Ken Hoole Explained

Ken Hoole
Birth Date:	1916
Death Place:	Scarborough, North Yorkshire

Ken Hoole (1916–1988) was an English historian known for his works on the railways of the north east of England.

The Ken Hoole Study Centre at the Darlington Railway Centre and Museum, and the Ken Hoole Trust are named after him.

Biography

Ken Hoole was born in Doncaster in 1916. A railway interest was kindled by daily journeys by train to school in Kingston upon Hull from his home in Bridlington, Yorkshire. He served in radio security during the Second World War. In civilian life his interest led to him becoming a full-time writer on railway history, eventually authoring over 40 books.

He was a founder of the North Eastern Railway Association (NERA), and of the Scarborough Railway Society. Latterly, Hoole lived at Scarborough, North Yorkshire. He died on 27 December 1988.^[1]

Works and legacy

Ken Hoole published over forty books as well as numerous magazine articles.

The study centre, The Ken Hoole Study Centre, opened 1992, at the Darlington Railway Centre and Museum (now Head of Steam museum) in Darlington, inheriting its core collection from a bequeathal from Ken Hoole's archive, as well as including the library of the NERA. The Ken Hoole trust, established in his memory, helps fund projects relating to railway history and heritage.^[2]

Published works

In addition to his own works, he also wrote forewords for, corrected and updated reprints of several historic works including William Weaver Tomlinson's North Eastern Railway, G.G. MacTurk's A history of the Hull railways, and George David Parker's The Hull and Barnsley Railway. He also edited the first volume of the two volume The Hull and Barnsley Railway (1972).

