Peter Johnson        Railway Historian and Journalist
A specialist in the history of 
narrow gauge railways
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Mail by Rail - the history of the TPO and the Post Office Railway; Ian Allan, 1995  #

Celebration of Steam - North Wales; Ian Allan, 1995 #

(With Michael Whitehouse) Festiniog in Colour; Ian Allan, 1995

Alan George A Centenary Celebration; West Wales Publications, 1994

The Welsh Narrow Gauge in Colour; Ian Allan, 1993

Portrait of the Festiniog (Railway); Ian Allan, 1992

Railway World Special - The Welsh Narrow Gauge Railways; Ian Allan, 2nd edition 1991 #

(Editor) Railway World Annual 1988; Ian Allan, 1987

(With Rodney Weaver) Talyllyn Railway No 1 Talyllyn and No 2 Dolgoch (Great Preserved Locomotives No 6); Ian Allan, 1987 #

Festiniog 150th Anniversary - a celebration; AB Publishing, 1987

(With Rodney Weaver, Paul Ingham, Paul Rees as 'Taliesin') Festiniog Railway Locomotives; AB Publishing, 1988

Festiniog 150 - The history of the Ffestiniog Railway; Ian Allan, 1986

Trams in Blackpool; AB Publishing, 1986, enlarged revised edition 1996 #

Vintage Roadscene Special - British Trams and Tramways in the 1980s; Ian Allan, 1985 #

Railway World Special - The Welsh Narrow Gauge Railways; Ian Allan, 1985

The British Travelling Post Office; Ian Allan, 1985

Rails in Wales - The Cambrian Lines; Ian Allan, 1984

 

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In Preparation:

The Cambrian Railways - a new history; Oxford Publishing Co, due 2012

An Illustrated History of the Great Western Narrow Gauge (Corris, Vale of Rheidol Light and Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railways); Oxford Publishing Co, due 2011

Previous Publications:

An Illustrated History of the Snowdon Mountain Railway; Oxford Publishing Co; 2010 #

An Illustrated History of the Travelling Post Office; Oxford Publishing Co; 2009 #

An Illustrated History of the Welsh Highland Railway; Oxford Publishing Co; 2nd edition, 2009, reprinted with revisions 2010 #

An Illustrated History of the Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Light Railway; Oxford Publishing Co, 2008 #

An Illustrated History of the Festiniog Railway; Oxford Publishing Co, 2007 #

Immortal Rails – The story of the closure and revival of the Ffestiniog Railway 1939-1983 (2 vols); RailRomances, Vol 1 2004, Vol 2 2005 #

The Travelling Post Office 1838-2004 (British Philatelic Bulletin Publication No 10); Royal Mail, 2004

An Illustrated History of the Welsh Highland Railway; Oxford Publishing Co, 2002, revised 2004, reprinted 2006

Welsh Narrow Gauge - a colour portfolio; Ian Allan, 2000 #

Welsh Narrow Gauge - a view from the past; Ian Allan, 1999 #

Portrait of the Welsh Highland Railway; Ian Allan, 1999, revised 2000 #

Isle of Man Steam Railway in Colour; Ian Allan, 1998 #

Festiniog Railway - a view from the past; Ian Allan, 1997

Heyday of the Welsh Narrow Gauge; Ian Allan, 1997

Mail by Rail - the history of the TPO and the Post Office Railway; Ian Allan, 1995  #