Books About The Welsh Highland Railway
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- Narrow Gauge Railways in North Caernarvonshire Vol. 1, (1981), James I C Boyd, Oakwood Press, ISBN 085761-273-0
- 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.
- Rheilffordd Eryri/The Welsh Highland Railway: 1991 to 2003, John C. Hopkins, WHRS, 2003 (Private, and limited publication)
- Welsh Highland Wonderland, (1982), Peter Deegan, Pride Books, ISBN 0-946283-00-1
- Branch Lines around Portmadoc 1923-46, (1993), Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Middleton Press, ISBN 1-873793-13-8
- Mitchell, Vic; Keith Smith [1994]. Branch Lines Around Porthmadog 1954-94. Midhurst, Sussex, England: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-873793-31-6. OCLC 32132010.
- Johnson, Peter [1999] (2007). Portrait of the Welsh Highland Railway. Shepperton, England: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-2658-0. OCLC 41018741.
- An Illustrated History of the Welsh Highland Railway, (2002), Peter Johnson, Oxford Publishing Company, revised 2004 ISBN 0-8609-3565-5
- The Welsh Highland Railway : a history, (2003), Alun Turner, 4th edition, Stenlake Publishing, ISBN 1-84033-263-8
- Stretton, John. [1999] (2007). The Welsh Highland Railway (Volume 1) A Phoenix Rising. Kettering, England: Past & Present Publishing. ISBN 1-85895-142-9. OCLC 59423604.
- Stretton, John. [2004] (2004). The Welsh Highland Railway (Volume 2) Halfway to Paradise. Kettering, England: Past & Present Publishing. ISBN 1-85895-233-6. OCLC 56455575.
- Cwm Gwyrfai: The Quarries of the North Wales Narrow Gauge and the Welsh Highland Railways, (2004) Gwasg arreg Gwalch, ISBN 0-8638-1897-8
- Russell: The Story of an Historic Narrow Gauge Steam Locomotive, (1996), WHR Ltd., ISBN 0950-1178-3-8
- Walks from the Welsh Highland Railway. Part 1: Caernarfon to Rhyd Ddu, (2003), Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, ISBN 0-86381-816-1
- The Welsh Narrow Gauge in Colour (1992), Peter Johnson, Ian Allan, ISBN 0-711021260
- The Welsh Highland Railway (1962), Charles E. Lee, WHLR (1964) Ltd., (no ISBN shown)
- More About The Welsh Highland Railway (1965), Charles E. Lee, WHLR (1964) Ltd., ISBN 0-7153-4767-5
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