Story of British Railways, The By Barrington Tatford 24 coloured plates, illust

CONTENTS

FOREWORD             V

SECTION I HISTORICAL

I. THE AGE OF PIONEERS              1

II. THE WEST COAST ROUTE        13

III. THE MIDLAND ROUTE             32

IV. THE EAST COAST ROUTE        50

V. THE REMAINDER OF THE L.N.E.R. GROUP  76

VI. THE GREAT WESTERN             90

VII. THE SOUTHERN' RAILWAY    106

VIII. MINOR RAILWAYS OF THE GROUPING    132

SECTION II PRESENT-DAY ACTIVITY

IX. THE L.M.S. SINCE THE AMALGAMATION               146

X. OTHER FEATURES OF THE L.M.S.      153

XI. THE L.N.E.R. SINCE THE GROUPING            161

XII. OTHER L.N.E.R. FEATURES    170

XIII. THE ROAD OF THE MIGHTY " KINGS "      176

XIV. PRESENT-DAY ACTIVITY ON THE SOUTHERN     185

XV. LONDON TRANSPORT           195

XVI. IRISH RAILWAYS         205

SECTION III ROLLING STOCK, ETC.

XVII. LOCOMOTIVES         220

XVIII. COACHING STOCK  241

XIX. FREIGHT TRAFFIC       264

XX. ON THE ROAD  277

XXI. OTHER SPHERES OF ACTIVITY        294

XXII. BUILDING THE LOCOMOTIVE        307

XXIII. THE RAILWAYS IN WAR-TIME      317

XXIV. LOOKING AHEAD                336

ON THE BACK COVER

FROM GEORGE STEPHENSON'S Blücher to the Coronation is a very far cry, and the developments during the one and a quarter centuries between are an engrossing history. This volume depicts the pioneering of the steam locomotive, and the gradual formation and linking up of the big trunk lines—complicated in the West by the " Battle of the Gauges "—culminating in the formation of the " Big Four " after the 1914-18 war.

The construction of locomotives and rolling stock, the laying of the permanent way, the operation of marshalling yards and many other railway activities have been described in their appropriate order.

Nearly 300 half-tone illustrations grace this handsome and exhaustive history of the Railways, and 24 colour illustrations have been specially executed by Mr. Sydney Oborne, of veteran engines in their correct livery as well as modern locomotive giants.