If you were to write up literally all light and miniature locomotives, past and present, even in 1950 you would have come up with a pocket book substantially bigger than this one. The late Eric Tonks was until his recent death the doyen of industrial railway history and his real forte was industrial railways of the Midlands, which he wrote up in some ten volumes.

This was his first and last published venture into the miniature field. Despite my comments above Eric and his circle were methodical people, and there are some useful facts and figures here. True cognoscenti also have the 'amendments list' which was produced subsequently.

The ABC titles, still appearing now, have been an enduring brand for Ian Allan Ltd.

Wilson has never reappeared elsewhere along my bookshelf, but did quite a competent job of describing lines then open to the public. Entries in this book are alphabetical by location.

There are now specialists in buying/selling old ABCs so this one is not too difficult to get hold of.

Robin followed on from Wilson in producing this, with more pages and a slightly larger format. He grouped lines by gauge, there being at that time only two public 7¼in gauge railways! (There are now some 50.)

A good book. Still comes up regularly second hand.

Rich Leithead was primarily an industrial & narrow gauge gricer, who diversified into miniature railways encouraged by Pete Nicholson, who was then Miniature Railway Records Officer of the Narrow Gauge Railway Society. Quite an interesting book, notable because nothing else like it was around at the time.

The text is in tiny type, and entries for some lines are 'minimalist', i.e. a bit sketchy. Even so there are some interesting photos - Messrs Leithead and Nicholson certainly got around.

I purchased remaining stocks of this title which the publisher had at the bottom of his cupboard. Make me an offer if you would like one.

This is a pocket guide to over 160 miniature railways in the UK that are open to the public.

We were pleased with the way this second edition turned out. The font size is quite small, but that is inevitable with so much information in a small space. More lines were included than featured in the first edition, because details have been included of most of the 'club tracks' that open regularly to the public.