Colonel Stephens

Insights into the man and his empire

by Philip Shaw & Vic Mitchell

One of the most versatile railway engineers of the early 20th century, Holman Fred Stephens became the ultimate authority on light railways, helping to create many memorable minor lines. This volume looks at aspects of his unusual life and some notable features of his unique network, much of which was later described as bucolic.

Book Details

Author: Philip Shaw & Vic Mitchell
Series: Autobiographies
Publisher: Middleton Press Ltd
Published: 01 July 2005
ISBN: 9781904474623
Language: English

Format: Hardback
Dimensions: 240 x 174 mm
General: 192 Pages
79 Photographs
Large Scale Maps
Other details of local history

Stations & Locations

Stations		Photo
Ashover Light Railway		1.4
Clapton Road WC&PR		1.3
Montgomeryshire Railway		1.2
Neasden Locomotive Works		1.1
Goudhurst		3.2
Hope Mill		3.2
Yalding		6.1
Long Melford		7.1
Ongar		7.2
Thaxted		7.3
Barnehurst		8.2
Bexleyheath		8.3
Bexleyheath, Pickford Lane temporary bridge		8.1
Eastchurch		9.3
Leysdown		9.1,9.4
Biddenden		11.1
Rolvenden		12.3,4.1-4.2,10.4
Tenterden		12.1-12.2
Newport IOW		16.1
Burry Port		17.1
Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Railway		18.1
Rye & Camber Tramway		19.2
Beddgelert		21.5
Blaenau Ffestiniog		21.1
Minffordd		21.2
Portmadoc Harbour		21.3-21.4
Tan y bwlch		21.6
Wick Wharf WC&PR		22.1-22.2
Edge Hill Incline		23.1-23.2
West Somerset Mineral Railway		24.1
West Somerset Mineral Railway Comberrow Incline		24.2
Weston Point Light Railway		25.1
Pontesbury		26.2
Snailbeach Locomotive Shed		26.1
Snailbeach Wharf Bridge		26.3
North Devon & Cornwall Jct Light Railway		27.1
Calstock Viaduct		28.3
Ebdon Lane WC&PR		28.4
Shepherdswell		28.1-28.2
Merton South		29.2
Orpington		29.1
Dover Marine, Lord Warden Hotel		31.1