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Books
See note on availability.
Items are arranged chronologically by date of publcation
within the following categories.
- General books contain substantial
text about the general history and operation of the
Railway.
- Pictorial guides contain
principally illustrations of the Railway, usually with
limited text.
- Timetable booklets contain
current timetable for year of publication, usually with
text and illustrations.
- Specific topics includes books
about specific aspects of the Railway's history or
operation, e.g. locomotives.
- Other books about Kent and Romney
Marsh railways, narrow gauge and miniature railways,
steam railways.
For books which are still in print I have added links to
possible suppliers, including RHDR
shops, Amazon.co.uk
and the Transport
Diversions Emporium. You may find second hand copies of older
books for sale at AddALL or BookFinder.com. Bookstalls
at model railway fairs and similar events are also a good source.
Some of the less obscure items may be obtainable from your
library, perhaps on inter-library loan. See Sources and acknowledgements for a
list of the libraries I used in compiling this bibliography.
- Morris, O.J. The world's smallest
public railway. London: Ian Allan, 1946. Pbk, 64pp,
illus, map, plans. (ABC locomotive series).
History and description. Tables:
Locomotives past and present.
- Ransome-Wallis, P. The world's
smallest public railway: the Romney, Hythe &
Dymchurch. [2nd ed.] London: Ian Allan, [1957]. Pbk,
60pp, illus, map, plans.
Previous ed. untraced; probably published
1954. History and description. Appendices: Steam
locomotives; Locomotive dimensions; Stations and halts;
Personnel.
- Ransome-Wallis, P. World's smallest
public railway: the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch.
[3rd ed.] London: Ian Allan, [1962]. Pbk, 60pp, illus,
map, plans.
History and description. Appendices: Steam
locomotives; Locomotive dimensions.
- +Ransome-Wallis,P. World's smallest
public railway. 4th ed. 1964.
- Kidner, R.W. The Romney, Hythe &
Dymchurch Railway. Lingfield: Oakwood Press, 1967.
Pbk, 34pp, illus, maps, plans. (Locomotion papers;
no.35).
Chronological account of development of
Railway. Appendices: Locomotive dimensions; Stations;
Timetables; Carriage stock in 1966.
- +Ransome-Wallis, P. The world's
smallest public railway: Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch
Light Railway. [5th ed.] London: Ian Allan, 1968.
Pbk, 57pp, illus.
- Ransome-Wallis, P. The world's
smallest public railway: Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch
Light Railway. 6th ed. Shepperton: Ian Allan, 1970.
Pbk, 49pp, illus, map, plans. SBN 711001561.
History and description. Appendices: Steam
locomotives; Dimensions.
- Hawkins, C.R.J. RH&DR: [the Kent
coast line]. New Romney: RHDR, [n.d.; 1974?]. Pbk,
24pp, col. illus, map.
Includes brief history and description.
- Davies, W.J.K. The
Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway. Newton Abbot:
David & Charles, 1975. Hbk, 208pp, [16]pp. of plates,
illus, maps, plans, bibliog, index. ISBN 0715368273.
At the time the definitive history and
description. Covers route, locomotives, rolling stock,
track, services and operation. Appendices: A note on the
finances; A note on the tickets; Notes on the visits of
RH&DR locomotives to Ravenglass; Future plans; Atlas
of the line.
- Wolfe, C.S. Historical
guide to the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Light Railway.
New Romney: RHDRA, 1976. Pbk, 60pp, illus, maps, plans,
bibliog.
History and description. Appendices: RHDR
chronology; Steam locomotives; Internal combustion
locomotives; Station layout plans.
- Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway:
official guidebook. Golden jubilee ed. [New Romney]:
RHDR, 1977. Pbk, [24]pp, col. illus, map.
Includes brief history and description.
- Kidner, R.W. The Romney, Hythe &
Dymchurch Railway. 2nd (revised) ed. [Tarrant
Hinton]: Oakwood Press, 1978. Pbk, 36pp, illus, map,
plans. (Locomotion papers; no.35).
Chronological account of development of
Railway. Appendices: Locomotive dimensions; Stations;
Timetables; [Rolling stock].
