British Railways Locomotives & Coaching Stock is the definitive annual Platform 5 guide to all locomotives, coaching stock and multiple units that operate on Britain’s mainline railways. Every year it contains all the data from our best-selling British Railways Pocket Books, fully updated to 1st January of the publication year. Each volume also contains a comprehensive overview of Britain’s railway network at time of publication with details of all franchised train operators, open-access operators and freight companies.
Each volume Includes a detailed listing of all rolling stock in service with technical information provided for every class of vehicle and specific details for every item of rolling stock in service at the time of publication. The exact details provided vary from year to year, but are appropriate to information used and available at the time.
British Railways Locomotives & Coaching Stock was first published in 1985 (as Locomotives & Coaching Stock - "British Railways" was added to the title in 1992). We have copies of most years in stock, going back as far as 1986,
The latest edition of British Railways Locomotives & Coaching Stock can be found on the Modern British Railways or Platform 5 Books pages of this site.