London & North Western Railway (North Wales)

Following the Railways Act 1921 the London & North Western Railway became a constituent part of the London Midland & Scottish Railway on 1st January 1922.

WRRC Information Resource files

• For the London & North Western Railway.

Selected Reading LNWR (North Wales)

• A Regional History Great Britain Vol 11 North and Mid Wales. Peter E Baughan, David & Charles, 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7850-3
• North Wales Branch line album C. C. Green, Ian Allan, 1983. ISBN 07110-1252-0.
• An Historical Survey of the Chester & Holyhead Railway VR Anderson & GK Fox , Oxford Publishing Co, 1984. ISBN 9780860932161.
• The Chester to Denbeigh Railway Roger Carvell, Irwell Press, 2009. ISBN 1903266475.
• The Prestatyn and Dyserth Branch Line Stephen P Goodall, Oakwood, 1986. ISBN 0853613133.
• The Denbeigh and Mold Line W.G Rear, Foxline Publishing. ISBN 978187011991.
• Corwen To Rhyl via Ruthin, Denbeigh and St Aspath W.G Rear, Foxline Publishing. ISBN 9781870119238.
• The Conway Valley Line, Blaenau Ffestiniog To Llandudno Junction W.G Rear, Foxline Publishing. ISBN 978187011946.
• Bangor W.G Rear, Foxline Publishing, 1992. ISBN 9781870119184.
• Caernarvon And The Lines From Afonwen and Llanberis W.G Rear, Foxline Publishing. ISBN 9781870119429.
• Anglesey Branch Lines Amlwch and Red Wharf Bay W.G Rear, Foxline Publishing. ISBN 9781870119269.
• The Chester and Holyhead Railway Vol 1 Peter E. Baughan, David & Charles, 1972.
• The North Wales Coast Railway Peter E. Baughan, Martin Bairstow, 1988.
• LMS Branch Lines In North Wales Vol 1 Bangor to Afonwen, Llanberis & Nantlle W.G. Rear, Wild Swan, 1986. ISBN 0906867371.
• The Pretatyn and Dyserth Railway – A Pictorial History Trefor Thompson, Charter Publications, ISN 9780907157021.
• From Chester To Holyhead – The Branch Lines W.G Rear, Oxford Publishing, 2003, ISBN 9780860935698.
• The Origins of the LMS In South Wales Gwyn Briwnant Jones & Denis Dunstone, Gomer, 1999. ISBN 0-906899-66-4.
• The London and North Western Railway M. C. Reed, Atlantic, 1996. ISBN 0952480301.
• LNWR Working Time Tables: Shropshire District, Shrewsbury & Hereford Line, and Central Wales & Swansea District 1908. Dragonwheel Books, 2005. ISBN 1905014279.
• London Midland & Scottish Railway Locomotive Allocations The Last Day 1947. John Hooper, Irwell Press, 1989. ISBN 1871608023.
• LMS Engine Sheds Vol.1 The LNWR. C.Hawkins & G.Reeve , Wild Swan Publications, 1981. ISBN 0 906867 02 9.
• A Railway Moon a Man and his Railway; Sir Richard Moon and the LNWR Peter Braine, PMB Publishing, 2010. ISBN 978-0-9565290-0-8.
• An Illustrated History of LNWR Engines. Edward Talbot, Oxford Publishing Company, 1985. ISBN 0-86093-209-05
• Bashers. Gadgets and Mourners -The Life And Times of the LNWR Coal Tanks. Peter Skellon, Bahamas Locomotive Society, 2011. ISBN 9780956929204 .
• The London & North Western Railway Eight Coupled Goods Engines. Edward Talbot, author and publisher, 2002. ISBN 954278704
• Chester & North Wales Border Railways a View From the Past. Rex Christiansen. Ian Allen, 2001. ISBN 0 7110 2816 8
• Marcher Railways. A. Bodlander and others. Bridge Books, 2008. IBSN 978-1-84494-050-9
• Chester Railways. Merseyside Railway History Group. Bridge Books, 2015 ISBN 978-1-84494-101-8
• Wrexham Railways a collection of pictures. A. Bodlander and others. Bridge Books, 1992. ISBN 1 872424 28 7
• Wrexham Railways a collection of pictures Vol 2. A. Bodlander and others. Bridge Books, 1993. ISBN 1 872424 35 X


• Railway Archive, 29(2010) 55-66. The Royal Visit To Chester And North Wales In October 1852 by Jeffrey Wells.
• Railway Magazine, Sept/Oct 1940, page 319-320. Holyhead Greenore Services.
• Railway Magazine, Sept 1938, page 181-189. The Chester & Holyhead Railways E.H.W Gardiner.
• Railway Magazine, Oct 1938, page 273-275. The Chester & Holyhead Railways E.H.W Gardiner.
• Railway Magazine, Jan 1939, page 71. The Chester & Holyhead Railways E.H.W Gardiner.
• Railway Magazine, May 1938, page 359-363. The Irish Mail Mail O.S. Nock.
• Railway Magazine, July 1938, page 43-48. The Irish Mail Mail O.S. Nock.
• Back Track, Aug 2023, page 472-477. The North Wales Holiday Coast 1846-1922, Jeffrey Wells.
• RCHS Journal, July 1974, page 41-45. The Vale of Clwyd, R.J. Dean.