Members' Library

At Okehampton Station we are accumulating a decent collection of books on (mostly) West Country railway themes. Current local DRA members are welcome to borrow from the library. The latest (23/06/2024) list is shown below. Please contact us on info@dartmoor-railway-association.org if there's anything you are interested in - don't just turn up at the station unannounced.

This is a new initiative and we haven't yet sorted out the finer details of how it will work.

Title	Author	Publisher	Pub. date
The British Steam locomotive railway Vol 1 1825 to 1925	Ahrons, EL	Ian Allan	1966 (3rd Ed)
British Express Trains No 1 Western Region	Allen, Cecil J	Ian Allan	c1961
Titled trains of Great Britain	Allen, Cecil J	–	1953
Steam memories of 1950s &60s Devon & Cornwall lines	Allen, David	Book Law	2008
Illustrated history of British railways	Allen, GF	Book Club Associates	1983
Famous Train Journeys No 2 Devon Belle	Anderson, A	Brockhampton Press	1950 (1st Ed)
Southern’s South Western Memories	Antell, Robert	Ian Allan	1977
The Somerset to Dorset in colour	Arlett, M & Lockett, D	Oxford	1991
The Locomotive Journal	ASLEF	ASLEF	Feb 2004
Along Lost Lines	Atterbury, P	David & Charles	2007
Branch Line Britain	Atterbury, P	David & Charles	2004
Tickets please!	Atterbury, P	David & Charles	2006
From the footplate the Atlantic Coast Express	Austin, Stephen	Ian Allan	1989
Portrait of the Atlantic Coast Express	Austin, Stephen	Ian Allan	1997
Devon’s Railways of Yesteryear	Barber, Chips	Obelisk pubs	2001
Railways on & around Dartmoor	Barber, Chips	Obelisk pubs	1997
The Teign Valley of yesteryear	Barber, Chips	Obelisk pubs	1994
The Teign Valley of yesteryear Part 3	Barber, Chips	Obelisk pubs	1996
Torbay Transport	Barham, L Fisher	Glasney Press	1979
Next station (railway plans for the future)	Barman, C	G Allen & Unwin Ltd	1947
Memories of the Withered Arm – Travels over the SR lines West of Exeter 1958-62	Barnfield, Peter	Wild Swan	2016
By train to Okehampton (the Southern Way)	Bastin, CH	CHB	1995
The reshaping of British Railways Parts 1 & 2	Beeching	HMSO	1963
Locomotives in steam India	Bhandari, BR	Indian Railways	1981
BR mag W region Vol 5 No 8	BR	BR	Aug 1954
BR mag W region Vol 5 No 9	BR	BR	Sep 1954
Don Breckon’s GWR	Breckon, Don	David & Charles	1986
The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway	Brown, Prideaux & Radcliffe	David & Charles	1980
A Journey in Time (Christow to Exeter)	Burges, Colin	Exeter & Teign Valley Rly	2010
Lynton & Barnstaple Railway 1895-1935	Catchpole, LT	Oakwood Press	April 1993
Let’s explore old railways in Devon	Clamp, Arthur l	Westway	–
Railway Posters 1923-1947	Cole, B & Durack, R	Laurence King	1992
ABC British Railways locos 60000-90999	Cook, AF	Ian Allan	1948
South Devon’s Lost Railways	Dale, Peter	Stenlake	2001
Images of Exeter and East Devon Railway	Dart, Maurice	Halsgrove	2008
Last Days of Steam in Devon	Dart, Maurice	Alan Sutton	1991
Last Days of Steam in Plymouth & Cornwall	Dart, Maurice	Alan Sutton	1990
Dawlish The Great Storm (DVD)	Dawlish Museum	Dawlish Museum	–
Cornwall’s Railways	Fairclough, Tony	Tor Mark	1990
Great Western Steam in Devon	Fairclough, Tony	D Bradford Barton Ltd	1974
More Southern Steam in the West Country	Fairclough, Tony & Wills, Alan	Bradford Barton	1975
Camp coach holidays on the GWR	Fenton, Mike	Wild Swan	1999
GWR in the 1930s Vol 1	Fraser, D, Green, D & Scott, B	Runpast	1992
GWR in the 1930s Vol 2	Fraser, D, Green, D & Scott, B	Runpast	1987
Hydraulic memories	Geach, Roger	Transport Treasury Publishing	2024
Wonder Book of Railways	Golding, Harry	Ward, Lock & Co Ltd	1920s?
