Author

Title

Date

Publisher

Town

Remarks

Abbott, Rowland Aubrey Samuel, 1909- and
Lowe, James Wensley

Vertical boiler Locomotives and railmotors built in Great Britain.

c. 1989

Oakwood Press

Alexander, Colin

The Vulcan Foundry: 150 years of engineering

2017

Amberley

Stroud

Alexander, Colin, and
Alon Siton,

Beyer, Peacock & Company of Manchester

2019

Amberley Publishing

Stroud

Andrew Barclay, Sons & Co.

Locomotives by Andrew Barclay, Sons & Co., Ltd: Caledonia Works, Kilmarnock, Scotland.

1947

Andrew Barclay, Sons

Kilmarnock

Anon

A History of the Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company

1960

Weidenfeld and Nicolson

London

Anon

Locomotives manufactured by Messrs. Kitson & Co. Limited, Leeds. [With illustrations.]

1923

Messrs. Kitson & Co.

Leeds

Anon

The “Liberation” Locomotive 2-8-0 type with double-bogie tender for European use. A detailed account of the Vulcan Foundry's design for international service on the Continent. Reprinted from “The Railway Gazette,” etc.

1946

Railway Gazette

Westminster

Anon

The Drewry Car Company:1906-1970

1972

Industrial Railway Record (40). Industrial Railway Society.

Anon

Vulcan Steam Locomotives

2003

Riley, Peter

Cheshire

Anon

VULCAN'S HERITAGE A Brief History of the Vulcan Site

1975

Privately Published

Newton-le-Willows

Ashforth, Philip J., editor. and
Bradley, Victor J.), editor.

Vertical boiler locomotives and railmotors built in Great Britain. Volume 2

2016

The Industrial Locomotive Society

Rayleigh, Essex

Bailey, Michael Reeves

Built in Britain: the independent locomotive manufacturing industry in the nineteenth century

2021

Railway & Canal Historical Society

Market Drayton

Baker, Allan C., and
Civil, T. D. Allen.

Bagnalls of Stafford: builders of locomotives for the world's railways: a history of the firm and & its folk

2008

Phyllis Rampton Narrow Gauge Railway Trust.

High Halden

Baker, Allan C., and
Civil, T. D. Allen.

Bagnalls of Stafford: locomotive builders and railway engineers of the Castle Engine Works, Stafford, England, 1875-1972.

1973

Oakwood Press

Lingfield

Baker, Allan C.

Kerr, Stuart's internal combustion locomotives

2018

The Industrial Railway Society

Melton Mowbray

Beddoes, K.  and Wheeler, Colin,
Wheeler, Stephen,

Metro-Cammell: 150 years of craftsmanship

1999

Runpast

Cheltenham

Binns Donald

Kitson Meyer Articulated Locomotives

1985

Wyvern Publications

Binns, Donald

Kitson Meyer Articulated Locomotives 

2003

Trackside Publications

Skipton

Binns, Donald

Kitson Meyer Articulated Locomotives

2003

Trackside Publications

Skipton

Binns, Donald

Articulated locomotives of the world

1975

Barton

Truro

Binns, Donald,
Koch, Günter

Meyer articulated locomotives: the definitive history

1997

Trackside Publications

Skipton

Booth, A.J.

Greenwood & Batley Locomotives 1927–1980.

1986

Industrial Railway Society

Bradley, Roger P

Giants of Steam The Full Story of the North British Locomotive Co

1999

Oxford Publishing

Sparkford

Bradley, Roger P

Power for the Worlds Railways: GEC Traction and its Predecessors 1823 to the present day.

1993

Oxford Publishing

Sparkford

Campbell, R., M.J. López and J.E. Waddell

Railway Rolling Stock Made in Argentina, 1884-1945

2023

Lenguaje Claro

Buenos Aires

Cantrell, John

Nasmyth, Wilson & Co. Patricroft Locomotive Builders

2005

Cantrell, John Anthony

Enterprise and growth in the early engineering industry: the case of James Nasmyth.

