Books About The Ffestiniog Railway
From Festipedia, hosted by the FR Heritage Group
(in alphabetical order of title)
- A Technical Study of the Festiniog and Other Narrow Gauge Railways (1986), E.Vignes (Trans. D.Boreham)
- Johnson, Peter [2007] (2007). An Illustrated History of the Festiniog Railway. Hersham: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0-860936-03-1. OCLC 180463433.
- Archery and Spoonerisms (1996), M.J.T.Lewis - its not a published book!!
- Battle of the Gauges Renewed (1872), R.F.Fairlie
- Mitchell, Vic; Keith Smith [1993]. Branch Lines Around Porthmadog 1923-46. Midhurst, Sussex, England: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-873793-13-8. OCLC 30306827.
- Mitchell, Vic; Keith Smith [1994]. Branch Lines Around Porthmadog 1954-94. Midhurst, Sussex, England: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-873793-31-6. OCLC 32132010.
- Chwedlau Ffestiniog Fables (1994), Peter Pedr Jarvis, Festiniog Railway Company, ISBN 0901848085
- Stretton, John [2001]. Colour of The Ffestiniog. Bredbury, England, SK6 3YD: Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-70-3. OCLC 56432276.
- Étude technique sur le chemin de fer Festiniog et autres....en Angleterre (1878), E.Vignes
- Festiniog in Colour (1995), Peter Johnson and Michael Whitehouse, Ian Allan, ISBN 0-711023557
- Mitchell, Vic; Allan Garraway [March 1996]. Festiniog in the Fifties. Midhurst, Sussex, England: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-873793-68-5. OCLC 36120903.
- Mitchell, Vic; Allan Garraway [1997]. Festiniog in the Sixties. Midhurst, Sussex, England: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-873793-91-X. OCLC 39747976.
- Festiniog Railway - A View from the Past (1997), Peter Johnson, Ian Allan, ISBN 0-711025126
- Festiniog Railway in Camera - 100 Years 1871 - 1971 (1999), John Stretton, Challenger Publications ISBN 1-899624406
- Festiniog Railway Locomotives (1988), Rodney Weaver, with Ingham, Rees and Peter Johnson, AB Publishing, ISBN 1-900622092
- Festiniog Railway Revival (1963), P.B.Whitehouse, Ian Allan Ltd
- Mitchell, Vic [2002]. Festiniog - 50 Years of Enterprise. Midhurst, Sussex, England: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-901706-83-4. OCLC 51991676.
- Ffestiniog 150th Anniversary (1987), Peter Johnson, AB Publishing, ISBN 1-869915011
- Ffestiniog Adventure (1981), Brian Hollingsworth, David & Charles ISBN 0-7153-7956-9
- Ffestiniog Adventure (1999), Pamela Roberts, Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, ISBN 0863815480
- Ffestiniog Railway Gravity Trains (1986), Heritage Group, Peter Johnson (Editor), FR Heritage Group, ISBN 0-949022004
- Garraway, Father & Son (1985) Allan Garraway, Middleton Press, ISBN 0-906520207
- Heritage Group Album (1994), P.V.Davies, Heritage Group
- How Ffestiniog got its Railway (1965), M.J.T. Lewis, The Railway & Canal Historical Society
- Johnson, Peter [2004]. Immortal Rails (Vol 1) The Story of the Closure and Revival of the FR 1939-1983. Chester, England, CH4 9ZH: RailRomances. ISBN 1-900622-08-4. OCLC 56654167.
- Johnson, Peter [2005] (2005). Immortal Rails (Vol 2) The Story of the Closure and Revival of the FR 1939-1983. Chester, England, CH4 9ZH: RailRomances. ISBN 1-900622-09-2. OCLC 59356573.
- Linda & Blanche, Penrhyn to Festiniog, (1993), Dick Blenkinsop, AB Publishing, ISBN 1-869915054
- Locomotive Engines: What They Are and What They Should Be (1881, reprinted 1969), R.F.Fairlie
- Mit Volldampf nach Festiniog, Hans-Rudolf Schwabe
- Narrow Gauge Rails to Portmadoc (1949), James I C Boyd, Oakwood Press
- Narrow Gauge Railways (1872, 2nd Edition 1879), C.E.Spooner, Spon
- Narrow Gauge Railways in North Wales (1945) Charles E. Lee, Railway Publishing Co.
- Gurley, Norman F. [1980] (1980). Narrow Gauge Steam Out of Portmadoc. Truro, Cornwall, England: D Bradford Barton. ISBN 0-85153-380-9. OCLC 16483893.
- Porthmadog to Blaenau (1995), Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Middleton Press, ISBN 1-873793502
- Portrait of the Festiniog (1992), Peter Johnson, Ian Allan, ISBN 0-711020515
- Return to Blaenau (2001), Vic Mitchell & Allan Garraway, Middleton Press ISBN 1-901706648
- Story of Merddin Emrys and the Ffestiniog Railway (1977), R. Schofield & J. Martin, Travel About Books, ISBN 0905810007
- The Festiniog Railway 1836-1966, 130 Years in Pictures J.W. Williams a "1960s photo album"
- The Festiniog Railway from 1950, Andrew Wilson, Tempus Publishing, ISBN 0-752423975
- The Festiniog Railway, Drawings of Historic Locos & Rolling Stock (Narrow Lines Extra No.8)(1997), ed Robin Edwards & Philip Moss, 7mm Narrow Gauge Association, ISBN 0-951330012
- The Festiniog Railway Paintings of Edward Paget-Tomlinson, Philip J Hawkins, Landmark Publishing, 13 ISBN 978-1-84306-334-6
- The Festiniog Railway, Preservation Era Drawings of Locos & Rolling Stock (Narrow Lines Extra No.12)(2005), Adrian Gray, 7mm Narrow Gauge Association, ISBN 0954981111
- The Ffestiniog Railway - Railway Moods (2007), Cliff Thomas, Halsgrove
- Boyd, James I.C. [1959] (1975 / 2002). The Festiniog Railway 1800 - 1974; Vol. 1 - History and Route. Blandford: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-8536-1167-X. OCLC 2074549.
- Boyd, James I.C. [1959] (1975 / 2002). The Festiniog Railway 1800 - 1974; Vol. 2 Locomotive and Rolling Stock and Quarry Feeders. Blandford: The Oakwood Press. ISBN ISBN 085361-168-8.
- The Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways - Past and Present Special (1996), John Stretton, Past and Present, ISBN 1-858950910
- Stretton, John. [1998] (2005). The Ffestiniog Railway (Volume 1). Kettering, England: Past & Present Publishing. ISBN 1-85895-141-0. OCLC 60185256.
- Stretton, John. [2005] (2005). The Ffestiniog Railway (Volume 2). Kettering, England: Past & Present Publishing. ISBN 1-85895-234-4.
- Winton, John [1975]. The Little Wonder: The Story of The Festiniog Railway. London, England, W1: Festiniog Railway & Michael Joseph Ltd.. ISBN 9780718109943. OCLC 1858833.
- Gray, Adrian C.; Roy C Link [2003]. The Spooner Album. Garndolbenmaen: RCL Publications. ISBN 0-953876349. OCLC 60837572.
- The Welsh Narrow Gauge in Colour (1992), Peter Johnson, Ian Allan, ISBN 0-711021260
- Walks Around the Ffestiniog Railway, C.Hancock
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