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

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

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Story of British Railways, The By Barrington Tatford 24 coloured plates, illust
 
The Story of British Railways By Barrington Tatford 24 coloured plates, many illustrations.  
HARD COVER with dust jacket
343 Pages
Copyright 1945?

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.



WITH the end of the European War and also the close of the first twenty-one years' existence of the railways of this island as the " big four," British Railways enter upon a new era. The present time is accordingly an opportune moment to survey the progress of the past.
Still more rapid progress has been promised for the next twenty-five years, and it is not beyond the bounds of feasibility that the "big four" may even sink their separate identities into one vast transport organisation, serving Great Britain by road, rail, sea and air.
No story of British Railways would be complete without a brief record of the way in which railwaymen in this country kept going "the lines behind the lines" during the war, of the manner in which they kept open the channels of communication despite the constant perils of aerial attack. Since this book was written before the close of the European conflict, much of the description of war-time operation is in the present tense instead of in the past.

In the limited space available, it has been possible to do no more than give a very rough sketch of the progress and development of the railways, but it is the author's hope that this Story of British Railways may prove of interest to the ever-increasing number of railway lovers, and that it may thrill younger enthusiasts with the mighty triumphs of bygone days and arouse their anticipation of still greater future achievements in the war against time and space.
If I may be allowed to make any dedication of this book, let it be to the memory of the railway workers, who, from 1939 to 1945, stood unflinchingly at their posts in keeping safe the nation's arteries-her railways.
1945
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