The Amerton Railway
 
John Strike.
2022
Panda Press Stone Staffs UK.
Stapled.
52 pages, 6 x 8.25 inches, $6.13 (Amerton Railway Shop)

The fifth eddition of this short and well illustrated guide to the line, its locomotives, and rolling stock. Steam trains operate Sundays and Bank Holidays from the end of March until the end of October.
 

Industrial Locomotives of South Staffordshire
 
R.M. Shill.
1993
Industrial Railway Society.
Paperback.
174 pages, 5.8 x 8.25 inches, $21.44 (Bill Hudson)

Part of a completely revised and updated series about industrial railways in the Midlands, this book lists all South Staffordshire firms known to have used locomotives, all British Coal/National Coal Board locations, all contractor lines, all preserved locomotives, a summary of yards and dealers, and non-locomotive lines as well as indexes for locations, proprietors, locomotive builders, and locomotives in order of manufacture. With area maps detailing the location of the railways and a black and white photo section.
 

Isabel the Little Staffy Engine
 
Pauline Hazelwood.
2018
Saddletank Books.
Paperback.
32 pages, 7.8 x 9.8 inches, $7.64 (Saddletank Books)

Saddletank Books are written with lots of facts to educate and inform but there has to be lots of entertaining fun bits too, and busy, colourful, pictures.
 

 
Amerton Railway Summer Steam Gala which took place on Saturday, 25 Jun 2022, featured the following locomotives:
 
Bagnall 0-4-0ST 1491 "Isabel"
Hunslet Wren 0-4-0ST "Jennie"
Kerr Stuart & Co. Wren 0-4-0ST "Lorna Doone"
Kerr Stuart & Co. 0-4-0T "Diana"
Kerr Stuart & Co. Wren 0-4-0ST "Roger" (visiting)
Bagnall 0-4-0ST "Woto" (visiting)
Kerr Stuart & Co. Wren 0-4-0ST "Peter Pan" (visiting)