Patrick Whitehouse Author & Editor

Patrick Whitehouse and David StJohn Thomas shared a deep love of the railways. Both authors wrote a large number of railway books, some as individuals but many in collaboration. Patrick Whitehouse was dedicated to railway preservation, his death in 1993 brought to an end a great writing partnership which sold more than a million books. David StJohn Thomas was the founder of David & Charles and its chairman until 1990. He lives in Nairn, Scotland.