Great Western Railway : a history / Andrew Roden
2010, First Edition. London : Aurum. First edition, first printing. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #457190
ISBN: 9781845135805
Physical description; xiii, 306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-293) and index. Contents; Small beginnings -- Gauging opinion -- Raising steam -- The railway expands -- The atmospheric farce -- Swindon -- The Shropshire lions -- The final pieces -- Losing the way -- Into the frying pan -- Winds of change -- Epic development -- The modern railway -- The safest way -- The Great War -- New dawn? -- The general strike -- The zenith -- On and off the rails -- Dawn of the diesels -- Total war -- The last years -- Western rebirth -- Stabbed in the back -- Western legacy. Subjects; Great Western Railway (Great Britain) History. Great Western Railway. Railroads Great Britain History. Railways.
Price: €10.95