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biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Oswald Stevens Nock</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1905-01-21</span>)</span>21 January 1905<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Sutton_Coldfield" title="Sutton Coldfield">Sutton Coldfield</a>, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">21 September 1994<span style="display:none">(1994-09-21)</span> (aged 89)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Bath,_Somerset" title="Bath, Somerset">Bath</a>, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Giggleswick_School" title="Giggleswick School">Giggleswick School</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Signalling engineer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">Railway author</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Olivia Ravenall</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Oswald Stevens Nock</b>, <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">B. Sc.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diploma_of_Imperial_College" title="Diploma of Imperial College">DIC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Civil_engineer" title="Civil engineer">C. Eng</a>, <a href="/wiki/Institution_of_Civil_Engineers" title="Institution of Civil Engineers">M.I.C.E.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Institution_of_Mechanical_Engineers" title="Institution of Mechanical Engineers">M.I.Mech.E.</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Institute_of_Locomotive_Engineers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Institute of Locomotive Engineers (page does not exist)">M.I.Loco.E.</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENock1966a6_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENock1966a6-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (21 January 1905 – 29 September 1994), nicknamed <b>Ossie</b>, was a British <a href="/wiki/Railway_signal" title="Railway signal">railway signal</a> engineer and senior manager at the <a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_Rail_Systems" title="Westinghouse Rail Systems">Westinghouse</a> company; he is well known for his prodigious output of popularist publications on <a href="/wiki/Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Railway">railway</a> subjects, including over 100 books, as well as many more technical works on locomotive performance. </p><p>He authored articles on railway signalling and locomotive performance for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Engineer_(UK_magazine)" title="The Engineer (UK magazine)">The Engineer</a></i> researched during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, and from 1958 to 1980 he succeeded <a href="/wiki/Cecil_J._Allen" title="Cecil J. Allen">Cecil J. Allen</a> as the author of the "British locomotive practice and performance" series published in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Railway_Magazine" title="The Railway Magazine">The Railway Magazine</a></i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=O._S._Nock&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Oswald Stevens Nock was born 21 January 1905 in <a href="/wiki/Sutton_Coldfield" title="Sutton Coldfield">Sutton Coldfield</a>, Warwickshire, the son of a bank employee, Samuel James Nock, and a schoolteacher Rose Amy née Stevens. In early childhood Nock's father became manager of a bank branch in <a href="/wiki/Reading,_Berkshire" title="Reading, Berkshire">Reading</a>; O.S. Nock was subsequently educated at Marlborough House, and <a href="/wiki/Reading_School" title="Reading School">Reading School</a>. After the family moved to <a href="/wiki/Barrow_in_Furness" class="mw-redirect" title="Barrow in Furness">Barrow in Furness</a> in 1916 he became a boarder at <a href="/wiki/Giggleswick_School" title="Giggleswick School">Giggleswick School</a>. In 1921 he enrolled at the <a href="/wiki/City_and_Guilds_College#City_.26_Guilds_College" class="mw-redirect" title="City and Guilds College">City and Guilds Engineering College</a>, in London,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para._1–3_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para._1–3-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and obtained a degree in engineering in 1924, and joined the <a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_Brake_and_Signal_Company" title="Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company">Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company</a> in 1925.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERussell1994para._5_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERussell1994para._5-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Recession during the 1930s (see <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Great Depression in the United Kingdom">Great Depression in the United Kingdom</a>) led Nock to seek other forms of income, and after having taken a <a href="/wiki/Correspondence_course" class="mw-redirect" title="Correspondence course">correspondence course</a> in <a href="/wiki/Journalism" title="Journalism">journalism</a>, began to submit articles to magazines.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENock19767-_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENock19767--4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJones2012extract_from_"Out_the_line"_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJones2012extract_from_"Out_the_line"-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His first submission was a technical paper on railways submitted to the <a href="/wiki/Institution_of_Mechanical_Engineers" title="Institution of Mechanical Engineers">Institution of Mechanical Engineers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERussell1994para.2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERussell1994para.2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1932 he had his first works accepted for publication: the first was an article "Carlisle, a Station of Changes" published in January 1932 in <i>The Railway Magazine</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENock19767-_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENock19767--4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJones2012extract_from_"Out_the_line"_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJones2012extract_from_"Out_the_line"-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> also in 1932 the <a href="/wiki/London_Evening_News" title="London Evening News">London Evening News</a> bought and published an article written as part of his journalism correspondence course: "Hyde Park's ghost trains";<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.4_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.4-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to his <a href="/wiki/Unreported_employment" title="Unreported employment">moonlighting</a> as a journalist, he published under <a href="/wiki/Pseudonym" title="Pseudonym">pseudonyms</a> including "C.K.S", "C.K. Stevens" or "Railway Engineer".