BIBLIOGRAPHY
General
In English
Locomotives and Railcars of the Spanish Narrow Gauge Railways
Compiled by J Morley and P G Spencer
Industrial Railway Society 1995
ISBN 0-901096 88-1
Comprehensive list of all motive power on all lines. Detailed and accurate
Steam on the Sierra
Peter Allan and Robert Wheeler
Cleaver-Hume 1960 (Very Rare)
Considered a classic. Describes journeys undertaken by the authors on Spanish Narrow Gauge during the 1950s
Railway Holiday in Spain
D. Trevor Rowe
David and Charles 1966
Describes the author's holiday in Spain in 1965, when several of the photos used on my site were taken. Includes descriptions of trips on both the VAY and CD.
In English and Spanish
Narrow Gauge Railways of Spain Vol. 1 - Catalunya to the Sierra Nevada
D. Trevor Rowe
Plateway Press 1995
ISBN 1 871980 24 0
Together with its companion volume 2, has brief descriptions of most Narrow Gauge lines in geographic order.
Spanish Narrow Gauge Steam Remembered
Lawrence G Marshall
Tera 1999
ISBN 84-95178-46-X
The author travelled the narrow gauge extensively from the 1950s onwards, and has just published his memoirs of the earlier period.
In Spanish only
Guia de Vias Verdes Volumen 1
Fundacion de los Ferrocarriles Espanoles
Anaya Touring Club 2000
ISBN 84-8165-572-4
Mainly aimed at lesiure cyclists, this book describes the current use of 31 lines as "green lanes", including the VAY and AG.
Horario Guia de Ferrocarriles, Lineas Aereas y Maritimas
Published monthly by the Spanish Tourist Office
Edition of April 1955
Gives the timetables for all railways in Spain for April 1955, including all the lines covered on this web site. A mine of information!
Specific Lines
In Spanish unless otherwise stated.
The Valencia Metro
Metros in Spain
Robert Schwandi
Capital Transport 2001
ISBN 1-85414-242-9
In English, this book covers the Madrid, Barcelona and Bilbao Metros as well as that of Valencia
El Trenet de Valencia
Rafeal Alcaide Gonzalez
Lluis Prieto 1998
ISBN 84-921005-8-3
A detailed and well illustrated history of not only the components of the Metro, but also the trams and trolleybuses of Valencia
The V.A.Y.
Los Trenes del Esparto - VAY - Sud de Espana
Vicent Ferrer I Hermenegildo
Lluis Prieto 1998
ISBN 84-921005-6-7
A much awaited, and sympathetically written book describing this most rural and impoverished of all the lines in our area. Buy it for the colour photo of an anonymous railcar on the back cover, if for nothing else.
Cartagena to Los Nietos
Los Trenes Mineros de Cartagena, Mazarron y Morata
Martinez - Vintro - Navarro
Lluis Prieto 1996
ISBN 84-921005-1-6
Covers the mineral lines of the Cartagena - La Union - Portman complex and those further south as well as telling the story of the transformation of the Los Blancos line into the modern Los Nietos shuttle service.
Alicante to Denia
El Trenet de La Marina
Vicent Ferrer I Hermenegildo
Ayuntamiento de Denia 1993
ISBN 84-606-1642-8
Tells the story of this well known line from conception to when the book was published in 1993. Well illustrated.