Which was the first railway in Great Britain? Certainly not the one
engineered by George Stephenson - one of the first was laid down at
Wollaton, near Nottingham, open by 1610, long before Stephenson's
birth in 1781. In this comprehensive history, Colin Maggs, one of
the country's foremost railway historians, tells the story of over
400 years of British railway history. He covers early horse and
gravity-worked lines to those powered by steam, electricity and
diesel. The development of locomotives, rolling stock, signalling
and major accidents - often marking major changes in how the
network was run - are all described in detail. Pivotal moments
including the Amalgamation of 1923 when most railway companies
became part of the GWR, LMSR or LNER, nationalisation and
privatisation are set in their historical context. Colin Maggs also
ventures his views on where Britain's railways will go in the
future, including HS2 and beyond. Great Britain's Railways is
illustrated with more than 200 photographs of rolling stock,
railway architecture and period ephemera.
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