In order to avoid reaching foolish conclusions about the development of the
local railways, I have read widely among the published work about them. I have
used a few short direct quotations, and these are specifically acknowledged in
the text. There are two longer passages, a circular and a newspaper report,
which I came across in John Fairman's handy booklet, Basingstoke,
150 years of Railway Progress, and I have included these because I believe
them to be out of copyright, both being published over 150 years ago. If
inadvertently I have breached any copyright, I apologise in advance; please let
me know of any matters which need to be addressed in this regard. A full
bibliography appears below.
One acknowledgement I often encounter in books is thanks to the author's wife
for putting up with an author determined to finish the book. I can only echo
this accurate sentiment, having disrupted Suzanne's routine for some weeks while
producing this account.
The following books and documents were consulted during the preparation of
this history, though this is not to say that their contents necessarily
influenced what is contained in it - indeed, in some cases I had reached some of
their conclusions independently myself before reading some of these sources, and
in other cases, my views differ.
| Awdry, Christopher |
Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies (Guild
Publishing, 1990) |
| Bulleid, O. V. S. |
Report for Sir Eustace Missenden - Some Account To Date Of Assistance
Rendered By The Chief Mechanical Engineer's Department In The War Effort
(unpublished report, prepared 1944) |
| Clark, R. H. |
A Southern Region Chronology and Record, 1803-1965 (Oakwood Press, 1964) |
| Coleman, Terry |
The Railway Navvies (Book Club Associates, 1972) |
| Connolly, W.P. |
British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer (Ian Allan, 1976) |
| Cooke, R. A. |
Track Layout Diagrams of the G. W. R and BR W. R. Section 23, Berkshire
(R. A. Cooke, date unknown) |
| Course, Edwin |
The Railways of Southern England: Independent and Light Railways (Batsford,
1976) |
| Croughton, Godfrey, et al |
Private and Untimetabled Railway Stations (Oakwood Press, 1982) |
| Esau, Mike |
Steaming Into Wessex (Ian Allan, 1991) |
| Fairman, John |
Basingstoke - 150 Years of Railway Progress (British Rail, 1987) |
| Gough, Terry |
Past and Present - Berkshire and Hampshire (Past & Present, 1994) |
| Griffith, Edward |
The Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway (Kingfisher Railway Productions,
1982) |
| Huntley, John |
Railways on the Screen (Ian Allan, 1993) |
| Hurst, Geoffrey |
Register of Closed Railways 1948-1991 (Milepost Publications, 1992) |
| Judge, C. W. |
An Historical Survey of the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
(Oxford Publishing Co, 1984) |
| Kidner, R. W. |
The Waterloo-Southampton Line (Oakwood Press, 1983)
The Reading to Tonbridge Line (Oakwood Press, 1974) |
| Landes, David S. |
The Unbound Prometheus (Cambridge University Press, 1969) |
| Legg, Stuart |
The Railway Book (Fourth Estate, 1952) |
| Maggs, Colin G. |
Branch Lines of Berkshire (Alan Sutton, 1993) |
| Measom, George |
The Illustrated Guide to the Great Western Railway (Marshall, 1852) |
| Mitchell, Peter, et al |
The Surrey Border and Camberley Railway (Plateway Press, 1993) |
| Mitchell, Vic & Smith, Keith |
Woking to Southampton (Middleton Press, 1988)
Reading to Basingstoke (Middleton Press, 1994)
Reading to Guildford (Middleton Press, 1988)
Branch Lines to Alton (Middleton Press, 1984)
Basingstoke to Salisbury (Middleton Press, 1991) |
| Nock, O. S. |
Great British Trains (Guild Publishing, 1985)
Speed Records on Britain's Railways (David & Charles,1971) |
| Robertson, Kevin |
Hampshire Railways in Old Photographs (Alan Sutton, 1989)
London & South Western Railway - 150 years of the L&SWR (publisher
unknown, 1988) |
| Rous-Marten, Charles (ed. Fryer, Charles) |
British Locomotive Practice & Performance (Patrick Stephens, 1990) |
| St. John Thomas, David |
A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain - 1: The West
Country (Phoenix House, 1960) |
| Simmonds, Roger |
The Park Prewett Hospital Railway, Basingstoke (publisher and date
unknown) |
| Simmons, Jack |
The Railways of Britain (Book Promotions, 1986) |
| Thornhill, Patrick |
Railways for Britain (Mackay, 1954) |
| White, H. P. |
A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain - 2: Southern
England (David & Charles, 1969)
A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain - 3: Greater London
(David & Charles, 1987) |
| |
Railway Junction Diagrams (Railway
Clearing House, 1920) |
| |
The Concise Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press,
1992) |
In addition to these, numerous timetables were consulted, as were issues of
the following journals: Back Track, Modern Railways, Railways South East,
The Railway Observer and The Railway Times.
