Peter Johnson is a British railway historian and author who specialises in books and articles on

narrow-gauge railways A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structur ...

. He is particularly associated with the Ffestiniog Railway.

History

Johnson is a retired local government officer who lives in Leicester. Johnson is known for his "meticulous research into all aspects of the festiniograilway’s operation". He was a director of the Ffestiniog Railway Society from 1991 to 2003 and editor (originally jointly with Norman Gurley and Dan Wilson) of the Festiniog Railway Society Magazine from 1974 to 2003. In 2003 he was appointed the Festiniog Railway Company's official photographer. From June 1995 until Match 2019, Johnson contributed a monthly column of narrow gauge railway news for ''Steam Railway'' magazine; as of September 2017 he was the magazine's longest serving continuous contributor. Since 2006 he has written obituaries of prominent railway people for

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newspaper.

Works

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References

External links

Johnson's professional site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Peter English non-fiction writers Rail transport writers Railway historians Historians of technology English male non-fiction writers 20th-century English historians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) British people associated with Heritage Railways