Compton Ridge Miniature Railway
Bibliography
The following table identifies books, periodicals and videos which either relate to Manx railways or have sections on Manx railways. If you are aware of other titles and publications, please let us know.
Library
| TITLE/CONTENT | AUTHOR | PUBLISHER |
| The Beyer, Peacock Quarterly Review Vol 2, No. 2 | Beyer, Peacock | Beyer,
Peacock April 1928 |
| The Isle of Man Railways | Railway Magazine | Railway
Magazine July 1941 |
| The Isle of Man Railway | Ian Macnab | Greenlake
Publications 1945 |
| Snaefell Mountain Railway 1895-1955 | MER Board | Light
Railway Transport 1955 |
| Narrow Gauge Album | P B Whithouse | Ian Allan 1957 |
| The Manx Electric Railway | F K Pearson | Light
Railway Transport 1961 |
| Manx Electric 1957-1962 | J H Price / MER | Light
Railway Transport 1962 |
| The Isle of Man Railway | J I C Boyd | Oakwood
Press 1962, 1966, 1973 & 1977 |
| Manx Transport Systems | William Lambden | The Omnibus
Society 1964 |
| Isle of Man Railway Album | W J Wise & J Joyce |
Ian Allan 1968 |
| The Isle of Man Railway | Ian Macnab J Joyce |
Ian Allan 1968 |
| Isle of Man Tramways | F K Pearson | David &
Charles 1970 |
| Railways in the Isle of Man | Isle of Man Tourist Board |
Isle of Man
Tourist Board 1972 |
| Isle of Man Railway - an illustrated guide | J I C Boyd | IoM Railway
Company 1973 |
| Isle of Man Railway Album | R Preston
Hendry & R Powell Hendry |
David &
Charles 1976 |
| The Narrow Gauge Charm of Yesterday - A Pictorial Tribute | Ivo Peters | Oxford
Publishing 1976 & 1983 |
| Manx Transport Kaleidoscope | A M Goodwyn | MER Society 1977 & 1995 |
| Railway Documents Illustrated Vol 1 - The Minor Lines | R Powell Hendry | IoMRS 1977 |
| On the Isle of Man Narrow Gauge | J I C Boyd | D Bradford
Barton 1978 |
| Manx Electric Railway Album | R Preston
Hendry & R Powell Hendry |
Hillside
Publishing 1978 & 1979 |
| Narrow Gauge into the Eighties | G T Heavyside | David &
Charles 1980 |
| Manx Northern Railway | R Preston
Hendry & R Powell Hendry |
Hillside
Publishing 1980 |
| On the British Narrow Gauge | Michael Harris | Ian Allan 1980 |
| Beyer, Peacock - Locomotive Builders to the World | R L Hills & D Patrick | Venture
Publications 1982 & 1998 |
| Groudle Glen Railway Restoration | GGR | Groudle
Glen Railway 1984 |
| Narrow Gauge Railways of the British Isles | P B
Whitehouse & J B Snell |
David &
Charles 1984 |
| The Train Now Departing - 4 -The Isle of Man Railway | David Rowlands | BBC Books 1988 |
| The Isle of Man by Tram, Train and Foot | Stan
Basnett & David Freke |
Leading
Edge Press 1990 |
| Groudle Glen Railway - Its history and restoration | Tony Beard
& Simon Townsend |
Groudle
Glen Railway 1990 & 1994 |
| The Isle of Man Steam Railway - Official Guide | Gordon Kniveton | The Manx
Experience 1990 & 1993 |
| Encyclopedia of Narrow Gauge Railways of Great Britain & Ireland | Thomas Middlemass | Patrick
Stephens 1991 |
| The Manx Electric Railway - Official Guide | Gordon
Kniveton & Andrew Scarffe |
The Manx
Experience 1991 & 1994 |
| Little Trains of Britain | John
Timpson & Alain Le Garsmeur |
Harper
Collins 1992 |
| Isle of Man Railways - A Celebration | Richard
Kirkman & Peter van Zeller |
Raven Books 1993 |
| Rails in the Isle of Man - A Colour Celebration | Robert Hendry | Midland
Publishing 1993 |
| The Railways and Tramways of the Isle of Man | Barry Edwards | Oxford
Publishing 1993 |
| Manx Electric - the complete history of the Manx Electric Railway, the Snaefell Mountain Railway and their Rolling Stock | Mike Goodwyn | Platform 5
Publishing 1993 |
| 100 Years of the Manx Electric Railway | F K Pearson | Leading
Edge 1993 |
| Manx Pictorial - 1948 to 1968 | Keith Pirt | Steam World May 1993 |
| Isle of Man Steam | Peter Clark & Alan Tyson |
BackTrack May 1993 |
| That Other Island Experience | Klaus Marx | Steam World May 1993 |
| Over the Sea to Manxland | Derek Harrison | Steam Days February 1993 |
| An Island in the Memory | Peter Hay | Steam
Railway 1993? |
| Scenes from the Past 17: Isle of Man Railways & Tramways Part One - The Isle of Man Railway | Norman Jones | Foxline
Publishing 1993 |
| Manx Magic | Railway Magazine | Railway
Magazine April 1993 |
| The Isle of Man Railway Volume 1 - Outline History Pre 1873 to 1904 | J I C Boyd | Oakwood
Press 1993 |
| The Isle of Man Railway Volume 2 - Outline History 1905 to 1994 | J I C Boyd | Oakwood