1982

University of Manchester

Manchester

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manchester,

Carter, Reg, (1934-2007)

Kitson Works List

1998

Industrial Railway Society

Melton Mowbray

The British Library has a 2012 date

Civil, Allen; and Roy Etherington

The Railway Products of Baguley-Drewry Ltd. and its Predecessors.

2008

The Industrial Railway Society

Clarke, Joseph Finbar, 1927-

Power on land and sea: 160 years of industrial enterprise on Tyneside: a history of R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie & Co. Ltd, engineers and shipbuilder

1979

Northumberland Engine Works

Wallsend

Coulls, Anthony

The Lowca legacy

2016

Holne Publishing on behalf of the Narrow-Gauge Railway Museum Trust

Leeds

Court, John Hubert

NBL Steam Locomotives 1857 - 1956 for Railways Overseas

1978

Bradford Barton

Truro

Davies, W.J.K.

The Early Years of the Motor Rail & Tram Car Company 1911-1931

2008

Plateway Press

Brighton

Dunn, John

Comeng. Volume 1, 1921-1955: a history of Commonwealth Engineering

2006

Rosenberg Publishing

Dural, N.S.W

Dunn, John

Comeng. Volume 2, 1955-1966: a history of Commonwealth Engineering

2008

Rosenberg Publishing

Dural, N.S.W

Dunn, John

Comeng. Volume 3, 1966-1977: a history of Commonwealth Engineering

2010

Rosenberg Publishing

Dural, N.S.W

Dunn, John

Comeng. Volume 4, 1977-1985: a history of Commonwealth Engineering

2013

Rosenberg Publishing

Kenthurst, N.S.W

Durrant, A. E.

Garratt Locomotives of the World

1981

David and Charles

Newton Abbot

Durrant, A. E.

The Garratt Locomotive

1969

David and Charles

Newton Abbot

Durrant, A. E.

The Mallet Locomotive

1974

David and Charles

Newton Abbot

English Electric

NEW ZEALAND GOVERMENT RAILWAYS DI CLASS 1012 H.P. DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES BY ENGLISH ELECTRIC CO

1996

English Electric Company of Aust. Pty. Limited

Rocklea Works

Ford, L.G.

Wickham of Ware

2003

The Rockingham Press

Gibbard, Stuart

Ford Tractor Conversions

2003

Old Pond Publishing Ltd

Gudgin, Douglas Stuart Edwin

Vulcan Foundry Locomotives

1976

Bradford Barton

Truro

Gunner, Keith & Mike Kennard

The Wickham Works List

2004

Dennis Duck Publications

Fareham

Hall, D R

A Guide to Ruston Narrow Gauge Locomotives

2003

Moseley Railway Trust

Birmingham

Hall, D R & Rowlands, J A S,

A Guide to Simplex Narrow Gauge Locomotives

2001

The Moseley Railway Trust

Birmingham

Hardy, Clive

E B Wilson & Co Locomotive Works List

1981

Aleksandr

Birmingham

Harman, Fred W

Locomotives built by Manning Wardle & Company, Vol 1 Narrow-Gauge

1999

Century Locoprints

Toddington

Harman, Fred W:

The History and Locomotives of the Tees Engine Works - The Gilkes, Wilson & Hopkins Partnerships

2004

Century Locoprints

Toddington

Harman, Fred W:

The Locomotives built by Manning Wardle & Company
Volume 2 Standard Gauge

1998

Century Locoprints

Toddington

Harman, Fred W:

The Locomotives built by Manning Wardle & Company
Volume 3 Broad Gauge & Works List

1999

Century Locoprints

Toddington

Hills, Richard Leslie

Beyer, Peacock Locomotive Order List.

1997

BORHT

Dover

Hills, Richard Leslie

Beyer, Peacock: locomotive builders of Gorton: a short history

1985

Greater Manchester Museum of Science and Industry

Manchester

Hills, Richard Leslie

The Origins of the Garratt Locomotive

2000

Plateway Press

East Harling

Hills, Richard Leslie & Patrick David

Beyer, Peacock Locomotive Builders to the World

1982

Transport Publishing Co.

