Experiences of a Temporary Fireman  -  The Railway Magazine, December 1961.
 The L.T. & S. 2-6-4 tanks  - Railway World, May 1962.
  The Train Brain Drain by Alan Road - The Guardian, 6 July 1968.
 You Didn't See a Thing Did You  - Branchline, January 1971.
 How Tom Price met his match  - Branchline, January 1972.
 Preparing a meal railroad style  - Branchline, April 1972.
 The Next Train on Platform Four may Blow Up  - Branchline, January 1974.
 Put Her Back on the Way She Came Off  - Branchline, March 1974.
 All in a Night's Work  - Branchline, December 1974.
 Signalbox Trainee - Branchline, September 1975.
 How to Bend the Rules  - Branchline, December 1975.
 British Steam Notes  - Branchline, September 1977.
 There Must be a Better Way  - Branchline, May 1980.
 The Paper War  - Branchline, August 1980.
 Railway Wars - Part I, The Whistle War  -  Branchline, June/July 1981.
 Railway Wars - Part II, The Great Chrysanthemum Crisis  - Branchline, September 1981.
  Clun Castle on the 1615 Paddington - Unpublished
 Railway Wars - III.  The Wantage Tramway  - Branchline, June/July 1982.
  Railway Wars - IV.  The Kettle Caper and the Newspaper War.
 God's Wonderful 3461  - Branchline, March 1985.
 Cleaning GWR Locomotives  - Branchline, July/August 1985.
 More Great Westernry  - Branchline, July/August 1985.
  Other Related Duties - Branchline October 1985.
 A Week on British Railways  - Branchline, November 1986.
  Welsh Quarry Locomotives - Branchline, May 1988.
  On the Runners  - Branchline, November 1988.
 Boarding and Leaving the Train  - Branchline, November 1990.
  Great Northern, Great Eastern, Great Scott! - Branchline, December 1990
 Locomotive Fireman - Shoeburyness - Steam Days, June 1992.
 Clandestine Journey  - Steam Days, August 1992.
 Reading Fireman  - Steam Days, September 1992.
 A Castle on the Worcester Road  - Steam Days, May 1993.
  Clun Castle - Branchline, October 1994.
  Diesel Dawn - A Personal Experience of the Transition from Steam to Diesel  - British Railways Illustrated, April 1995.
 Close Encounter with a King - Branchline, March 2006.
  Three Bridges: Moveable, Immovable and Removable! - The Interchange, September 2007.
  How did locomotive crews cope in the Severn Tunnel? - Steam World, September 2007.
  Oh! Mr. Wheel Tapper - The Interchange, November 2007.
  Out of Gas - Ottawa Central Railway, Spareboard, August 2008.
  Railroaders - Interchange, June 2009.
  Signalbox and Interlocking Etiquette - Interchange, October 2009.
  High Speed Trains in England - Interchange, December 2009
  Railway Tea Tales - Cold Tea: The Strike -  Interchange June 2010
  Exploding Whistles - Interchange September 2014
 The Statfold Barn Railway - Branchline December 2014
  Dirty Tricks - Interchange March 2015
 Assistant Station Manager - Reading - Unpublished
  Pigeon Traffic - Interchange September 2015
  How I Became Hooked - Interchange December 2015
 The Price of a Ride- Interchange, May 2016
Playing Both Ends Against the Middle - Interchange May 2017
 Steam Locomotive Fire Cleaning - Interchange March 2019
Locomotive Repair Report - OVAR Interchange September 2022