P. J. G.

Ransom
Philip John Greer Ransom, or John Ransom, (24 September 1935 – 27 March 2019)[1]
was a non-fiction author covering principally railway,[2] canal and local history. He was also
Hon. Secretary of the Scottish Committee of the Heritage Railway Association.[2]

He died on 27 March 2019.[3]

Books
Holiday Cruising in Ireland, David & Charles 1971
Railways Revived, Faber & Faber 1973
Waterways Restored, Faber & Faber 1974
Your Book of Canals, Faber & Faber 1977
The Archaeology of Canals, World's Work 1979
The Archaeology of Railways, World's Work 1981
Your Book of Steam Railway Preservation, Faber & Faber 1982
The Archaeology of the Transport Revolution 1750-1850, World's Work 1984
Transport in Scotland through the Ages, Richard Drew Publishing 1987
Scottish Steam Today, Richard Drew Publishing 1989
The Victorian Railway and How It Evolved, Heinemann 1990
Loch Earn: A Guide for Visitors, particularly those going afloat, author 1994
Narrow Gauge Steam - Its origins and worldwide development, Oxford Publishing Co.,
1996
Scotland's Inland Waterways, NMS Publishing, 1999
The Mont Cenis Fell Railway, Twelveheads Press 1999
Locomotion: Two Centuries of Train Travel, Sutton Publishing, 2001
Snow, Flood and Tempest: Railways and Natural Disasters, Ian Allan Publishing 2001
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs in History and Legend, Birlinn, 2004
Iron Road: The Railway in Scotland, Birlinn, 2007, 2013[4]
Steamers of Loch Lomond, Stenlake Publishing Ltd 2007 (text researched and written to
accompany pictures selected from publisher's collection)
Old Loch Lomondside, Stenlake Publishing Ltd 2007 (text researched and written to
accompany pictures selected from publisher's collection)
Old Almondbank, Methven and Glenalmond, Stenlake Publishing Ltd 2010 (text
researched and written to accompany pictures selected from publisher's collection)
Old Arrochar and Loch Long, Stenlake Publishing Ltd 2011 (text researched and written
 to accompany pictures selected from publisher's collection) [5]
Bell's Comet - How a Paddle Steamer Changed the Course of History, Amberley
Publishing 2012 [6]
Old Dunkeld and Birnam, Stenlake Publishing Ltd 2012 (text researched and written to
accompany pictures selected from publisher's collection) [7]
Old Stanley, Stenlake Publishing Ltd 2013 (text researched and written to accompany
pictures selected from publisher's collection) [8]

In addition contributed to the following multi-author works

Steam into the Seventies, New English Library 1976 (section on North York Moors
Railway)
Encyclopaedia of Railways, Octopus 1977 (section on railway preservation)
A Guide to the Steam Railways of Great Britain, Pelham Books 1979 (section on Wales)
Encyclopaedia of the History of Technology, Routledge 1990 (section on railways)
Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology, Routledge 1996 (79 short
biographies of railway engineers)
Oxford Companion to British Railway History, edited by Jack Simmons & Gordon Biddle,
Oxford University Press 1997 (12 articles)
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press 2004 (3 articles on
railway engineers)
Scottish Life and Society: A Compendium of Scottish Ethnology, vol. 8, Transport and
Communications John Donald in association with European Ethnological Research
Centre 2009 (Three chapters: Canals and Inland Waterways; Coaching; Railways to
1914).

References
1. Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding
WorldCat Identities linked authority file (LAF) (http://errol.oclc.org/laf/n+50053937.html).
2. "P. J. G. Ransom :: Authors :: Birlinn Ltd" (http://www.birlinn.co.uk/author/details/P--J--G-
-Ransom-765/). www.birlinn.co.uk. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
3. Ransom (http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/232401/ransom)
4. "Iron Road" (http://www.birlinn.co.uk/The-Iron-Road-9781841587288.html).
www.birlinn.co.uk. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
5. "Stenlake Publishing - Old Arrochar and Loch Long" (http://www.stenlake.co.uk/books/vi
ew_book.php?ref=673)). www.stenlake.co.uk. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
6. [1] (http://www.amberleybooks.com/shop/article_9781445603490/Bell's-Comet%3CBR%
3EHow-a-Paddle-Steamer-Changed-the-Course-of-History%3CBR%3E%3CI%3EP.J.G.-
Ransom%3C_I%3E.html?sessid=Ec9CJoqB5g8lGr9dIjcK0vNpemqR7UIEbrO4Rbik9jLO
dQZY8uRS02nwRlsPGQMd&shop_param=cid%3D1%26aid%3D9781445603490%26)
7. "Stenlake Publishing - Old Birnam and Dunkeld" (http://www.stenlake.co.uk/books/view_
 book.php?ref=715). www.stenlake.co.uk. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
8. "Stenlake Publishing - Old Stanley" (http://www.stenlake.co.uk/books/view_book.php?ref
=743). www.stenlake.co.uk. Retrieved 25 May 2018.

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