Devon Railways (in old photos)	Gosling & Clement	The History press	2009
Southern railway Collection The West Country	Gough, Terry	Silver link	1999
The Tamar & Tavy valleys	Gough, Terry	Past & Present	2001
The Tarka and Dartmoor Lines – Past and Present	Gough, Terry	Past & Present	1998
The Tarka trail	Gough, Terry	Past & Present	1998
Steam around Devon & Cornwall	Gray, PW	Ian Allan	2001
From the Camel to the Exe Padstow to Exeter in days of steam	Grayer, J	Gutenberg Press	2023
Great railway paintings inspired by the seaside	Guild of Railway Artists	David & Charles	2005
Bulleid Locomotives	Haresnape, Brian	Ian Allan	1977
Railway Liveries (Southern) 1923-47	Haresnape, Brian	Ian Allan	1989
Devon’s Railways	Harris, Helen	Bossiney books	2011
Haytor granite tramway & Stover canal	Harris, Helen	Peninsula press	2002
LSWR West Country Lines – Then and Now	Hawkins, Mac	David & Charles	1993
Walking the Dartmoor Railroads	Hemery, Eric	David & Charles	1983
The Great Railway Conspiracy	Henshaw, David	Leading Edge	1994
Murder & Mystery on the GWR	Holgate, Mike	Halsgrove	2011
Illustrated rail route to the W of England	Holland & Cradock	Hart & Allen	1978
Discovering Britain’s Little trains	Holland, J	AA	–
Exploring Britain’s lost railways	Holland, J	HarperCollins	2015
The lost lines of Britain	Holland, J	Index books	2011
Growing up on the railway in the SW	Horseman, Grace	ARK	1998
Dartmoor Railway Past, present & future	Hummel & Payne	Dartmoor Railway	2000
The Moretonhampstead & S Devon railway	Jenkins, SC & Pomeroy, LJ	Oakwood Press	1989
Rails along the sea wall	Kay, Peter	Platform 5	1991
How to recognise Southern Railway locos	Kidner, RW	Oakwood Press	1938
Rail ARKives series No 4 Tavistock N & S	Kingdom, AR	ARK	2006
The Plymouth Tavistock & Launceston railway	Kingdom, AR	P Howell & Co	1990
The Railways of Devon a pictorial survey	Kingdom, AR	Bradford Barton	1974
The Yelverton to Princetown railway	Kingdom, AR	Forest	1991
Plymouth to Exeter Southernway (VHS video)	Lilley, Roger	Aarchive Film	–
British Railway steam locos 1948-1968 Part 1 GWR	Longworth, Hugh	Oxford	2005
A History of the Southern Railway	Maggs, Colin	Amberley	2017
Barnstaple & Ilfracombe railway	Maggs, Colin	Oakwood Press	1978
Branch Lines of Devon	Maggs, Colin	Sutton	1995
Colin Magg’s West of England	Maggs, Colin	J H Haynes	2000
Rail Centres: Exeter	Maggs, Colin	Ian Allan	1985
The Seaton branch & Seaton tramway	Maggs, Colin	Oakwood Press	1992
Railways to Exmouth	Maggs, Colin	Oakwood Press	1980
Railway moods Devon	Malone, Roger	Halsgrove	2005
Railways of Britain – Devon and Cornwall	McCarthy, Colin & McCarthy, David	Ian Allan	2008
BR Camping coach holidays 1930s	McRae, Andrew	Foxline	1997
BR Camping coach holidays 1950s & 60s	McRae, Andrew	Foxline	1998
Railways around Dartmoor	Mills, Bernard	PixZ	2019
British Railway Past & Present – Devon	Mitchell, David	Past & Present	2001 (1991)
British Railways Past & Present North and West Devon	Mitchell, David	Past & Present	2008 (2006)
Branch Line to Bude	Mitchell, Vic & Smith, Keith	Middleton	1994
