Peter Johnson (railway historian)

Peter Johnson is a British railway historian 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.

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. In 2003 he was appointed the Festiniog Railway Companys official photographer.

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. Since 2006 he has written obituaries of prominent railway people for The Guardian newspaper.

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 (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 (August 2018). Rebuilding the Welsh Highland Railway. Pen & Sword Transport. ISBN 1473827272. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)

External links

• Johnson's professional site