Glossy pictorial cover, d.j. has the same photo on it. This book explores the development of railways in Great Britian from their lowly beginnings as powered transport for coal mines, through the fraught years of rapid growth, power struggles and duplication, into the golden years of luxury expresses and "name" trains at the turn of the century. Profusely illustrated throughout. A must for every railway enthusiast.

TRAINS - STEAM - 1825 - 1925 - ENGLAND