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Johnson was a director of the Ffestiniog Railway Society from 1991 to 2003 and editor (originally jointly with Norman Gurley and Dan Wilson) of the Festiniog Railway Society Magazine from 1974 to 2003.<ref>{{cite news |title=Festiniog Railway Magazine |issue=081 |page=027}}</ref> In 2003 he was appointed the Festiniog Railway Company's official photographer.<ref name=GBooks>{{cite web |title=About the author |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Festiniog_Railway.html?id=nIJUMQAACAAJ |publisher=Pen & Sword Books |date=2017}}</ref> |
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In June 1995, Johnson started writing a monthly column for ''Steam Railway'' magazine; as of September 2017 he was the magazine's longest serving continuous contributor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.steamrailway.co.uk/meet-the-team/ |title=Steam Railway: Meet the team}}</ref> Since 2006 he has written obituaries of prominent railway people for [[The Guardian]] newspaper.<ref>{{cite news |publisher=The Guardian |title=Contributions by Peter Johnson |url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/peterjohnson}}</ref> |
In June 1995, Johnson started writing a monthly column for ''Steam Railway'' magazine; as of September 2017 he was the magazine's longest serving continuous contributor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.steamrailway.co.uk/meet-the-team/ |title=Steam Railway: Meet the team}}</ref> Since 2006 he has written obituaries of prominent railway people for [[The Guardian]] newspaper.<ref>{{cite news |publisher=The Guardian |title=Contributions by Peter Johnson |url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/peterjohnson}}</ref> |
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Peter Johnson is a British railway historian[1] and author who specialises in books and articles on narrow-gauge railways. He is particularly associated with the Ffestiniog Railway.
History
Johnson is a retired a local government officer.[2]
Johnson was a director of the Ffestiniog Railway Society from 1991 to 2003 and editor (originally jointly with Norman Gurley and Dan Wilson) of the Festiniog Railway Society Magazine from 1974 to 2003.[3] In 2003 he was appointed the Festiniog Railway Company's official photographer.[2]
In June 1995, Johnson started writing a monthly column for Steam Railway magazine; as of September 2017 he was the magazine's longest serving continuous contributor.[4] Since 2006 he has written obituaries of prominent railway people for The Guardian newspaper.[5]
Works
- Johnson, Peter (1984). Rails in Wales - The Cambrian Lines. Ian Allan.
- Johnson, Peter (1986). Festiniog Railway Gravity Trains. Festiniog Railway Heritage Group.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Johnson, Peter (1987). Festiniog 150th Anniversary.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Johnson, Weaver, Ingham & Rees (1988). Festiniog Railway Locomotives.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Johnson, Peter (1992). Portrait of the Festiniog.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Peter Johnson and Michael Whitehouse (1995). Festiniog in Colour.
- Johnson, Peter (1997). Festiniog railway - A View from the Past.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - —— (2002). An Illustrated History of the Welsh Highland Railway. Hersham: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 978-0-86093-565-0. OCLC 59498388.
- Johnson, Peter (2004). Immortal Rails (Vol 1) The Story of the Closure and Revival of the FR 1939-1983. Chester, England, CH4 9ZH: RailRomances. ISBN 1-900622-08-4.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location (link) - Johnson, Peter (2005). Immortal Rails (Vol 2) The Story of the Closure and Revival of the FR 1939-1983. Chester, England, CH4 9ZH: RailRomances. ISBN 1-900622-09-2.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location (link) - Johnson, Peter (2007). An Illustrated History of the Festiniog Railway. Hersham: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0-860936-03-1.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Johnson, Peter (2008). An Illustrated History of the Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Light Railway. Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN 0860936198.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Johnson, Peter (2010). An Illustrated History of the Snowdon Mountain Railway. Oxford Publishing Co.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Johnson, Peter (2011). An Illustrated History of the Great Western Narrow Gauge. Oxford Publishing Co.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - —— (2013). The Cambrian Railways - a new history. Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 978 0 86093 644 2.
- Johnson, Peter (2017). Festiniog Railway: The Spooner Era and After 1830-1920. Pen & Sword Transport.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Johnson, Peter (30 October 2017). Festiniog Railway. Volume 2: From Slate Railway to Heritage Operation 1921 - 2014. Pen and Sword.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Johnson, Peter (August 2018). Rebuilding the Welsh Highland Railway. Pen & Sword Transport. ISBN 1473827272.
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References
- ^ Template:Cite article
- ^ a b "About the author". Pen & Sword Books. 2017.
- ^ "Festiniog Railway Magazine". No. 081. p. 027.
- ^ "Steam Railway: Meet the team".
- ^ "Contributions by Peter Johnson". The Guardian.
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