The railway era began in Britain when steam was king. In the age of
petrol and diesel, these once confident, rumbustious railways fell
into decline, yet as their fortunes waned, the fascination for
trains and all their works grew - and has if anything become more
intense as congested roads and high-speed trains have sparked a
revival in railway travel. In The Railways of Britain, Jack Simmons
sympathetically tells the history of the railways and describes
every major aspect of their equipment and operations: permanent
way, buildings, locomotives, rolling stock, signalling and labour
relations. He also makes journeys through the Pennines, Scotland,
Essex and Southern England on which he acts as observer and guide.
This third edition of one of the outstanding works of British
railway literature has been substantially rewritten, revised and
brought up to date. For the first time it has been fully
illustrated in colour and black and white with more than 200
photographs, maps and engravings, many of them previously
unpublished. Jack Simmons, late doyen of British railways
historians, was Emeritus Professor of History at the University of
Leicester. The Railways of Britain was first published in 1961 and
is his best-known work. His other books include St Pancras Station,
The Railway in England and Wales, 1830-1914, Transport Museums in
Britain and Western Europe and The Railway in Town and Country as
well as two volumes in the 11-volume Visual History of Modern
Britain, of which he was General Editor.
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