Branch Line to Exmouth	Mitchell, Vic & Smith, Keith	Middleton	–
Branch Line to Ilfracombe	Mitchell, Vic & Smith, Keith	Middleton	1997 (1993)
Branch Line to Lynton	Mitchell, Vic & Smith, Keith	Middleton	2000 (1992)
Branch Line to Moretonhampstead	Mitchell, Vic & Smith, Keith	Middleton	1998
Branch Line to Padstow	Mitchell, Vic & Smith, Keith	Middleton	1995
Branch Lines around Bodmin	Mitchell, Vic & Smith, Keith	Middleton	1996
Branch Lines to Torrington	Mitchell, Vic & Smith, Keith	Middleton	1994
Country Railway routes Taunton to Barnstaple	Mitchell, Vic & Smith, Keith	Middleton	1995
Southern Main Lines – Exeter to Barnstaple	Mitchell, Vic & Smith, Keith	Middleton	1993
Southern Main Lines – Exeter to Tavistock	Mitchell, Vic & Smith, Keith	Middleton	1996
Southern Main Lines – Tavistock to Plymouth	Mitchell, Vic & Smith, Keith	Middleton	1996
Southern Main Lines – Yeovil to Exeter	Mitchell, Vic & Smith, Keith	Middleton	1991
Down Devon Way (2 Audio cassettes)	Morgan, Vic	–	–
When the Train came to Town – Okehampton’s railway	Museum of Dartmoor life	Museum of Dartmoor life	–
Centenary of the Barnstaple Ilfracombe line 1874-1974	N Devon Rly Pres Soc	N Devon Rly Pres Soc	–
ABC Southern Ralways locos	n/a	Ian Allan	Oct 1943
ABC Southern Ralways locos Part 2 DI 9999, 10000-39999 & 70000-99999	n/a	Ian Allan	Summer 1959
Atlantic Coast Express (Bideford heritage centre mag) No 68 Aut 2006	n/a	–	2006
Bartholomew 1955 half inch cloth map Dartmoor (sheet 2)	n/a	Bartholomew	1955
Bradshaw’s Railway map of UK & Ireland 1907	n/a	–	–
British Railways Illustrated Dec 1992 Jan 1993	n/a	–	–
British Railways Pre grouping Atlas & Gazetteer	n/a	Ian Allan	–
By Southern to the Far West. Vols 1 & 2. DVD.	n/a	Transport Video	–
Cornwall Railway	n/a	BR	1984
Dartmoor Friends Newsletter (Aut 2007)	n/a	–	–
Dartmoor Pony No 24 (Spring 2016)	n/a	DRSA	–
Dartmoor Pony No 26 (Aut 2016)	n/a	DRSA	–
Dartmoor Pony Nos 1 to 22 (Spring 2009 to Aut 2015)	n/a	DRSA	–
Decades of Steam The 1920s (VHS Video)	n/a	Ian Allan	–
Development of the major railway trunk routes	n/a	BR Board	–
Friends of Dartmoor Railway April 2001	n/a	FoDR	–
Friends of Dartmoor Railway Mar 2000, Aug/Sep 2000 & Nov 2000	n/a	FoDR	–
GWR 150 years of progress	n/a	BR	–
GWR Illustrated guide	n/a	Devon Books	–
GWR map 1924	n/a	–	–
Historic Exeter (guide)	n/a	–	1920s/Early 30s
It can now be revealed (BR in peace & war)	n/a	BR press office	1945
Modellers’ Guide to the GWR	n/a	Silver link	2002 (1988)
Okehampton & rural dist (Guide)	n/a	–	late 60s/early 70s
Railtape Vol 20 Hymek D7017 (VHS Video)	n/a	Channel AV television	April 1996
Railway & Commercial Gazetteer 19th Ed	n/a	Mc Corquodale & Co	June 1938
Railway Magazine May 1925	n/a	–	–
Railway map of the British Isles 1923	n/a	Old house books	–
Shadows on the Moor - Princetown Line (VHS video)	n/a	–	–
Southwestern Steam (7” vinyl)	n/a	Argo Transacord	1960
Stagecoach mag Vol 1 No 2	n/a	–	April 1971
Steam World magazine March 1993	n/a	–	–
The Dartmoor Warbler Rail tour Sat 9th Jan 1999	n/a	–	–
The Railway magazine Feb 1968	n/a	–	–
