Bob Essery

Bob Essery

Robert J. "Bob" Essery is a British railway modeller and historian with a particular interest in the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and one of its principle constituents, the Midland Railway (MR).

Essery was one of the founding members of the LMS Society in 1963, and particularly with David Jenkinson has authored many books. Essery also established the historical journals "Midland Record" and "LMS Journal". From 1999 in collaboration with the National Railway Museum, Essery with others have produced monographs on individual locomotive classes.

External links

* [http://www.midlandrecord.com/ Midland Record]
* [http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jim_smellie/lmss/LMSSBibliographyA.html LMS Society Bibliography]


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