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Colin G. Maggs

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Colin Gordon Maggs (born 1932)[1] is a railway historian, author and retired teacher. His books are generally about the history of rail transport in Great Britain, particularly those in the South West England.

Professional career

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He trained for teaching at Westminster College, Oxford, Horseferry Road, London SW, from 1952 to 1954.[2] He became the deputy headmaster of Batheaston Church of England school in 1967. He still lives in the area in Bath, Somerset.[1]

Railway historian

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He was awarded an MBE in 1993 for services to railway history and an honorary MA from the University of Bath in 1995.[3]

Bibliography (partial)

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  • Bristol Port Railway and Pier (Oakwood Library of Railway History) (1975)
  • East Somerset Railway, 1858-1972 (1977)
  • Bath to Weymouth Line (Locomotion Papers) (1982)
  • Honeybourne Line (1985)
  • Birmingham to Gloucester Line (1986)
  • The Barnstaple and Ilfracombe Railway (Locomotion Papers) (1988)
  • The Calne Branch (1990)
  • The Last Years of the Somerset & Dorset (1991)
  • Branch Lines of Wiltshire (Transport/Railway) (1992)
  • The Bath Tramways (Locomotion Papers) (1992)
  • The Last Days of Steam in Bristol and Somerset (1992)
  • Sidmouth and Budleigh Salterton Branches (Locomotion Papers) (1996)
  • The Exeter and Exmouth Railway (Locomotion Papers) (1997)
  • Minehead Branch and West Somerset Railway (Locomotion Papers) (1998)
  • Steam: Tales from the Footplate (2000)
  • The Nailsworth and Stroud Branch (Locomotion Papers) (2000)
  • The Bristol to Bath Line (2001)
  • The Yate to Thornbury Branch (Locomotion Papers) (2002)
  • Rail Centres: Exeter No. 5 (2005)
  • Culm Valley Light Railway: Tiverton Junction to Hemyock (Locomotion Papers) (2006)
  • Swindon (Rail Centres) (2007)
  • Bristol (Rail Centres) (2008)
  • Britain's Railways in Colour: BR Steam in the 1950s and 1960s (2009)
  • Bristol & Bath Railways (2011)
  • Britain's Railways in Colour: BR Diesels in the 1960s and 70s (2010)
  • The Branch Lines of Buckinghamshire (2010)
  • The Branch Lines of Warwickshire (2011)
  • The Minehead Branch and the West Somerset Railway (Locomotion Papers) (2011)
  • The Branch Lines of Gloucestershire (2011)
  • The Branch Lines of Dorset (2012)
  • A History of the Great Western Railway (2013)

References

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  1. 1 2 Writers Directory. Palgrave Macmillan. 2016. p. 790. ISBN 9781349036509. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "Autobiography of Colin G. Maggs MBE, MA, Chaplain, Somerset & Avon Branch of the Church of England Guild of Vergers" (PDF). The Virger. No. 308. The Church of England Guild of Vergers. 2020. p. 17. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Honorary Graduates 1989 to present". University of Bath. Archived from the original on 19 December 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
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