An early railways resources list (last updated 14 June 2010)
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Author(s) |
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Content |
Stephenson Locomotive Society (SLS) Index page to Early Railways Section |
Self explanatory |
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Main work by Keith Hunt with additions. (WRC member) |
Self explanatory - an early railways time line. |
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C J Bowen Cooke |
Extract from part of Bowen Cooke's book British Locomotives published in 1894 covering the very early steam locomotives used in Britain. Bowen Cooke was a former CME of the LNWR. |
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Richard Green |
A page about the history of the early steam locomotive covering the period from 1802 to 1825. Of relevance as these early locomotives originally worked on the latter day waggonways /wagonways as they were evolving into railways. |
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This webSite |
Brief overview and links to other Sites with information on plateways/tramways |
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| E versions of books covering early railway development etc. | 1) Google Books |
The three webSites listed carry facsimiles of many key reference works for the early railway era, however often without the illustrative plates. |
WebSite Site coordinator |
Updates to Waggonway (Wagonway) Research Circle webSite |