The following are railway books that I own, not covering a specific country or locale.
| Title | Author | Year | ISBN |
| Full Steam Ahead – The Life and Locomotives of Alexander Mitchell | Jay Underwood | 1996 | 0-88999-626-1 |
| Great Train Disasters | Geoffrey Kichenside | 1997 | 0-75252-630-8 |
| The History of North American Steam | Christopher Chant | 2007 | 978-0-7858-2151-9 |
| Model Railroad Electronics | Rutger Friberg | 1994 | 91-85496-73-1 |
| My Life With Trains | Jim McClellan | 2017 | ISBN 978-0-253-04485-2 |
| One Track Mind | Ted Benson | ||
| Seasons of Trains | George Pitarys | ||
| The Secret Life of Railroaders | Jim McLean | 1982 | 0-919926-16-9 |
| Speedway to Sunshine – The Story of the Florida East Coast Railway | Seth H. Bramson | ||
| Train Shed Cyclopedias, Index Vols. 1-42 | Newon K. Gregg | 1975 | |
| Union Pacific: The Reconfiguration | Maury Klein | 978-0-19-536989-2 | |
| History of the Railway in Germany | DB Museum (guidebook) | ||
| Farewell to Steam | David Plowden | 1966 | |
| The White Pass and Yukon Route Railway | Graham Wilson | 2010 | 0-9681955-2-0 |
| Lines West | Charles R. Wood | 1967 |