The latest book from Oakwood Press is an interesting study of the events surrounding one of Britain's deadliest rail accidents at St Johns where an express from Charing Cross to Ramsgate in heavy fog ploughed into the rear of a stationary electric train bound for Hayes dislodging the supports of an overbridge which then collapsed on the wreckage.

Peter Tatlow thoroughly examines the lead up to the collision examining all the contributory factors and then looks at the clear up operation, not only from a railway perspective, but all the emergency services and experts brought in to assist.

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This year marks the centenary of the opening of the Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Electric Railway and gives the ideal opportunity to update the 1993 book by Oakwood Press.

Author Keith Turner has included new historical and technical data in this revised edition.

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Latest from Oakwood is a book by Brian Jackson on the Railways of Bournemouth and particularly those promoted by Charles Castleman.

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Another in the popular series of books from Oakwood Press looking at great railway engineers is an updated version of Peter Grafton's study of Edward Thompson.

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The well known railway author James Boyd follows his volume on Ireland by a second story of his travels this time in Great Britain and the Isle of Man.

As well as fascinating tales, it contains a wealth of interesting photographs of railway subjects. Published by Oakwood Press.

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In a new title, and companion to the recently revised volume on the Cockermouth Keswick and Penrith Railway, Robert Western looks at the Coniston branch line from Foxfield to Coniston. The book takes us through promotion of the line in the 1850's to closure in 1958. Published by Oakwood Press.

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This volume is an updated and revised edition of the original by Robert Western in 2001. Published by Oakwood Press.

It looks at the history of the line between Penrith and Cockermouth Junction from inception in the 1860s to closure in 1972.

See also the Coniston Branch which has just been published.

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This is the second edition of Rails to Poole Harbour from Oakwood Press, the first having been published in 1999.

Colin Stone has taken the opportunity to include information and photographs which came to light as a result of the first edition and has also brought it up to date.

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One of the most popular series brought out by Oakwood Press is that of locomotive engineer biographies.

The latest is by Klaus Marx, and the subject is the last locomotive engineer of the LB & SCR, Lawson Billinton.

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This book by Dennis Herbert and published by Oakwood Press charts a long and varied career on the footplate based at various Birmingham depots.

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This book is intended to appeal to both Railway Enthusiasts and Tourists wishing to visit Switzerland.  A companion volume to the earlier "Essential Guide to French Heritage and Tourist Railways", it lists 93 different railway undertakings/routes with a further nine museums and 15 related sites of interest.

Author: Mervyn Jones

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This further volume from Oakwood Press on the Isle of Wight celebrates the work of William Hogg showing in large format and in high quality over 100 previously unpublished scenes around the Island reproduced from the original glass plates.

Authors: Colin Fairweather and Alan Stroud.

Publisher: Oakwood Press

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Mervyn Jones continues the series of guides looking at the more popular European destinations for railway enthusiasts by examining the railways and tramways in Austria.

A handy guide explains a little about the country and how to survive as a tourist followed by a detailed survey of all the railway centres and scheduled excursion/tourist trains on the national network.

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Andrew Hajducki, Michael Jodeluk and Alan Simpson take a detailed look at the railway in Fife from Leuchars Junction to St Andrews. Further volumes will follow the continuation of the railway eastwards.

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Latest in the biographies from Oakwood Press is one by Klaus Marx on Robert John Billinton.

This follows on from the volume last year on Lawson Billinton, his son.

Robert took up an engineering apprenticeship at the age of 14 gaining wide experience in the design and construction of locomotives, stationary boilers and steam cranes. He became head draughtsman at Brighton, then moved to a similar position at Derby. Upon the death of William Stroudley, Billinton was appointed Locomotive, Carriage & Wagon Superintendent of the LBSCR.

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A long awaited update of Stanley Jenkins' book on the Watford to St Albans branch from Oakwood Press.

It was opened by the LNWR in May 1858. The line prospered with good passenger receipts and a wide range of freight. Although considered for closure by Beeching, it survived to gain electrification in 1988 and new housing along the route has given a revival of fortune for this once rural branch line. Originally published in 1990 this updated edition of the book covers the history and operation of this important route.

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