Sri Lanka Railway Books
Books about the Railways of Sri Lanka, listed below are details on Sri Lankan Railways books that the SLRF has come across. Sadly some of these great books are out of print, but they can be gotten hold at libraries and second hand book stores. We have made this list as comprehensive as possible but if you find any great books missing from this list please let us know so we can add them.
“Railways of Sri Lanka”
Author: David Hyatt
Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: COMRAC (1 Jan 2000)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0953730409
ISBN-13: 978-0953730407
“Rail 2000″
the Sri Lanka Railways history from 1864 to 2000
Author: Dr. de Priyal Silva
Publisher: Sri Lanka Railways, Colombo
Year of Publication: 2000
Language: English
“Sri Lanka by Rail”
Author: Royston Ellis
Cover: Paperback
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides; 1.00 edition (October 1, 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1564405362
ISBN-13: 978-1564405364
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
“The Ceylon Government Railway”
A descriptive and illustrated guide, mainly extracted from the author’s larger work “The book of Ceylon”
Author: Henry William Cave
Unknown Binding: 240 pages
Publisher: Cassell and company, limited (1910)
ASIN: B0000D5IUX
“Ceylon along the Rail Track”
A reprint of the Ceylon Government Railway (1910)
Author: Henry William Cave
Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Visidunu Prakashakayo Ltd. (2002)
ISBN-10: 9559170465
“The Colonial Economy on Track”: – Roads and Railways in Sri Lanka (1800-1905)
Author: Indrani Munasinghe
Cover: Paperback
Publisher: Social Scientist Associaton (2002)
ISBN-10: 9559102524
“History of the Sri Lanka Government Railway”
B.D. Rampala felicitation volume (History of engineering in Sri Lanka)
Unknown Binding: 244 pages
Publisher: Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (1991)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9559119001
ISBN-13: 978-9559119005
“The Ceylon Railway”: – The story of its inception and progress
Author: G. F Perera
Unknown Binding
Publisher: The Ceylon Observer (1925)
Language: English
ASIN: B00088TCQC
“The Jam Fruit Tree”
Author: Carl Muller
Paperback: 210 pages
Publisher: Penguin Books (1993)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0140230319
ISBN-13: 978-0140230314
Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
“Yakada Yaka”
Author: Carl Muller
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Ltd (April 15, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0140240640
ISBN-13: 978-0140240641
Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces
“Once Upon a Tender Time”
Author: Carl Muller
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Penguin Books,India (April 15, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0140249915
ISBN-13: 978-0140249910
Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces
“Ceylon Railways”: – One Hundred Years 1864-1964
Author: CGR
Unknown Binding
Publisher: CGR Colombo (1964)
“A History of the Sri Lanka Government Railway”
Unknown Binding
Publisher: Institute of Engineers (1992)
“The Travelling Post Offices of Ceylon”
Author: Derek Walker
Unknown Binding
Publisher: The Ceylon Study Circle of Great Britain, 1990 (postal history)