published], 1905. [7] p.

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