• Book: A regional history of the railways of Great Britain. Vol 4, The North East. 1965. 1. David and Charles. Ken Hoole., 2nd edition 1974, 3rd edition 1986
• Book: The North-Eastern Atlantics. 1965. Roundhouse Books. Ken Hoole . 1.
• Book: North East England. 1965 . David and Charles, Macdonald and Co. Ken Hoole . 1 . 1., 3 editions, 2nd 1968, 3rd 1973
• Book: North Road locomotive works, Darlington, 1863–1966. 1967. Roundhouse Books. Ken Hoole . 1.
• Book: Railway history in pictures : north-east England. . 1969. David and Charles. Ken Hoole . 1.
• Book: North Eastern Railway buses, lorries &autocars. 1969. Midd Valley Narrow Gauge Railways Ltd . Ken Hoole . 1.
• Book: North Eastern Railway: diagrams of snow ploughs . 1969 . Nidd Valley Narrow Gauge Railways Ltd for the North Eastern Railway Association. Ken Hoole. 095002953X . 1.
• Book: North Eastern Railway locomotive stock as at 31.12.20. 1969. Nidd Valley Narrow Gauge Railways. Ken Hoole . 1.
• Book: Railways in Cleveland. 1971. Dalesman. Ken Hoole. 0852061315 . 1.
• Book: North Eastern locomotive sheds. 1972. David and Charles. Ken Hoole. 0715353233 . 1 .
• Book: The Stainmore railway. 1973. Dalesman. Ken Hoole. 0852062028 . 1 .
• Book: Forgotten Railways: North East England. 1973. David and Charles. Ken Hoole. 0715358944. 1. registration.
• Book: North Eastern album. 1974 . Allan. Ken Hoole. 071100563X . 1 .
• Book: Railways in the Yorkshire Dales. 1975. Dalesman. Ken Hoole. 0852062931 . 1 .
• Book: The Stockton and Darlington Railway. 1975 . David and Charles. Ken Hoole. 0715367706 . 1.
• Book: The railways of York. 1976 . Dalesman. Ken Hoole. 0852063377 . 1.
• Book: Railways in Yorkshire. 2, East Riding. 1976. Dalesman. Ken Hoole. 0852063563 . 1.
• Book: Railways in Yorkshire. 3, North Riding. 1977. Dalesman. Ken Hoole. 0852064187 . 1.
• Book: The Story of North Road Station Railway Museum, Darlington. 1977. North Road Station Railway Museum. Ken Hoole . 1.
• Book: Railways in Yorkshire : a pictorial history . 1977 . Dalesman. Ken Hoole . 1.
• Book: The East Coast main line since 1925. 1977. Ian Allan. Ken Hoole. 0711007802 . 1.
• Book: North Eastern branch lines since 1925. 1978 . I. Allan. Ken Hoole. 0711008299 . 1.
• Book: North Eastern stations : a photographic recollection. 1978. Dalesman. Ken Hoole. 0852064640 . 1.
• Book: Railways in the North Eastern landscape. 1978 . Branch Line. Ken Hoole. 0855270756 . 1.
• Book: Branch line trains in the North-East : a pictorial survey. 1979 . Dalesman. Ken Hoole. 0852065108 . 1.
• Book: Branch line trains in the North-East : a pictorial survey . 1979. Dalesman. Ken Hoole. 0852065108 . 1.
• Book: The 4-4-0 classes of the North Eastern Railway. 1979. I Allan. Ken Hoole. 071100921X . 1.
• Book: The North East Railway book. 1979. David and Charles. Ken Hoole. 0715376837 . 1.
• Book: The Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway. 1981. Nelson. Ken Hoole. 0860670651 . 1.
• Book: Trains in Trouble: Vol. 3 . 1982 . Atlantic Books . Ken Hoole . 0-906899-05-2 . Redruth . 1.
• Book: Trains in Trouble: Vol. 4 . 1983 . Atlantic Books . Ken Hoole . 0-906899-07-9 . Truro . 1.
• Book: Railways of Teesside a pictorial history. 1982 . Dalesman. Ken Hoole. 085206683X . 1.
• Book: Railways of Tyneside a pictorial history . 1983 . Dalesman. Ken Hoole. 0852067550 . 1.
• Book: Railways of the North York Moors : a pictorial history. 1983. Dalesman. Ken Hoole. 0852067313. 1. registration.
• Book: Rail centres, York. 1983. Ian Allan. Ken Hoole. 0711013209 . 1.
• Book: North-Eastern branch lines (past and present). 1984. Oxford Publishing Company. Ken Hoole. 0860931897 . 1.
• Book: North-eastern branch line termini . 1985 . Oxford Publishing. Ken Hoole. 0860932192 . 1.
• Book: Railways in the Yorkshire Dales : a pictorial history. 1985 . Dalesman. Ken Hoole. 0852068263 . 1.
• Book: Railways of East Durham : a pictorial history. 1985. Dalesman. Ken Hoole . 1.
• Book: Railway stations of the North East . 1985. David and Charles. Ken Hoole. 0715385275 . 1.
• Book: Railway stations of the North East. 1985. David and Charles. Ken Hoole. 0715385275 . 1.
• Book: Rail centres : Newcastle. 1986. Ian Allan. Ken Hoole. 1901945189 . 1.
• Book: The North Eastern electrics : the history of the Tyneside electric passenger services (1904–1967). 1987 . Oakwood Press. Ken Hoole. 0853613583 . 1.
• Book: The electric locomotives of the North Eastern Railway. 1988. Oakwood Press. Ken Hoole. 0853613672 . 1.
• Book: An illustrated history of North Eastern Railway locomotives. 1988. Haynes. Ken Hoole. 0860933237 . 1 .
• Book: The Illustrated History of East Coast Joint Stock. 1993. Ken Hoole. 0860934306 . 1 .

As co-author

• Book: Cook, R.A.. North Eastern Railway historical maps. 1975 . Railway and Canal Historical Society. Ken. Hoole. 0901461105.
  • • Book: Fry . E.V. . Hoole . Ken . Manners . F. . Neve . E. . Proud . P. . Yeadon . W.B. . Willie Yeadon . Fry . E.V. . Locomotives of the L.N.E.R., part 3C: Tender Engines – Classes D13 to D24 . August 1981 . . Kenilworth . 0-901115-52-5 .
      • Book: Boddy . M.G. . Fry . E.V. . Hennigan . W. . Hoole . Ken . Yeadon . W.B. . Willie Yeadon . Fry . E.V. . Locomotives of the L.N.E.R., part 10A: Departmental Stock, Locomotive Sheds, Boiler and Tender Numbering . November 1988 . . Lincoln . 0-901115-65-7 .

See also

• Willie Yeadon, railway historian known for accounts of LNER locomotives

Notes and References

1. Book: Earnshaw, Alan . Trains in Trouble: Vol. 5 . 1989 . Atlantic Books . Penryn . 0-906899-35-4 . 2 .
2. Sources: