NOW on its 20th edition, this book is the most comprehensive guide of its nature available. Revised to March 2022, it lists all steam, diesel and electric locos, and multiple units formerly owned by British Railways, its constituent companies and its successors which are considered to be ‘preserved’.
Also listed are War Department steam locos, including ‘Austerity’ 0-6-0STs built for industrial service; US Army Transportation Corps S160 2-8-0s and prototype diesels – plus replica and newbuild steam and diesel locos.
While the core focus is standard and broad gauge locos, the 2ft gauge Vale of Rheidol Railway’s 0-6-0DH is listed as a Class 98/1 – areminder that the line was operated by BR until 1989.