Books by David Maidment

The Great Western Castles were one of the most successful locomotive designs of the twentieth century in terms of both performance and efficiency.

Comprehensive Photographic Coverage.

This is a book that looks at the 0-6-0 tender goods locomotives of the Southern Railway

High Quality Photographs, New Information, Good Historical Text, Useful to Modellers, Good Index.

This book in Pen & Sword's Gallery' series starts with a brief history of the Cambrian Railways' early years, followed by a magnificent comprehensive set of early photographs of Cambrian engines and Oswestry Works made available by the former Chairman of

This book covers the large number of designs from 1860 onwards of 0-6-0 saddle tanks built for the Great Western Railway and the independent railway companies in South Wales.

Latested book in the Locomotive Portfolios' series, this time covering the design and development of the Great Western, Grange Class Locomotives.

David Maidment traces the origins of his career choice through early enthusiasm for steam trains, through a fascinating three year period as a 'Traffic Apprentice' and then a career in Operations Management influenced by the fateful toss of the coin referred to in the title of the book. David was at the forefront of the significant change from reactive to proactive safety management systems on the railways in both the UK and overseas and encounters with street children on stations in other countries he visited stimulated him to found the Railway Children charity in 1995. The book is based on ten hours of interviews made for the National Rail Museum's oral history archive. All royalties from this book will be donated to the Railway Children charity (Charity Commission 1058991, www.railwaychildren.org.uk)