Bibliography

The following is a list of books on British, Irish and European 3ft and metre gauge lines.  It's far from being a complete list but it covers books published in the past 20 years or so, a good proportion of which should still be available.

Title	Description	Publisher	ISBN	Date
Isle of Man
Isle of Man Steam Railway	Landscape format colour album, from 1950s to present day. Hardback	Ian Allan	0-7110-2570-3	1998
Isle of Man Classic Steam	Colour photo album of the period from 1955 to 1967, includes track plans. Hardback	Colourpoint	1-898392-43-9	1998
The Railways And Tramways of the Isle of Man	Descriptive book, plenty of photographs. Hardback	OPC	0-86093-507-8	1993
The Isle of Man Steam Railway	Pictorial album. Softback	B & C Publishing	0-9527756-0-3	1996
Mainland UK
Branch Line to Southwold	Album of vintage photos, track plans, drawings. Hardback	Middleton Press	0-906520-15-0	1984
The Southwold Railway	History of the line, photos and drawings. Softback	Ian Allan	0-7110-0952-X	1979
"Ratty" - A History of the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway	History of the line (3ft gauge in its earlier years), photos and drawings, Hardback	Plateway Press	1-871980-30-5	1997
The Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway	History of the line, photos and drawings, Hardback	David & Charles	0-7153-9224-7	1981
Ireland
The Irish Narrow Gauge Volume 1: From Cork to Cavan	Pictorial history, descriptions and photographs. Hardback	Midland Publishing	1-85780-010-9	1993
The Irish Narrow Gauge Volume 2: The Ulster Lines	Pictorial history, descriptions and photographs. Hardback	Midland Publishing	1-85780-017-6	1993
The Last Years of "The Wee Donegal"	Colour photo album of the County Donegal Railway from 1950 to 1959, includes track plans. Hardback	Colourpoint	1-898392-42-0	1998
The Cork & Muskerry Light Railway	Descriptive book, photos, track plans and drawings. Softback	Oakwood Press	0-85631-4075	1992
In the days of  the Clogher Valley	Photographic album of the Clogher Valley and its railway 1887-1942	Friar's Bush Press	0946872-08-2	1991
The County Donegal Railway	Pictorial album with extended captions. Softback	Midland Publishing	1-85780-054-0	1996
The Cavan & Leitrim Railway	Pictorial album with extended captions. Softback	Midland Publishing	1-85780-073-7	1997
Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway	Pictorial album with extended captions. Softback	Midland Publishing	1-85780-074-5	1997
The Dingle Train	Historical description of the Tralee and Dingle railway. Photos, track plans and drawings. Hardback	Plateway Press	1-871980-27-5	1996
The Schull & Skibbereen Railway	Historical description, photos, track plans and drawings. Hardback	Oakwood Press	0-85361-534-9	1999
The Tralee & Dingle Railway	Pictorial album, photos and plans. Hardback	Bradford Barton	0-85153-267-5	1977
The Castlederg & Victoria Bridge Tramway	Historical description, photos, track plans and drawings. Softback	Colourpoint	1-898392-29-3	1998
Irish Narrow Gauge Railways - A view from the past.	Pictorial overview of many Irish lines. Photos & text. Harback	Ian Allan	0-7110-2680-7	1999
Europe
Reseau Breton - A Rail Network in Brittany	Historical description, photos, track plans and drawings. Softback	Oakwood Press	0-85361-536-5	1999
Southern France Narrow Gauge	Pictorial Album with text. Hardback	Middleton Press	1-901706-478	2000
Vivarais Narrow Gauge	Pictorial Album with text. Hardback	Middleton Press	1-901706-311	1999
Modelling Books
Narrow Gauge Railway Modelling	Don Boreham's classic text. Hardback	Argus Books	0-85242-611-9	1978
Narrow Gauge Adventure	The story of the Craig & Mertonford railway. Hardback	Peco	0-900586-44-3	1975
An Introduction to Modelling Narrow Gauge Railways	Text & photos. Softback	Irwell Press	1-871608-45-7	1995
The Modeller Book of Narrow Gauge	Pictorial Album. Softback	Peco	0-900586-00-1	1986
Modelling The Irish Narrow Gauge	Railway Modeller special, text, photos and drawings. Softback	Peco	0-900586-15-X	1989