- Lloyd Smith, R. and Ross, P. A
miniature guide to the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch
Railway. [s.l.]: RHDRA, 1981. Pbk, 32pp, illus, map,
bibliog.
Brief history, details of all locomotives
and rolling stock.
- Snell, J.B. One man's railway:
J.E.P. Howey and the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch
Railway. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1983.
Hbk, 96pp, illus, map. ISBN 0715383256.
Detailed history. Appendix: [RH&DR at
the beginning of the 1980s].
- Smith, Derek and Smith, Barbara. The
Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway: a visitor's guide to
the world's smallest public railway. [New Romney]:
RHDR, 1987. Pbk, 24pp, illus. (some col.), map.
Brief history and description of route and
stock.
- Davies, W.J.K. The
Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway.
Revised and updated ed. Newton Abbot: David &
Charles, 1988. Hbk and pbk, 218pp, [16]pp. of plates,
illus, maps, plans, bibliog, index. ISBN 0715392255
(hbk); 071539309X (pbk).
Covers history, route, locomotives,
rolling stock, track, services and operation. Appendices:
A note on the finances; A note on the tickets; Notes on
the visits of RH&DR locomotives to Ravenglass;
Coaching stock list; Atlas of the line; Locomotives never
built; The continuing story.
- [Smith, Derek]. The Romney Hythe
& Dymchurch Railway. New Romney: RHDR, 1995.
Pbk, [24]pp, illus. (some col.), map, plans.
History and operation.
- +Allen, Geoffrey Freeman. The line
that Jack built: the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch
Railway: a pictorial history of the world's smallest
public railway. London: Ian Allan, [1947]. Pbk,
[32]pp, illus. (ABC locomotive series).
- +The line that Jack built:
a souvenir of the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway.
[New ed.] [London]: Ian Allan, [1950]. Pbk, 29pp, illus,
map.
- +The line that Jack built:
a souvenir of the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway.
[New ed.] London: Ian Allan, [1954]. Pbk, 28pp, illus.
- +The line that Jack built:
the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway: a pictorial
history of the world's smallest public railway. [New
ed.] London: Ian Allan, [1956]. Pbk, 28pp, illus.
- The line that Jack built:
the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway in pictures.
[New ed.] Shepperton: Ian Allan, [1969]. Pbk, 28pp,
illus. SBN 71100126X.
- Ross, Paul. A Romney album.
[s.l.]: RHDRA, [1984]. Pbk, 52pp, illus, map. ISBN
0950510017.
Historic photographs with accompanying
text.
- The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway.
Shepperton: Ian Allan, 1985. Pbk, 48pp, illus,
map. (Railway world special). ISBN 0711014760.
Historic and recent photographs with
accompanying text.
- Bluecoaster. The world's smallest
public railway: a picture postcard journey. Croydon:
Plateway Press, 1987. Pbk, 48pp, illus, bibliog. ISBN
0951110829.
Details of postcard publishers; historic
and recent postcards with accompanying text.
- Mitchell, Vic and Smith, Keith. Romneyrail:
[a journey through time on the Romney, Hythe &
Dymchurch Railway]. Midhurst: Middleton Press, 1999.
Hbk, 96pp, illus, maps. (Narrow gauge branch lines). ISBN
190170632X.
Brief history; historic and recent
photographs. Available from RHDR shops or Amazon.co.uk.
- +Time table: Sept. 1938:
the smallest public railway in the world!: Romney Hythe
and Dymchurch Rly. official time table & guide. [s.l.]:
RHDR, 1938.
Reprinted with notes in Romney,
Hythe & Dymchurch Railway Association magazine,
no.6, Winter 1968-9, pp.7-14.
Brief description, fares.
- +Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway:
guide and timetable. London: Ian Allan, 1946. Pbk,
20pp, illus, map.
- +Allen, C.J. Romney, Hythe &
Dymchurch Railway: guide and timetable. London: Ian
Allan, 1946. Pbk, 28pp.
- Morris, O.J. Romney, Hythe &
Dymchurch Railway: guide and timetable. London: Ian
Allan, [1947]. Pbk, 52pp, illus, map.
- Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway:
guide and timetable. [New ed.] London: Ian Allan,
[1949]. Pbk, 28pp, illus.