The Railway magazine June 1999	n/a	–	–
Exeter & the Trams 1882-1931	Neville, J	Exeter Civic Soc	2010
Lines to Torrington	Nicholas, John	Oxford	1984
The North Devon line	Nicholas, John	Oxford	1992
The Okehampton Line – SR Route between Exeter, Tavistock and Plymouth.	Nicholas, John & Reeve, George	Irwell	2008 (2001)
The LSWR	Nock, OS	Ian Allan	1965
Devon Railway stations	Oakley, M	Dovecote Press	2007
Tramways Remembered W & SW England	Oppitz, L	Countryside books	1990
The Exe valley railway	Owen, John	Waterfront	1999
The Moretonhampstead branch	Owen, John	Waterfront	2000
Great Scenic Railways of Devon & Cornwall – An Iron Roads guide for Travellers and Tourists	Pearson, Michael	Wayzgoose	2004
The Branch Lines Salisbury to Exeter	Phillips, Derek	Oxford	2000
Iron horse to the sea Railways in S Devon	Pike, John	Ex Libris Press	1987
Mile by Mile on Britain’s railways in 1947	Pike, SN	Aurum Press	2011
Travelling on the Southern Railway	Pike, SN	Stuart N Pike	1947
The Teign Valley Line	Pomeroy, LW	Oxford	1984
Lynton & Barnstaple Railway album	Prideaux, JCDA	David & Charles	1974
Steam on the South Western	Riley, RC	Ian Allan	2002
Western Region Signalling in colour	Robertson, Kevin	Ian Allan	2008
Devon & Cornwall Railways in old Photographs	Robertson, Kevin (collected)	Alan Sutton	1997 (1989)
The Withered Arm – reminiscences of the Southern lines west of Exeter	Roche, TWE	Forge	1993 (1967)
GWR a history	Roden, Andrew	Aurum Press	2010
Bulleid Pacifics at Work	Rogers, HCB (Colonel, OBE)	Book Club Associates	1980
Illustrated history of British Steam railways	Ross, David	M&S	2004
The Great Western	Scott, WJ	EP publishing	1972
Southern Steam Revival	Sharpe, Brian	Mortons	2014
Branch Line Memories (Devon & Cornwall)	Shepherd, Eric	ARK	2005
Main lines to the west	Smith, SR	Ian Allan	1981
Devon Railway stations (S Railway) on old pic postcards	Swift, Andrew	–	2001
Devon Railway stations in old pictures (Southern Railway)	Swift, Andrew	–	–
Farewell to trains	Thomas, David St John	Frances Lincoln	2013
SR150 – A century and a half of the Southern Railway	Thomas, David St John	David & Charles	2002 (1988)
West Country Railway history	Thomas, David St John	David & Charles	1981 rep
Summer Saturdays in the West	Thomas, David St John & Rocksborough Smith, Simon	David & Charles	1983 (1973)
The Great Western railway 150 glorious years	Thomas, David St John & Whitehouse, Patrick	David & Charles	1998
Back Along the Lines – North Devon’s Railways	Thompson, Victor	Badger	1983
A Winter Remembered – winter 1962/3 and its effect on the railways of Dartmoor	Trevelyan, Robert E	ARK	1998
GWR Branch lines No 1 The South West	Welch, MS	Runpast	2002
The trains now departed	Williams, Michael	Preface	2015
The little wonder (150 yrs of Ffestiniog railway)	Winton, J	M Joseph	1986
Mike & Hilary Wreford’s Okehampton collection	Wreford, Mike & Wreford, Hilary	Obelisk pubs	1993
The Atlantic Coast Express – The Bude Branch	Wroe, David J	Waterfront	1995 (1988)
Lost railways of Devon	Yorke, S	Countryside books	2007