THE ATLAS OF BRITISH RAILWAY HISTORY

by Freeman, Michael and Aldcroft, Derek

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Book Description

Croom Helm, London, (1985).. 128 pp, large 8vo (9 7/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers, profusely illustrated with photographs, maps, graphs, reproductions. "...uses over 50 specially drawn maps to trace the rise and fall of the railways' fortunes and is su. pported by an interesting and authorititative text. Financial and operating statistics are clearly presented in diagrammatic form and provide a wealth of information rarely available to the student of railway history. Over 100 photographs, many. p u blished here for the first time, illustrate the development of motive power, rolling stock, goods facilities and passenger stations...concludes with views of two very different possible futures for railways in Britain: the Serpell Committee's p. r op os al for a skeleton system of a few main lines, and the preservation movement's second 'Railway Mania'." Faint cigarette odor, small stain in margin of pages 48/49. Dust jacket has very light edge wrinkling, very light rubbing. VG/VG.

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