Glossop

Hills, Richard Leslie, 1936-

Beyer, Peacock

1972

North Western Museum of Science and Industry

Manchester

Hume, John R; and Michael S Moss,

Beardmore: the History of a Scottish Industrial Giant

1979

Heinemann.

Hurst, K. A

William Beardmore: Transport is the Thing

2003

NMSE Publishing

Hutchings, John M.

Sentinel Locomotives and Sentinel-Cammell Railcars - Their Design and Development

2020

Industrial Railway Society

Hypher, John; Wheeler, Colin; Wheeler, Stephen

Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company - A Century of Achievement,1855-1963

1996

Runpast Publishing

Cheltenham

Jux, Frank

Fowler's century of locomotive building

1970

Industrial Railway Society

Wirral

Jux, Frank

John Fowler & Co. Loco Works List:

1985

Industrial Railway Society

Melton Mowbray

WorldCat has this as self-published in Richmond in 1985

Jux, Frank

Kerr, Stuart & Co., Ltd., Loco Works List:

1992

Industrial Railway Society

Jux, Frank

Peckett & Sons, Atlas Locomotive Works, Bristol: locomotive works list

1988

Industrial Railway Society

Jux, Frank

Planet locomotives: a history of F.C. Hibberd & Co Ltd and its predecessors

2023

Industrial Railway Society

Melton Mowbray

Kitson-Clark, Edwin

Kitsons of Leeds, 1837-1937: a firm and its folk by one of them,

1937

The Locomotive Publishing Company, Ltd

London

Kyle, Ian.

Steam from Lowca. A history of the rise and fall of locomotive building at Lowca Foundry, 1840-1921

1974

Self-published

Moresby

Lane, Michael Ross

The Rendel Connection

1989

Quiller Press

London

Lloyd, Joe

A Complete and fully illustrated List of Railway Locomotives Built by Beyer, Peacock. 3rd edn.
Part One Works Nos 1-1642, built 1855-1876
 Part Two Works Nos 1643-3536, built 1877-1893
 Part Three Works Nos 3537-5933, built 1893-1917,
 Part Four Works Nos 5936-8069, built 1919-1966

2004/5

Self-published

Lloyd, Joe

Beyer Peacock's Garratts: Articulated Locomotives Sent Worldwide

2013

Self-published

Lloyd, Joe

The Welsh Highlands Celebration in 2008 of Beyer, Garratt Articulated Locomotives

2009

Self-published

Lloyd, Joe.

A Souvenir celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the completion in 1909 of the First Garratt Articulated Locomotive,

2009

Self-published

Lowe, James Wensley

British Steam Locomotive Builders

1975

Goose

Cambridge

Reprinted in 1989 by Guild Publishing

 Mabbott, F.W.

Manning Wardle & Company Ltd - Locomotive Works List

1982

Thomas Aleksandr

Birmingham,

Marconi plc.

Vulcan locomotives: its diesel & electric years: a collection of diesel and electric trains produced at the Vulcan locomotive works in Lancashire, England.

2003

P & D Riley

Cheshire

McQueen, Donald R.

Constructed in Kingston: A History of the Canadian Locomotive Companies 1854 to 1968.

2000

Canadian Railroad Historical Association, Kingston Division

Messrs. Kitson & Co.

Manning, Wardle Type Locomotives, etc. [With illustrations.]

1927

Messrs. Kitson & Co.

Leeds

Metcalfe, Richard

Davis & Metcalfe Limited: Railway Engineers to the World

1999

Senior Publications, : Foxline Publications

Glossop, Derbyshire, Romiley, Cheshire

Neale, A.

Hunslet Narrow Gauge Locomotives.

1995

Plateway Press

Brighton

Nicholson, Murdoch, and Mark O'Neill

Glasgow Locomotive Builders to the World

1987

Polygon

Edinburgh

Oberg, Leon

Locomotives of Australia 1854 to 2007.

2007

Rosenberg Publishing

Pease, John

The History of J. & H. McLaren of Leeds: Steam & Diesel Engine Makers 

2003

Landmark Collector's Library

Pointer, Michael

The rise and fall of Aveling-Barford 1933 to 1988,

1997

Bygone Grantham, B.G. Publications

Preston, J.M

Aveling & Porter, Ltd

1987

North Kent Books, 

Rochester

Preston, J.M.