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENock19767-_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENock19767--4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJones2012extract_from_"Out_the_line"_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJones2012extract_from_"Out_the_line"-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his early writing career Nock also had published photographic articles on landscapes and regions, published by non-railway publications.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENock19767-_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENock19767--4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJones2012extract_from_"Out_the_line"_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJones2012extract_from_"Out_the_line"-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A commission for <a href="/wiki/The_Star_(1888)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Star (1888)"><i>The Star</i></a> newspaper enabled him to ride on the footplate of a <a href="/wiki/London_Midland_and_Scottish_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="London Midland and Scottish Railway">LMS</a> express locomotive in 1934, subsequently he regularly submitted information on locomotive performance to <i>The Railway Magazine</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.4_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.4-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nock married Olivia Hattie née Ravenall (1913–1987) in 1937.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.5_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.5-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had met her in King's Cross railway station where she was assistant manageress of the Georgian Tea Rooms.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1939 Nock was successful as a both a popular and technical railway author – he received a commission by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Engineer_(UK_magazine)" title="The Engineer (UK magazine)">The Engineer</a></i> at the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a> to produce a series of articles on <a href="/wiki/Railway_signalling" title="Railway signalling">railway signalling</a>, and on locomotive performance under wartime conditions.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.5_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.5-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After World War II Nock rose through the Westinghouse organisation to become chief brake draughtsman (1945), four years later chief draughtsman; during the <a href="/wiki/1955_Modernisation_Plan" class="mw-redirect" title="1955 Modernisation Plan">British Rail modernisation plan</a> (1955) Nock managed the expansion of the company's drawing office, and in 1957 became the company's <a href="/wiki/Chief_mechanical_engineer" title="Chief mechanical engineer">chief mechanical engineer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.5–6_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.5–6-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nock's first published book was <i>Locomotives of Sir Nigel Gresley</i> published 1945, and based on an earlier series of ten articles in <i>The Railway Magazine</i>;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERussell1994para.2_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERussell1994para.2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he became a regular author of publishers <a href="/wiki/David_and_Charles" class="mw-redirect" title="David and Charles">David and Charles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ian_Allan_Publishing" title="Ian Allan Publishing">Ian Allan</a> in the post war boom, publishing on average two books per year whilst working at Westinghouse.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.6_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.6-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1959 he took over the writing of the "British locomotive practice and performance" reports for <i>The Railway Magazine</i> from <a href="/wiki/Cecil_J._Allen" title="Cecil J. Allen">Cecil J. Allen</a>, publishing 264 articles between then and 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.4_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.4-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1967 he was a passenger on a train involved in a derailment near <a href="/wiki/Didcot" title="Didcot">Didcot</a> in which one person was killed. The carriage where he was sitting overturned, but he escaped without injury, and later wrote of his experience in his book <i>Historic Railway Disasters</i>. He had previously seen the aftermath of another fatal railway accident at Reading in 1914 as a schoolboy.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENockCooper1987_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENockCooper1987-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1969 Nock became president of the <a href="/wiki/Institution_of_Railway_Signal_Engineers" title="Institution of Railway Signal Engineers">Institution of Railway Signal Engineers</a> (IRSE).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.7_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.7-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After retiring in 1970 his output rose to five books per year, including a three volume work on 20th century British locomotives, and eight volumes on the railways of regions of the world.