Cliff Thomas is a British railway author and journalist,^[1] particularly known for his works on narrow-gauge railways.

Biography

Thomas was a writer and editor of Railway World magazine.^[2] He has been a writer on the subjects of steam locomotives and heritage railways for The Railway Magazine since 2007.^[3] Thomas is Chairman of the Greensand Railway Museum Trust, a charity that restores historic rolling stock related to the sand quarrying industry.^[4] He is also a Director of the Leighton Buzzard Light Railway.^[3]

In 2016, Thomas sued writer and illustrator Pauline Hazelwood over a children's book about the steam locomotive "Alice". The case was settled before trial with the payment of a financial sum to Mr Thomas.^[5]

Works

• Thomas, Cliff (25 August 1995). The Whipsnade and Umfolozi Railway and The Great Whipsnade Railway. The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0853614784.
• —— (27 August 2001). Quarry Hunslets of North Wales. The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0853615756.
• —— (May 2002). The Narrow Gauge in Britain and Ireland. Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 1902827058.
• —— (June 2007). Railway Moods – The Ffestiniog Railway. Halsgrove. ISBN 978-1841146003.