Industrial Medway: an historical survey,

1977

J.M. Preston, 

Preston, James

Aveling & Porter: An Illustrated History,

Amberley Publishing, 

Preston, Ron

A History of the Cardiff Workshops

1978

Bulletin (Australian Railway Historical Society) March 1978 pp45-64

Redman, Ronald Nelson

Hudswell Clarke & Co. Ltd, A Pictorial Album of Narrow Gauge Locomotives.

1992

Trent Valley Publications

Burton-on-Trent

Redman, Ronald Nelson

Hudswell Clarke battery locomotives

2003

Dennis Duck Publications

Redman, Ronald Nelson

The Railway Foundry, Leeds 1839 - 1969

1972

Goose and Son

Norwich

Redman, Ronald Nelson

The Railway Foundry, Leeds: Hudswell Clarke & Co Ltd: the diesel era

2015

The Industrial Railway Society

Melton Mowbray

Redman, Ronald Nelson.

The Railway Foundry, Leeds, 1839-1969: E. B. Wilson-Hudswell Clarke & Co.

1972

Goose and Son

Norwich

Rolt, Lionel Thomas Caswell, 1910-1974

A Hunslet Hundred. One hundred years of locomotive building by the Hunslet Engine Company.

1964

David & Charles

Dawlish

Ruddock J.G. and Pearson R.E

Clayton Wagons Ltd.: Manufacturers of Railway Carriages and Wagons 1920-30 

1989

Ruddock,

Lincoln

Scott, J. D.

Vickers: A History.

1963

Weidenfeld & Nicolson.

London

Simpson, John, 1915-

Locomotives of quality: a pictorial history of Manning Wardle & Co.

2000

Ross-Evans

Trumpington

Smithers, Mark

Locomotive Builders of Leeds E. B. Wilson and Manning Wardle.

2018

Pen and Sword

Barnsley

Thomas, John, 1914-1982

The Springburn Story

1964

David & Charles

Newton Abbott

Toms, G

Brush Diesel & Electric Locomotive Works List.

1999

Industrial Railway Society

Toms, G

Brush Diesel Locomotives 1940-78

1978

Turntable Publications

Toms, G.

Brush Diesel & Electric Locomotives 1940-2008 Vol 1 -1980,

2009

Venture Publications

Townsley, Don

The Hunslet Engine works: over a century and a half of locomotive building

1998

Plateway Press

East Harling

Vennell, C. W.

Men of Metal: The story of A & G Price Ltd, Auckland and Thames 1868-1968 

1968

Wilson & Horton

Auckland

Vernon, Tony

Yorkshire Engine Company: Sheffield's locomotive manufacturer

2008

History Publishing

Stroud

VULCAN FOUNDRY LTD.

The Vulcan Locomotive Works, 1830-1930. [With plates.]

1930

Locomotive Publishing Co

London

VULCAN FOUNDRY LTD.

Vulcan Locomotives. [With illustrations.]

1955

VULCAN FOUNDRY LTD.

Newton-le-Willows

Walters, Clive & Robin Waywell

The Motor Rail Works List

2006

Denis Duck Publications

Fareham

Warren, James G H

A Century of Locomotive Building, Robert Stephenson & Co. 1823-1923

1923

A Reid

Newcastle upon Tyne

Reprinted by David and Charles, Newton Abbott, 1970

Wear, Russell

Some further notes on the Lowca Works

2002

Cumbrian Railways, Feb 2002

Wear, Russell.

Barclay 150: a brief history of Andrew Barclay, Sons & Co. Ltd. and Hunslet-Barclay Ltd., Kilmarnock from 1840-1990

1990

Hunslet-Barclay Ltd

Kilmarnock

Webb Brian

Armstrong Whitworth: A Pioneer of World Diesel Traction.

2010

Lightmoor Publishing

Webb, Brian

The British Internal Combustion Locomotive 1894-1940

1973

David & Charles