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERussell1994para.2_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERussell1994para.2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to his interests in all things railway, Nock's interests included photography,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.2_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.2-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> painting,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERussell1994para.3_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERussell1994para.3-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as <a href="/wiki/Railway_modelling" class="mw-redirect" title="Railway modelling">railway modelling</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERussell1994para.4_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERussell1994para.4-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His wife Olivia died in 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERussell1994para.6_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERussell1994para.6-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died 21 September 1994. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legacy">Legacy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=O._S._Nock&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nock authored more than 140 books and 1000 magazine articles, although some of the work represented duplication from his own oeuvre,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJones2012''introduction''_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJones2012''introduction''-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as containing repetition or padding within the text.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJones2012''introduction'',_and_section:_"repetition"_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJones2012''introduction'',_and_section:_"repetition"-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Much of his work showed a bias towards locomotive performance issues;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.8_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.8-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> his most authoritative work was on that subject and on signalling.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJones2012''introduction''_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJones2012''introduction''-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a writer his output is considered accessible, uncontroversial, and empathic to the subject he wrote upon,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.8_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.8-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and rich in personal anecdotes,<sup id="cite_ref-jo_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jo-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though some feel his historical work and research was weak.<sup id="cite_ref-jo_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jo-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His better writing has been highly praised: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p> ... it becomes clear how a good a writer he was – clear, straightforward sentences coupled with the ability to explain technical matters in simple terms.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Michael Rutherford, Backtrack.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Partial_bibliography">Partial bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=O._S._Nock&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Partial bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Books">Books</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=O._S._Nock&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <dl><dt>Signalling</dt></dl> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px 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.cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFNock1962" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S. (1962), <i>50 Years of Railway Signalling</i>, IRSE</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=50+Years+of+Railway+Signalling&rft.pub=IRSE&rft.date=1962&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1969" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S. (1969), <i>British Railway Signalling</i>, Unwin</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+Railway+Signalling&rft.pub=Unwin&rft.date=1969&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1980" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S., ed. (1980), <i>Railway Signalling – A treatise on the recent practice of British Railways</i>, A & C Black / IRSE</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Railway+Signalling+%E2%80%93+A+treatise+on+the+recent+practice+of+British+Railways&rft.pub=A+%26+C+Black+%2F+IRSE&rft.date=1980&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <dl><dt>Locomotives and performance</dt></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1945" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S. (1945), <i>The Locomotives of Sir Nigel Gresley</i></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Locomotives+of+Sir+Nigel+Gresley&rft.date=1945&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1957" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S. (1957), <i>Steam Locomotive</i></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Steam+Locomotive&rft.date=1957&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1966" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S. (1966), <i>The British Steam Railway Locomotive (Volume 2 From 1925 to 1965)</i>, Ian Allan London</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+British+Steam+Railway+Locomotive+%28Volume+2+From+1925+to+1965%29&rft.pub=Ian+Allan+London&rft.date=1966&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1972" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S. (1972), <i>Speed Records on Britain's Railways</i>, David & Charles, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-330-23365-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-330-23365-3"><bdi>0-330-23365-3</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Speed+Records+on+Britain%27s+Railways&rft.pub=David+%26+Charles&rft.date=1972&rft.isbn=0-330-23365-3&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1974" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S. (1974), <i>Electric Euston to Glasgow</i> (1st ed.), London: Ian Allan, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7110-0530-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-7110-0530-3"><bdi>0-7110-0530-3</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Electric+Euston+to+Glasgow&rft.place=London&rft.edition=1st&rft.pub=Ian+Allan&rft.date=1974&rft.isbn=0-7110-0530-3&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1980" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S. (1980), <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/gwrcastleskings0000unse"><i>The GWR Stars, Castles and Kings: Part 1 1906-1930</i></a></span>, Newton Abbot: David & Charles</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+GWR+Stars%2C+Castles+and+Kings%3A+Part+1+1906-1930&rft.place=Newton+Abbot&rft.pub=David+%26+Charles&rft.date=1980&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fgwrcastleskings0000unse&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1982" class="citation cs2 cs1-prop-long-vol">Nock, O.S. (1982), <i>British Locomotives of the 20th Century</i>, vol. 1, 2, & 3</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+Locomotives+of+the+20th+Century&rft.date=1982&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <dl><dt>Railways</dt></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNockCross1960" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S.; Cross, Derek (1960), <i>Main Lines Across the Border</i> (1st ed.), London: Nelson, <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/12273673">12273673</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Main+Lines+Across+the+Border&rft.place=London&rft.edition=1st&rft.pub=Nelson&rft.date=1960&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F12273673&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rft.au=Cross%2C+Derek&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span>, Revised edition (1982) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7110-1118-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-7110-1118-4">0-7110-1118-4</a>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11622324">11622324</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1960" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S. (1960), <i>The London & North Western Railway</i>, London: Ian Allan</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+London+%26+North+Western+Railway&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Ian+Allan&rft.date=1960&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1961" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S. (1961), <i>The South Eastern & Chatham Railway</i></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+South+Eastern+%26+Chatham+Railway&rft.date=1961&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1962" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S. (1962), <i>British Steam Railways</i></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+Steam+Railways&rft.date=1962&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1963" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S. (1963), <i>Continental Main Lines</i>, George Allan & Unwin, London (German translation: Europas grosse Bahnlinien, Orell Fuessli Zurich 1964)</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Continental+Main+Lines&rft.pub=George+Allan+%26+Unwin%2C+London+%28German+translation%3A+Europas+grosse+Bahnlinien%2C+Orell+Fuessli+Zurich+1964%29&rft.date=1963&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1964" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S. (1964), <i>The Great Western Railway in the Twentieth Century</i>, Ian Allan</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Great+Western+Railway+in+the+Twentieth+Century&rft.pub=Ian+Allan&rft.date=1964&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S., <i>The Caledonian Railway</i> (1st ed.), London: Ian Allan, <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/366646513">366646513</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Caledonian+Railway&rft.place=London&rft.edition=1st&rft.pub=Ian+Allan&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F366646513&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span>, 2nd edition (1964) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21002535">21002535</a>, 3rd edition (1973) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7110-0408-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-7110-0408-0">0-7110-0408-0</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16232981">16232981</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1966" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S. (1966), <i>Britain's New Railway</i>, London: Ian Allan</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Britain%27s+New+Railway&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Ian+Allan&rft.date=1966&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1966" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S. (1966), <i>Steam Railways in Retrospect</i>, London: A & C Black</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Steam+Railways+in+Retrospect&rft.place=London&rft.pub=A+%26+C+Black&rft.date=1966&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1968" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S. (1968), <i>North Western A history of the L.N.W.R.</i></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=North+Western+A+history+of+the+L.N.W.R.&rft.date=1968&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1968" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S. (1968), <i>The Railway Enthusiasts Encyclopedia</i>, Hutchinson, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-09-903310-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-09-903310-0"><bdi>0-09-903310-0</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Railway+Enthusiasts+Encyclopedia&rft.pub=Hutchinson&rft.date=1968&rft.isbn=0-09-903310-0&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1975" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S. (1975), <i>The Pre-grouping Scene, No.1: The Great Western</i>, Surrey: Ian Allan, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7110-0586-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-7110-0586-9"><bdi>0-7110-0586-9</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Pre-grouping+Scene%2C+No.1%3A+The+Great+Western&rft.place=Surrey&rft.pub=Ian+Allan&rft.date=1975&rft.isbn=0-7110-0586-9&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1978" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S. (1978), <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/worldatlasofrail0000nock"><i>World Atlas of Railways</i></a></span>, New York: Mayflower Books, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8317-9500-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-8317-9500-X"><bdi>0-8317-9500-X</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=World+Atlas+of+Railways&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Mayflower+Books&rft.date=1978&rft.isbn=0-8317-9500-X&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fworldatlasofrail0000nock&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span> original