| Government and Military Organisations |
| Inland Waterways & Docks - I W & D | Longmoor Military Railway - LMR | Ministry of Defence - M o D | Ministry of Supply - M o S |
| Ministry of Transport - M o T | Ministry of War Transport - M o WT | Railway Executive Committee - REC | Railway Operating Division - ROD |
| Royal Air Force - RAF | Royal Aircraft Establishment - RAE | Royal Navy - RN | War Department - WD |
| A useful source of information on Military Railways in Kent is a book published by North Kent Books. This is by R M Lyne aptly titled, Military Railways in Kent, ISBN 0 9505733 9 6. |
| The classic on military locomotives of the second world war has to be ALLIED MILITARY LOCOMOTIVES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR by R Tourret, TOURRET PUBLISHING ISBN 0-905878-06-X. |