Press 1994 |
| Scenes from the Past 17: Isle of Man Railways & Tramways Part Two - Isle of Man Tramways (incl Groudle Glen Railway) | Norman Jones | Foxline
Publishing 1994 |
| Isle of Man Railways Fleet List | Barry Edwards | Barry
Edwards 1994 |
| Snaefell Mountain Railway 1895 - 1995 | Barry Edwards | Midland
Publishing 1995 |
| Douglas Horse Trams in Colour | Norman Johnston | Colourpoint
Press 1995 |
| Caledonia - Isle of Man Railway Locomotive No. 15 | Gordon F Eves | IoMSRSA 1995 |
| Manx Magic - Profile | David Lloyd-Jones & Leslie Derbyshire |
Model
Railways Illustrated July/Aug 1995 |
| Caledonia - the Isle of Man's secret 'Big Boy' | David Lloyd-Jones | Steam
Railway February 1995 |
| Caledonia - Steaming up the Mountain | Handel Kardas | Railway
World February 1995 |
| Railway Track Diagrams - Scotland & the Isle of Man | John Yonge
& Gerald Jacobs |
Quail Map
Company 1996 |
| An Introduction to Modelling the Isle of Man Railway | David Lloyd-Jones | Warners
Group Holding 1996 |
| The Isle of Man Steam Railway | Barry Edwards | B&C
Publications 1996 |
| IMR - "It Might Run" | Steve Harris | Steam
Railway Sept/Oct 1996 |
| Double Century | Stan Basnet & F K Pearson |
Adam Gordon 1996 |
| Narrow Gauge Steam - Its origins and world-wide development | P J G Ranson | Oxford
Publishing 1996 |
| Ivo Peters' Treasured Island | Julian Peters | Steam
Railway July 1996 |
| The Resurrection of G H Wood | Cliff Thomas | British
Railway Modelling May 1996 |
| The Isle of Man Railway Volume 3 - Routes, Civil Engineering, Signalling, Timetables, Ticketing, Locomotives, Passenger & Goods Rolling Stock | J I C Boyd | Oakwood
Press 1996 |
| Isle of Man Railways Fleet List | Barry Edwards | B&C
Publications 1997 |
| A Heavyweight Manx 'Peacock' | David Lloyd-Jones | Steam
Railway October 1997 |
| Riding the Manx rails | Tom Heavyside | Steam
Classic Aug/Sept 1997 |
| Happy Holidays in the Isle of Man - Railway, Shipping & Holiday Posters | Gordon Kniveton | The Manx
Experience 1998 |
| The Manx Peacocks - a profile of steam on the Isle of Man Railway | David Lloyd-Jones | Atlantic
Transport 1998 |
| Isle of Man Classic Steam - The Isle of Man Railway in colour from the 1950's to the Ailsa era | Robert Robotham | Colourpoint
Books 1998 |
| A Century of Manx Transport in Colour | Robert Hendry | The Manx
Experience 1998 |
| Isle of Man Steam Railway in Colour | Peter Johnson | Ian Allan 1998 |
| The Manx Electric Railway | Barry Edwards | B&C
Publications 1998 |
| Manx Railways & Tramways | Edward Gray | Sutton
Publishing 1998 |
| Steam 125 | IOM Post Office | IOM Post
Office 1998 |
| Manx 125 | David Sutcliffe | BackTrack July 1998 |
| Isle of Man Railways - Locomotives, Tram and Rolling Stock Directory | Barry Edwards | B&C
Publications 1999 |
| Douglas to Port Erin | Tom Heavyside | Middleton
Press 2000 |
| Transport round the Isle of Man | Steven
Dearden & Ken Hassell |
Stenlake
Pub 2001 |
Journals
| "Three Foot" - Journal | IoMRS / IoMR&TPS | IoMRS / IoMR&TPS |
| (Manx) Steam Railway News - Journal | MSRS / IoMSRSA | MSRS / IoMSRSA |
| Manx Transport Review - Journal | MER Society | MER Society |
Video Library
| Isle of Man Railways Steam 125 - A Celebration | Oakwood Video |
| Vintage Narrow Gauge - Isle of Man Steam Railway in 1967 | Transport Video |
| British Railways Vol 5 - British Narrow Gauge Miscellany | Midland |
| Inside Isle of Man Railways | Hillside |
| The Railways and Tramways of the Isle of Man | Transport Video |
| Manx & Irish Lines Remembered | Railfilms |
| Manx Railways - Through the Years | Oakwood Video |
| Isle of Man Steam Spectacular 1993 & 1996 | Springfield |
| Manx Railway Centenarians - A Celebration | Oakwood Video |
| Isle of Man Year of Railways 1993 - Part 1 | J G Productions |
| Isle of Man Year of Railways 1993 - Part 2 | J G Productions |
| Isle of Man International Festival of Railways Snaefell Centenary - Part 3 | J G Productions |
| Railways of the Isle of Man - Official Video | IOM Dept of Tourism / Transport |
| The Ivo Peters Collection Vol 9 - Narrow Gauge Steam in the early 60's | Railscene |
| The Ivo Peters Collection Vol 14 - The Isle of Man 1963 | Railscene |
| The Ivo Peters Collection Vol 18 - The Isle of Man 1968 | Railscene |
| Rails of Man - The trains and trams of the Isle of Man | John Cocking |
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