publisher: Artists House, London</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1979" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S. (1979), <i>The Limited</i>, George Allen & Unwin, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-04-385073-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-04-385073-1"><bdi>0-04-385073-1</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Limited&rft.pub=George+Allen+%26+Unwin&rft.date=1979&rft.isbn=0-04-385073-1&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1982" class="citation cs2 cs1-prop-long-vol">Nock, O.S. (1982), <i>A History of the LMS</i>, vol. 1. The First Years, 1923–1930, George Allen & Unwin</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+History+of+the+LMS&rft.pub=George+Allen+%26+Unwin&rft.date=1982&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1982" class="citation cs2 cs1-prop-long-vol">Nock, O.S. (1982), <i>A History of the LMS</i>, vol. 2. The Record-Breaking 'Thirties, 1931–1939', George Allen & Unwin</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+History+of+the+LMS&rft.pub=George+Allen+%26+Unwin&rft.date=1982&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1983" class="citation cs2 cs1-prop-long-vol">Nock, O.S. (1983), <i>A History of the LMS</i>, vol. 3. The War Years and Nationalisation, 1939–1948', George Allen & Unwin</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+History+of+the+LMS&rft.pub=George+Allen+%26+Unwin&rft.date=1983&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1985" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S. (1985), <i>Great British Trains</i></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Great+British+Trains&rft.date=1985&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1966" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S. (1966), <i>Historic Railway Disasters</i> (1st ed.)</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Historic+Railway+Disasters&rft.edition=1st&rft.date=1966&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNockCooper1987" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S.; Cooper, B.K. (1987) [1966], <i>Historic Railway Disasters</i> (4th ed.), Shepperton: Ian Allan, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7110-1752-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-7110-1752-2"><bdi>0-7110-1752-2</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Historic+Railway+Disasters&rft.place=Shepperton&rft.edition=4th&rft.pub=Ian+Allan&rft.date=1987&rft.isbn=0-7110-1752-2&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rft.au=Cooper%2C+B.K.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1964" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S. (1964), <i>Sir William Stanier: An Engineering Biography</i>, London: Ian Allan</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sir+William+Stanier%3A+An+Engineering+Biography&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Ian+Allan&rft.date=1964&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Autobiography">Autobiography</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=O._S._Nock&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Autobiography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239549316"><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1976" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S. (1976), <i>Out the line</i>, London: Paul Elek, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0236400703" title="Special:BookSources/0236400703"><bdi>0236400703</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Out+the+line&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Paul+Elek&rft.date=1976&rft.isbn=0236400703&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1982a" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S. (1982a), <i>Line clear ahead: 75 years of ups and downs</i></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Line+clear+ahead%3A+75+years+of+ups+and+downs&rft.date=1982&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1993a" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S. (1993a), <i>Another Facet of an Autobiography</i>, Pentland Press, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1858210887" title="Special:BookSources/1858210887"><bdi>1858210887</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Another+Facet+of+an+Autobiography&rft.pub=Pentland+Press&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=1858210887&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Articles_and_monographs">Articles and monographs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=O._S._Nock&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Articles and monographs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239549316"><div class="refbegin" style=""> <dl><dt>Signalling</dt></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1943" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S. (1943), "Modern Railway Signalling Practice in America", <i>The Engineer</i>, <b>176</b></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Engineer&rft.atitle=Modern+Railway+Signalling+Practice+in+America&rft.volume=176&rft.date=1943&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span>, in four parts: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/3/35/Er19430827.pdf">No.I, 27 August, pp. 162–165</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/f/fa/Er19430903.pdf">No.II, 3 September, pp. 190–193</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/f/f9/Er19430910.pdf">No.III, 10 September, pp. 202–205</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/1/1d/Er19430917.pdf">No.IV, 17 September, pp. 228–231</a> <sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1947" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S. (14 November 1947), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/2/20/Er19471114.pdf">"Continuously Controlled Cab Signalling"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, <i>The Engineer</i>, <b>184</b>: 454–456</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Engineer&rft.atitle=Continuously+Controlled+Cab+Signalling&rft.volume=184&rft.pages=454-456&rft.date=1947-11-14&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gracesguide.co.uk%2Fimages%2F2%2F20%2FEr19471114.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S., "Railway Signalling Developments: 1923–48", <i>The Engineer</i>, <b>187</b></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Engineer&rft.atitle=Railway+Signalling+Developments%3A+1923%E2%80%9348&rft.volume=187&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span>, in four parts: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/d/d1/Er19490513.pdf">No.I, 13 May 1949, pp. 518–521</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/4/4c/Er19490520.pdf">No.II, 20 May 1949, pp. 546–548</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/9/94/Er19490527.pdf">No. III, 27 May 1949, pp. 574–578</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/7/78/Er19490603.pdf">No. IV, 3 June 1949, pp. 602–605</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Locomotives and performance</dt></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1942" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S. (1942), "French Locomotive Performances", <i>The Engineer</i>, <b>173</b></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Engineer&rft.atitle=French+Locomotive+Performances&rft.volume=173&rft.date=1942&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span>, in two parts: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/9/99/Er19420206.pdf">No.I, 6 February, pp. 110–113</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/a/aa/Er19420213.pdf">No.II, 13 February, pp. 132–134</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S., "British Locomotive Working in Wartime", <i>The Engineer</i></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Engineer&rft.atitle=British+Locomotive+Working+in+Wartime&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140203210803/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/e/e9/Er19450817.pdf"><i>The G.W.R. "Castle Class", Part I</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, vol. 180, 17 August 1945, pp. 122–125, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/e/e9/Er19450817.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 3 February 2014</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+G.W.R.+%22Castle+Class%22%2C+Part+I&rft.pages=122-125&rft.date=1945-08-17&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gracesguide.co.uk%2Fimages%2Fe%2Fe9%2FEr19450817.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140203210505/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/9/9a/Er19450824.pdf"><i>The G.W.R. "Castle Class", Part II</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, vol. 180, 24 August 1945, pp. 144–146, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/9/9a/Er19450824.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 3 February 2014</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+G.W.R.+%22Castle+Class%22%2C+Part+II&rft.pages=144-146&rft.date=1945-08-24&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gracesguide.co.uk%2Fimages%2F9%2F9a%2FEr19450824.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><i>The L.M.S.R "Jubilee" Class, 4-6-0</i>, vol. 181</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+L.M.S.R+%22Jubilee%22+Class%2C+4-6-0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/a/a1/Er19460426.pdf">Part I, 26 April 1946, pp. 374–375</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/5/52/Er19460503.pdf">Part II, 3 May 1946, pp. 398–399</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2 cs1-prop-long-vol"><i>The L.M.S.R. "Converted Royal Scot" Class, 4-6-0</i>, vol. 181–2</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+L.M.S.R.+%22Converted+Royal+Scot%22+Class%2C+4-6-0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/a/ae/Er19460524.pdf">Part I, 24 May 1946, pp. 466–467</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/b/b2/Er19460531.pdf">Part II, 31 May 1946, pp. 490–491</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/5/56/Er19460719.pdf">Part III, 19 July 1946, pp. 60–62</a></li></ul></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S., "Present Day Locomotive Working in Great Britain", <i>The Engineer</i></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Engineer&rft.atitle=Present+Day+Locomotive+Working+in+Great+Britain&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/6/69/Er19461011.pdf"><i>The L.N.E.R 2-6-2 "Green Arrow" Class</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, vol. 182, 11 October 1946, pp. 314–316</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+L.N.E.R+2-6-2+%22Green+Arrow%22+Class&rft.pages=314-316&rft.date=1946-10-11&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gracesguide.co.uk%2Fimages%2F6%2F69%2FEr19461011.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><i>The L.M.S.R. "Coronation" Class Pacifics</i>, vol. 182</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+L.M.S.R.+%22Coronation%22+Class+Pacifics&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/9/92/Er19461213.pdf">Part I, 13 December 1946, pp. 532–534</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/2/2c/Er19461220.pdf">Part II, 20 December 1946, pp. 558–559</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><i>The G.W.R. Oil-fired 4-6-0's</i>, vol. 185</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+G.W.R.+Oil-fired+4-6-0%27s&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/f/f8/Er19480206.pdf">Part I, 6 February 1948, pp. 128–130</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/9/98/Er19480213.pdf">Part II, 13 February 1948, pp. 152–154</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><i>The Mixed Traffic 4-6-0s</i>, vol. 188</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Mixed+Traffic+4-6-0s&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/1/10/Er19491104.pdf">Part I.: The G.W.R. "Hall" Class. 4 November 1949, pp. 514–517</a>,</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/f/f4/Er19491111.pdf">Part II: The Ex-L.M.S.R. Class "5". 11 November 1949, pp. 543–546</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/0/0c/Er19491118.pdf">Part III: The Ex-L.N.E.R. "B.1" Class. 18 November 1949, pp. 573–576</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/7/77/Er19491125.pdf">Part IV: The G.W.R. 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Class "8" Locomotive", <i>The Engineer</i>, <b>204</b></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Engineer&rft.atitle=Performance+and+Efficiency+Tests+on+B.R.