A Selection of Books Covering Railways Around the Amersham Area

The railways in the area around Amersham have an interesting history and possibly an interesting future. There are many books featuring the railways. I am grateful to Frank Phillipson for compiling the majority of the below list of books which readers may find of interest. Other additions welcome. please email the webmaster.

Title	Author	Publisher	Date
British Railways Past & Present Nos 24 Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire & West Hertfordshire	Paul Shannon	Past & Present Publications	1995
Steam on the Underground	M Smith	Ian Allan	1994
Steam to Silver An Illustrated History of L.T. Surface Railway Rolling Stock	J Graeme Bruce	London Transport	1970
Rail Portfolios Nos. 16 London Transport Railways	J Glover	Ian Allan	1991
Glory Days Metropolitan Railway	J Glover	Ian Allan	1998
The Last days of Steam In Buckinghamshire	J Healy	Alan Sutton	1989
Metroland 1932 Edition	Metropolitan Railway	Reprint London Transport Old Castle Books Ltd.	1987
The Metropolitan Line	Mike Horne	Capital Transport	2003
The Story of the Met & GC Joint Line	Clive Foxell	Clive Foxall	2000
Memories of the Met & GC Joint Line	Clive Foxell	Clive Foxall	2002
Chesham Shuttle The Story of a Metropolitan Branch Line	Clive Foxell	Clive Foxall	1996
Chesham Branch Album	Clive Foxell	Clive Foxall	1998
The Great Western & Great Central Joint Railway	Stanley C Jenkins	Oakwood Press	1978
London's Metropolitan Railway	Alan A Jackson	David & Charles	1986
Marylebone to Rickmansworth	V Mitchell & K Smith	Middleton Press	2005
Rickmansworth to Aylesbury	V Mitchell & K Smith	Middleton Press	2005
Paddington to princess Risborough	V Mitchell & K Smith	Middleton Press	2002
Princess Risborough to Banbury	V Mitchell & K Smith	Middleton Press	2002
Celebration of Steam - The Chilterns	Laurence Waters	Ian Allan	1995
Steam on the Met 1992	Produced for the Metropolitan Line by	Capital Transport	1992
Railway Track Diagrams 5 England South & London Underground		Quail Map Company	1994
A History of the Metropolitan Railway Vol. One The Circle and the Extended Lines to Rickmansworth	Bill Simpson	Lamplight Publications	2003
A History of the Metropolitan Railway Vol. Two The Railway from Rickmansworth to Aylesbury	Bill Simpson	Lamplight Publications	2004
The Later Years of Metropolitan Steam	H C Casserley	D Bradford Barton
Metropolitan Electric Locomotives	K R Benest The Electric Railway Society / The London Underground Railway Society	Lens of Sutton	1963
The Story of London Underground	John R Day	London Transport	1963 / 1979
Metro Memories, A Pictorial History of Metroland	D Edwards & R Pigram	Midus Books	1977
The Romance of Metroland	D Edwards & R Pigram	Midus Books	1979
The Golden Years of the Metropolitan Railway and the Metroland Dream	D Edwards & R Pigram	Midus Books	1983
The Final Link A Pictorial History of the G.W. & G.C. Joint Line	D Edwards & R Pigram	Midus Books	1982
The History of the Chiltern Line	J Healy	Greenwich Editions	1996
The Met. & G.C. Joint Line An Observers Notes 1948 - 1968	A Reed	Avon Books	1997
The Making of a Railway (Building the G.C. Main Line)	L T C Rolt	Godfrey Cave Associates	1979
Echoes of the Great Central	J Healy	Foulis - CPC . Haynes	1987
Great Central Memories	J Healy	Baton Transport	1987
Trains Illustrated, British Railways Then & Now Nos. 11 The Great Central		Ian Allan
The Great Central form the Footplate	R Robotham & F S Trafford	Ian Allan	1988
The Last years of the Great Central Main Line	R Robotham	Ian Allan	1986
Great Central Twilight Memories of a Lost Mainline to London	C Walker	Pendyke Publications	1986
Main Line Lament, The Final years of the G.C. Route to London	C Walker	Oxford Publishing Company	1973
The Great Central then & Now	M Hawkins	David & Charles	1991
The London Underground Surface Stocks	Ian Huntley	Ian Allan	1988
The London Underground An Illustrated History	O Green	Ian Allan	1987
London Transport Buses & Trains Since 1933	John Glover	Ian Allan	1988
London and its Railways	R Davies & M Grant	David & Charles	1983
The Last Drop, London Transport Steam 1863 - 1971	J Day & W Fenton	London Transport	1971
Chesham Metropolitan Branch Line Centenary 1889 - 1989	Chesham Town Council		1989
Steam Railway Magazine May 1985		Richard Hopkins	1985
Track Layout Diagrams of the G.W.R. and BR W.R Section 26 Banbury Direct Line (Includes G.W. & G.C. Joint Line)	R A Cooke	R A Cooke	1979
Railway World Special Steam returns to London (Marylebone)	J Jackson	Ian Allan	1990
Paddington to the Mersey (Includes G.W. & G.C. Joint Line)	Dr. R Preston Hendry & R Powell Hendry	Oxford Publishing Company	1992
Last Years of Steam: Paddington - Wolverhampton (Includes G.W. & G.C. Joint Line)	L Waters	Ian Allan	1988
The District Controllers View. BR Steam Operating. Nos. 3 Marylebone - Rugby	P Stears	XPress Publishing
Forgotten Railways Chilterns & Cotswolds	R Davies & M D Grant	David & Charles	1975
A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol: 13 Thames & Severn	R Christiansen	David & Charles	1981
London's Underground	H F Houson	Ian Allan	1986
Metropolitan Steam	E J S Gadsden	Roundhouse Books	1963
London Commuter Lines	Frank Hornby	Silver Link	1995
Metropolitan Steam Locomotives	Frank Goudie	Capital Transport	1990
Added Titles
Railways Through The Chilterns	C.R.L. Coles	Ian Allan	1980
The Metropolitan Line A Brief History	Charles E Lee	London Transport	1972
London Transport Railways Album	Chris Heaps	Ian Allan	1978
Rails to Metroland	Clive Foxall	Clive Foxall	2005
London Transport In Colour 1950-1969	Kevin McCormack	Ian Allan	2005
London's Metroland	Alan A Jackson	Capital History	2006
British Railways Past & Present Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and West Hertfordshire	Paul Shannon	Past & Present Publishing	1995 / 2002
GREAT CENTRAL - THE TWILIGHT YEARS - Rugby to Woodford Halse & Great Central & Joint Lines Southward	Anthony E. Newman	Prvate Publication. LIMITED EDITION Details Click here	2007

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