John Thomas (author)

This article concerns the railway author John Thomas, see John Thomas for other people of the same, or similar, names.

John Thomas (died 1982) was a Scottish railway author based in Springburn, Glasgow. Most of his books were published by the Newton Abbot based publisher David & Charles.

Books

• The Springburn Story: The History of the Scottish Railway Metropolis. (1964).
• The West Highland Railway. 1st Ed(1965). 2nd Imp (1966). 2nd Ed (1976) David & Charles.

• The Skye Railway. (1977).
• A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Volume 15 Scotland: The North of Scotland. (1989). Completed after John Thomas's death by D. Turnock.
• Gretna: Britain's Worst railway disaster.
• The Tay Bridge Disaster: New Light on the 1879 tragedy.
• The North British Atlantics. 1972. David & Charles.

External links

• http://www.steamindex.com/library/johnthom.htm
• http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/springburn/spring034.htm