+Class+%228%22+Locomotive&rft.volume=204&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/a/ac/Er19570823.pdf">No.I, 23 August 1957, pp. 258–261</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/0/04/Er19570830.pdf">No.II, 30 August 1957, pp. 292–294</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1958" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S. (11 July 1958), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/2/21/Er19580711.pdf">"Performance and Efficiency Tests on the 3300 h.p. "Deltic" Locomotive"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, <i>The Engineer</i>, <b>206</b>: 60–63</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Engineer&rft.atitle=Performance+and+Efficiency+Tests+on+the+3300+h.p.+%22Deltic%22+Locomotive&rft.volume=206&rft.pages=60-63&rft.date=1958-07-11&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gracesguide.co.uk%2Fimages%2F2%2F21%2FEr19580711.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1959" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S. (9 October 1959), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/7/73/Er19591009.pdf">"2-10-0 Standard Freight Locomotive Performance and Efficiency Tests"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, <i>The Engineer</i>, <b>208</b>: 383–386</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Engineer&rft.atitle=2-10-0+Standard+Freight+Locomotive+Performance+and+Efficiency+Tests&rft.volume=208&rft.pages=383-386&rft.date=1959-10-09&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gracesguide.co.uk%2Fimages%2F7%2F73%2FEr19591009.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1960" class="citation cs2">Nock, O.S. (10 June 1960), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140304150750/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/3/37/Er19600610.pdf">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"Merchant Navy" Locomotives Performance and Efficiency Tests on Southern Region"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, <i>The Engineer</i>, <b>209</b>: 975–979, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/3/37/Er19600610.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 4 March 2014</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Engineer&rft.atitle=%22Merchant+Navy%22+Locomotives+Performance+and+Efficiency+Tests+on+Southern+Region&rft.volume=209&rft.pages=975-979&rft.date=1960-06-10&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.S.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gracesguide.co.uk%2Fimages%2F3%2F37%2FEr19600610.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=O._S._Nock&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTENock1966a6-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENock1966a6_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFNock1966a">Nock 1966a</a>, p. 6.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para._1–3-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para._1–3_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFVanns2004">Vanns 2004</a>, para. 1–3.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERussell1994para._5-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERussell1994para._5_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRussell1994">Russell 1994</a>, para. 5.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTENock19767--4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENock19767-_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENock19767-_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENock19767-_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENock19767-_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFNock1976">Nock 1976</a>, p. 7-.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJones2012extract_from_"Out_the_line"-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJones2012extract_from_"Out_the_line"_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJones2012extract_from_"Out_the_line"_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJones2012extract_from_"Out_the_line"_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJones2012extract_from_"Out_the_line"_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJones2012">Jones 2012</a>, extract from "Out the line".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERussell1994para.2-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERussell1994para.2_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERussell1994para.2_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERussell1994para.2_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRussell1994">Russell 1994</a>, para.2.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.4-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.4_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.4_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.4_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFVanns2004">Vanns 2004</a>, para.4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.5-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.5_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.5_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFVanns2004">Vanns 2004</a>, para.5.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRussell" class="citation web cs1">Russell, Daniel. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-o-s-nock-1441494.html">"Obituary: O.S. Nock"</a>. <i>Independent</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Independent&rft.atitle=Obituary%3A+O.S.+Nock&rft.aulast=Russell&rft.aufirst=Daniel&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fpeople%2Fobituary-o-s-nock-1441494.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.5–6-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.5–6_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFVanns2004">Vanns 2004</a>, para.5–6.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.6-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.6_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFVanns2004">Vanns 2004</a>, para.6.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTENockCooper1987-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENockCooper1987_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFNockCooper1987">Nock & Cooper 1987</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.7-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.7_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFVanns2004">Vanns 2004</a>, para.7.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.2-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.2_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFVanns2004">Vanns 2004</a>, para.2.