- +Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway:
guide and timetable. [New ed.] London: Ian Allan,
[1951]. Pbk, 28pp.
- Hocking, A.S. Romney, Hythe &
Dymchurch Railway: guide and timetables. New Romney:
RHDR, 1984. Pbk, 20pp, illus, plans. ISBN 0947720006.
Brief history and description.
- +Exhibition of locomotive "Southern
Maid" at Waterloo Station, London …, January
4th-18th, 1947, to celebrate the coming of age of the
smallest public railway in the world.
London: [s.n.], 1947. Pbk, 5pp.
Exhibition of No.8 "Hurricane"
bearing nameplates of No.3 "Southern Maid" to
commemorate 21st anniversary of Railway.
- Woodcock, G. Miniature steam
locomotives. Dawlish: David & Charles, 1964.
80pp, illus.
Includes information on the RHDR, Henry
Greenly, and the builders of the RHDR locomotives.
- +Barlow, G.A. and Reed, B. Loco
profile: RHD locomotives. Windsor: Profile
Publications, 1973. Pbk, 24pp, illus. (some col.).
- +Steel, E.A. and Steel, E.H. The
miniature world of Henry Greenly. [Watford]: Model
& Allied Publications, 1973.
- The Paxman jubilee: a
celebration of sixty years of miniature steam.
[s.l.]: RHDRA, 1985. Pbk, 15pp, illus.
Commemorates diamond jubilee of two RHDR
Paxman locomotives. History of Davey, Paxman & Co.
and of Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway's "River
Esk", RHDR No.1 "Green Goddess" and No.2
"Northern Chief".
- [Smith, Derek]. Journey notes:
Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway. New Romney:
RHDR, 1986. Pbk, [6]pp, illus, maps, plans.
Description of route from Hythe to
Dungeness.
- Bluecoaster. The world's smallest
public railway: a picture postcard journey. Croydon:
Plateway Press, 1987. Pbk, 48pp, illus, bibliog. ISBN
0951110829.
Details of postcard publishers; historic
and recent postcards with accompanying text.
- Howson, Henry Narrow gauge railways
of Britain. London: Ian Allan, 1948. 79pp, illus.
Includes two chapters on the RHDR,
pp.7-13, 13-16.
- +Davies, W.J.K. ABC of narrow gauge
railways. London: Ian Allan, [1961]. 80pp, illus,
maps, bibliog.
- Clayton, Howard; Jacot, Michael and Butterell,
Robin. Miniature railways. Vol.1: 15 inch.
Lingfield: Oakwood Press, [1971]. 128pp, [24]pp. of
plates, illus, plans.
Includes chapter on the RHDR, pp.90-106.
- Britain's small railways. St.
Ives, Hunts: Balfour Publications, 1973. 96pp, col.
illus, maps.
Includes chapter on the RHDR, pp.59-66.
- Hollingsworth, Brian (ed.). Steam
into the seventies: [a guide to Britain's steam
railways]. London: New English Library, 1976. 192pp,
illus. (some col.), maps, bibliog, index.
Includes chapter on the RHDR by Vic
Goldberg, pp.133-43.
- Dyer, B.R. Kent railways. St.
Ives, Cornwall: James Pike, 1977. Pbk, 32pp, illus, maps.
(Viewing Kent series). ISBN 0859321851.
Includes section on the RHDR, pp.24-9.
- Harding, Peter A. The New Romney
branch line. Woking: Peter A. Harding, 1983. Pbk,
32pp, illus, map, plans, bibliog.
History and description of the branch
line, with occasional references to the RHDR.
- Mitchell, Vic and Smith, Keith. Hastings
to Ashford: and the New Romney branch.
Midhurst: Middleton Press, 1987 (copyright 1984). Hbk,
illus, maps, plan, bibliog. (South coast railways).
ISBN 0906520371.
Pictorial guide to the Hastings - Ashford
line and New Romney and Dungeness branches, with
accompanying text. Occasional references to the RHDR.
Available from Amazon.co.uk.
- +Timpson, John and le Garsmeur, Alan. Little
Trains of Britain. London: Harper
Collins, 1992. Hbk, illus. ISBN 0002184257.
Photographs and descriptions of miniature
and narrow gauge railways throughout the British Isles,
including the RHDR.
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