Peter Johnson (railway historian)

Peter Johnson is a British railway historian and author who specialises in books and articles on narrow-gauge railways. He is particularly associated with the Ffestiniog Railway.
History.
Johnson is a retired a local government officer.
Johnson was a director of the Ffestiniog Railway Society from 1991 to 2003 and editor (originally jointly with Norman Gurley and Dan Wilson) of the Festiniog Railway Society Magazine from 1974 to 2003. In 2003 he was appointed the Festiniog Railway Company's official photographer.
In June 1995, Johnson started writing a monthly column for "Steam Railway" magazine; as of September 2017 he was the magazine's longest serving continuous contributor. Since 2006 he has written obituaries of prominent railway people for The Guardian newspaper.