Bibliography of British & Irish Tramcars

David Croft & Adam Gordon, A4, softback, 486pp, coloured covers, £35

CONTENTS:

COMPILER’S INTRODUCTION

HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION

CHRONOLOGY OF BRITISH TRAMWAYS

CLASSIFICATION SCHEME:

A.  GENERAL WORKS ON TRAMWAYS & SOME LIGHT RAILWAYS, AND REGIONAL HISTORIES

B.  BRITISH AND IRISH TRAMWAYS & SOME LIGHT RAILWAYS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
 
C.  SPECIAL TYPES OF TRAMWAY
   C.1 Miniature tramways
   C.2 Cliff lifts and funiculars
   C.3 Pier tramways
   C.4 Hospital tramways

D.  LIGHT RAIL SCHEMES
   D.1 General material on U.K. light rail schemes
      General material on London light rail schemes
   D.2 Croydon Tramlink
   D.3 Docklands Light Railway
   D.4 Dublin LUAS
   D.5 Manchester Metrolink
   D.6 Midland Metro
   D.7 Nottingham Express Transit
   D.8 Sheffield Supertram
   D.9 Tyne & Wear Metro
   D.10 Parry People Movers
   D.11 Other proposed light rail schemes
      Avon
      Chester
      Cleveland
      Edinburgh
      Glasgow
      Hull
      Isle of Wight
      Kent
      Leeds
      Liverpool
      London
      Norwich
      South Hampshire
      Swansea

E.  TRAMWAY ENGINEERING
   E.1 General construction and working, power supply, power stations, repairs,
      maintenance, etc.
   E.2 Tramway track, roads, rail cleaning etc.
   E.3 Horse tramways
   E.4 Mechanical traction
      steam
      gas
      internal combustion
      cable
      compressed air
      magnetic levitation
fireless
   E.5 Electric tramways
      battery and accumulator traction
      conduit
      surface contact
      current collection, overhead wiring and hardware
      regenerative control
      electrolysis/interferences
   E.6 Technical aspects
      tramcar trucks, motors, controllers, traction etc.
      wheels, tyres and axles
      brakes
      electrical equipment
      heating and lighting
      signalling systems
      miscellaneous equipment, wireless, guard wires etc.
   E.7 Rolling stock
      general aspects
      tramcar manufacturers
      tramcar liveries
      destination indicators
   E.8 Tramway exhibitions
 
F.  TRAMWAY LEGISLATION, ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS ASPECTS OF TRAMWAYS
   F.1 Tramway legislation, byelaws, Royal Commissions, Parliamentary debates etc.
   F.2 Tramway administration, finance, rating, inter-running, economics, policies,
      insurance, etc.
   F.3 Tramway mishaps – accidents, fires and safety
   F.4 Tramways in wartime
   F.5 Fare structures and policies
   F.6 Tickets, passes, PAYE etc.
   F.7 Tramways and town planning, slum clearances etc.
   F.8 Tramways for goods transportation
   F.9 Tramways and royalty
   F.10 Tramway heraldry
   F.11 Tramway publicity
   F.12 Tramway staff, instructions, pay and conditions, rules, training, Trades Unions,
      uniforms etc.
   F.13 General traffic problems, surveys, congestion, competition, social aspects,
      development, abandonment, & miscellaneous traffic topics
 
G.  TRAMWAY PRESERVATION AND MUSEUMS
   G.1 Tramway preservation
   G.2 Tramway museums and heritage tramways
      general guides to tramway museums
      Crich Tramway Museum/National Tramway Museum/Crich Tramway Village
      Other tramway museums and heritage tramways
      Belfast Transport Museum
      Birkenhead Tramways
      Black Country Living Museum, Dudley
      East Anglia Transport Museum, Carlton Colville
      Edinburgh Transport Museum
      Glasgow Museum of Transport
      Grampian Transport Museum, Alford
      Heaton Park Vintage Tramway, Manchester
      London Transport Museum
 x)  North of England Open Air Museum, Beamish
 xi)  Streetlife: Hull Museum of Transport
xii)  Summerlee Heritage Park
xiii)  Transperience, Bradford

H.  TRAMWAY MEMORABILIA
   H.1 Tramway clubs and societies
   H.2 Tramway modelling
   H.3 Tramway photography
   H.4 Trams on postage stamps
   H.5 Trams on picture postcards
   H.6 Tramway art
   H.7 Tramway memories, literature and humour

I.  TRAMWAY STAFF & PERSONALITIES

J.  SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF TRAMWAYS
   J.1 Reference books
   J.2 Bibliographies
   J.3 Theses
   J.4 Source books
   J.5 Periodicals
   J.6 Newspapers
   J.7 Legislation
   J.8 Accident reports
   J.9 Timetables and guides
   J.10 Maps
   J.11 Council Minutes
   J.12 Annual Reports
   J.13 Trade literature
   J.14 Arbitration/ Litigation/ Law Reports
   J.15 Libraries
   J.16 Trams and the Internet
   J.17 Further research
   J.18 Useful addresses

APPENDIX 1 – Acts of Parliament
APPENDIX 2 – Statutory Instruments
APPENDIX 3 – Applications to the Light Railway Commissioners
APPENDIX 4 – Legal cases