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Thanks. I hadn't thought of looking on YouTube. D'oh!

Thanks. I will check those out. At first glance they look either rare or expensive! In fact, there doesn't seem to be much media about Pakistani railways at all - books, magazine articles or DVDs etc. I guess that very few Western enthusiasts have visited Pakistan in recent years - as opposed to...

Does anyone know if there are any books on Pakistani Railways? I've had a trawl through amazon and other places and I can't really find anything. Obviously, there are plenty of books on Indian Railways, including before Partition, but I can't see any titles that specifically relate to Pakistan.

I enjoyed the latest episode on Romania (more about trains in this one!) but, according to my printed TV guide, the programme is not listed for this coming Friday - and, unless it gets moved to another slot, won't be for quite a few more weeks!

I enjoyed last night's episode due to my love of Italy and my fascination with volcanoes. However, I fully accept that it had very little to do with railways! It would be interesting to tot up all the train sequences and see what percentage of the overall programme that represented. Not very...

Yes, I'd noticed that. In fact, I believe the Morocco programme should have been the last episode of Season 1 but was never broadcast for some reason.

Oops! I didn't realise that Season 2 had started last Friday (22nd September). I'll have to watch Episode 1 on My5 or catch-up or something. Anyway, Episode 2 "Italy: The Volcano Express" this coming Friday (29th September) at 21.00 on Channel 5...

Are there any English-language books on early German Railways, the period generally referred to (I believe) as 'Epoch I'? I've had a trawl through amazon etc. and can't really see anything - not in English anyway! I suppose I should also search by individual states e.g. Bavaria, Prussia etc. I...

Thanks for the replies - I will definitely check out the P.M. Kalla-Bishop book!

Are there any (good) books on the Railways of Sicily? All I can see is "Narrow Gauge Branch Lines: Sardinia and Sicily" (John Organ, Middleton Press). However, one of the reviews on amazon suggests that it's about 90% Sardinia with only the last few pages covering Sicily! I can't see anything...

And where did Peter Davison suddenly get his guitar from? :s

Oops! I hadn't realised that this series started last night (Tuesday). I'll have to watch Episode #1 on Catch-up. Did anyone see it? Was it any good?

I've had a quick look on ebay and you're definitely right about September 2001. Not so sure about August (going by the cover, that is). I'll wait for your opinion on how good they are! Thanks.

Thanks for looking!

I hadn't realised that there was quite so much goods traffic on the Metropolitan Railway (coal to the power station and gas works; milk from Aylesbury etc.) and wondered whether there were any books on the subject? There's plenty of general works on the Met but I can't see anything specifically...

I've been doing quite a bit of reading on fish trains (both books and on-line). According to Steve Banks' excellent LNER website, "An early concept was to carry live fish in water tanks, which were delivered by passenger-rated open wagons. Both the NER and GNR are known to have built these...

Can anyone recommend the best book(s) on the Midland Railway? And when I say the Midland Railway, I mean the old pre-Grouping Midland Railway (1844-1922). I'm ideally looking for a good general overview/history. A quick trawl through amazon suggests that it might be a toss-up between C. Hamilton...

It was based on a fantasy trilogy by Peter Dickinson, not that I've ever read the books - although I'm now tempted to seek them out. In one way the series is a bit dated now - it's clearly 1970s from the fashion, the vehicles and the television sets - but in other ways it has a lot of...

Does anyone else remember the BBC Children's Programme, 'The Changes', from c.1975? I won't spoilt the plot but basically people suddenly start turning against technology and smash machinery up! Anything mechanical is seen as "evil." I was about 7 at the time and found it quite scary; in fact...

Thanks for the very comprehensive replies, which I'm now making my way through! To be honest, I'm more interested in these locos' BR days than any subsequent industrial service but certainly several titles to consider.