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERussell1994para.3-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERussell1994para.3_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRussell1994">Russell 1994</a>, para.3.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERussell1994para.4-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERussell1994para.4_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRussell1994">Russell 1994</a>, para.4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERussell1994para.6-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERussell1994para.6_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRussell1994">Russell 1994</a>, para.6.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJones2012''introduction''-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJones2012''introduction''_18-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJones2012''introduction''_18-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJones2012">Jones 2012</a>, <i>introduction</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJones2012''introduction'',_and_section:_"repetition"-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJones2012''introduction'',_and_section:_"repetition"_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJones2012">Jones 2012</a>, <i>introduction</i>, and section: "repetition".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.8-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.8_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVanns2004para.8_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFVanns2004">Vanns 2004</a>, para.8.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-jo-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-jo_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-jo_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJones2012">Jones 2012</a>, quote "He rarely noted sources, and tended to work on thin foundations, making maximum use of personal anecdotes [...] The few works which were compiled by him as continuations of earlier works are seldom as thorough as their predecessors"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFVanns2004">Vanns 2004</a>, para.8 quote: "If [his books] had faults—repetition and a bias towards locomotive performance [..] arose because the author was an enthusiast who infused all his texts with his own experience. His work was always accessible and engaging."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJones2012">Jones 2012</a>, quoting Michael Rutherford in Backtrack 12,222</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sources">Sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=O._S._Nock&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239549316"><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVanns2004" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Vanns, M.A. (2004). "Nock, Oswald Stevens (1905–1994)". <i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography#Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography" title="Dictionary of National Biography">Oxford Dictionary of National Biography</a></i> (online ed.). Oxford University Press. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fref%3Aodnb%2F55169">10.1093/ref:odnb/55169</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Nock%2C+Oswald+Stevens+%281905%E2%80%931994%29&rft.btitle=Oxford+Dictionary+of+National+Biography&rft.edition=online&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2004&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1093%2Fref%3Aodnb%2F55169&rft.aulast=Vanns&rft.aufirst=M.A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span> <span style="font-size:0.95em; font-size:95%; color: var( --color-subtle, #555 )">(Subscription or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oxforddnb.com/help/subscribe#public">UK public library membership</a> required.)</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRussell1994" class="citation cs2">Russell, Daniel (7 October 1994), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-o-s-nock-1441494.html">"Obituary: O. S. Nock"</a>, <i>The Independent</i> (obituary)</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Independent&rft.atitle=Obituary%3A+O.+S.+Nock&rft.date=1994-10-07&rft.aulast=Russell&rft.aufirst=Daniel&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fpeople%2Fobituary-o-s-nock-1441494.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>O. S. Nock." Times [London, England] 8 Oct. 1994: 23. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 18 Nov. 2016</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJones2012" class="citation cs2">Jones, Kevin P. (14 June 2012), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.steamindex.com/library/nock.htm">"Ossie Nock: the Annie S. Swan of railway literature?"</a>, <i>steamindex.com library</i></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=steamindex.com+library&rft.atitle=Ossie+Nock%3A+the+Annie+S.+Swan+of+railway+literature%3F&rft.date=2012-06-14&rft.aulast=Jones&rft.aufirst=Kevin+P.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.steamindex.com%2Flibrary%2Fnock.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1966a" class="citation book cs1">Nock, O. S. (1966a). <i>The LNWR Precursor Family</i>. Newton Abbott: David & Charles.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+LNWR+Precursor+Family&rft.place=Newton+Abbott&rft.pub=David+%26+Charles&rft.date=1966&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=O._S._Nock&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See also <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2">"Modern Railway Signalling Practice", <i>The Engineer</i>, <b>168</b>, 1939</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Engineer&rft.atitle=Modern+Railway+Signalling+Practice&rft.volume=168&rft.date=1939&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AO.+S.+Nock" class="Z3988"></span>, in four parts: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/e/e5/Er19391208.pdf">Pt.I, 8 December, pp. 564–566</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/c/c1/Er19391215.pdf">Pt.II, 15 December, pp. 582–583</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/f/f6/Er19391222.pdf">Pt.III, 22 December, pp. 608–610</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/1/11/Er19391229.pdf">Pt.IV, 29 December, pp. 632–634</a> (unattributed)</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=O._S._Nock&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79-104296">O. 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