NLR - Bibliography

Gough, John The Northampton & Harborough Line
1984. Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 0 901461 35 0
This was a branch line with a rich and complex history closely tied up with the politics of the formative years of two of the greatest of the pre-Grouping railway companies, the London & North Western and the Midland. What might have been no more than a rural branch-line was then involved, less than than two decades after its opening, in more inter-company rivalry, which lead to its fulfilling a role never dreamed of when first it carried traffic.

Coleman & Rajczonek Steaming into Northamptonshire
1988. Northamptonshire Libraries. ISBN 0 905391 12 8
Photographs from around the county. Our line is covered in photographs 193 - 210.

Coleman & Rajczonek Railway Images Around Northamptonshire
1992. W.D. Wharton. ISBN 0 9518557 1 9
This is a photograph album illustrating all aspects of the country's railway, many of which have never before seen published. All types of railway photography are included to produce a fascinating collection of pictures both traditional and artistic. Of particular interest Photo 152 which shows a 9F at Boughton crossing.

Foster & Instone Track Diagrams of the LNWR - Section 5 Northamptonshire
1988. Wild Swan Publications Ltd. ISBN 0 906867 62 2
The track layouts at all known stations, sidings, junctions and signal cabins are shown in diagrammatic form. Normally the diagram represent the layout as a specific date together with the alterations where known. Where extensive changes have been made, several diagrams the layouts at significant dates are included in order to enable the evolution to be clearly followed. Our line is shown on pages 21 - 23.

Healy, John M.C. The Last Days of Steam in Northamptonshire
1989. Alan Sutton Publishing Limited. ISBN 0 86299 613 9
Photographs from around the county. Our line is covered in pages 123 - 130.

Talbot, Edward The London & North Western Railway
1996. Silver Link Publishing. ISBN 1 85794 086 5
Photographs from around the LNWR celebrating 150th Anniversary. Includes pictures of Northampton(Castle) station on pages 61-65

Lowe, James W British Steam Locomotive Builders
1989. Guild Publishing. CN 8274
From the early 1800s and for nearly 170 years steam locomotives were built in Great Britain and Ireland by a variety of firms, large and small. James Lowe has compiled this alphabetical listing of over 350 organisation who are known to have built steam locomotives.

Huntriss, Derek On London & North Western Lines
1995. Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0 7110 2382 4
Photographs from around the LNWR.

Huntriss, Derek Industrial Steam
1994. Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0 7110 2230 5
Photographs of Industrial Locomotives, including a picture if Pitsford at Pitsford Sidings.

Nock O.S. The LNWR Precursor Family
1966. David & Charles (Publishers).
These 4 famous locomotive classes, totalling no fewer than 571 engines, represents the ultimate development on the LNWR of the characteristic inside cylinder passenger locomotive so typical of British railways in pre-grouping days.

Livesey, H.F.F. The Locomotives of the L.N.W.R.
1948. The Railway Publishing.
This books aims to bring under review the locomotives of the LNWR, from the formation of the "Premier Line" in 1846, up to the time of the grouping, and to follow the subsequent history of the "Princes" and "Claughtons" up to about 1931.

Sharman, M. The London North Western Railway
1986. The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0 85361 315 X
A selection of 7mm locomotive drawings, most of the varied and intesting drawings contained within the pages of The Locomotive Magazine.

Webb, Brian Sulzer Diesel Locomotives of British Rail
1978. David & Charles Publishers. ISBN 0 7153 7514 8
The Swiss-designed Sulzer engine, with over half a century of continuous association with rail traction, was one of the obvious choices for BR when selecting power equipment. Indeed the Sulzer engine has proved so suitable that well over half the BR mainline locomotive fleet, with a total of 1398 locomotives, in the power range between 1160 and 2750 bhp has been equipped with Sulzer engines, the largest within this power range from any one supplier.

Parkin, Keith British Railways Mark 1 Coaches
1991. Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0 906899 49 4
Keith Parkin offers an unrivalled survey of every significant aspect of the design from its gestation early in BR days to its re-emergence in the later 1980s as the basis by which even the 'Modern Image' BR found itself well able to promote the virtues of rail travel. It includes photographs, drawings and technical data, much of which has never before been published.

Essery, R.J. Official Drawings of LMS Wagons
1996. Wild Swan Publications. ISBN 1 874103 30 5
Diagrams and photographs of assortment of LMS Wagons.

Reed, M.C. The London & North Western Railway
1996. Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0 906899 66 4
All in all, the LNWR remained the most significant component of the British railway system throughout its independent life. All the more remarkable therefore that it has not hitherto been the subject of a comprehensive modern history. Malcolm Reed has at last remedied this deficiency with a work that skilfully intertwines and interprets the many facets of this vast undertaking.

Foster, Richard D. A Pictorial Record of L.N.W.R. Signalling
1982. Oxford Publishing Co. SBN 86093 147 1
In compiling this book Richard Foster tried to put together a selection if photographs which will illustrate as wide a cross section of LNWR signalling equipment and practices as possible. These are supplemented by scale drawings and diagrams which should assist readers in understanding how the equipment worked and was put together.

London & North Western Railway Society
The Society was founded by the late Eric Rayner in 1973, to bring together all who are interested in the LNWR, its constituent Companies and associated lines. More

Butcher, Alan C. Railways Restored 1996
1996. Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2434-0
An annual guide to what is happening around the operating lines and other railway locations for the coming season.

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Brixworth Village Appraisal.
1994. Alfred Willday & Son Ltd. ISBN 0-9524865-0-4
A survey of the village along with recollections and local history. pages 74-80 cover the impact the railway had on the village. Two photographs of the Brixworth station, and one of the now derelict site.

Tonks, Eric Ironstone Quarries of the Midlands - Part III The Northampton Area.
1989. Runpast Publishing. ISBN 1-870754-03-4
Rather more than half of the Midlands ironstone quarries were in Northamptonshire, and most of the early quarries were near Northampton itself. Included are the quarries on the NLR, Pitsford, Brixworth and Lamport. Much information on the workings, and the Railway stock used. Lots of photographs.

Wagstaff, Jack A Tale of Two Villages.
The Guild Hall Press. ISBN 0-9517346-0-1
A history of Church Brampton and Chapel Brampton. Pages 43-47 touch on the Pitsford and Brampton station (with photograph) and the impact the railway had on the villages.

Last Amended: 22-Apr-2006