The London & North Western Railway: Articles from the Railway Magazine Archives - The Victorian Era and the Early 20th Century (Hardback)

This book is a wonderful miscellany of the London & North Western Railway, here is a delightful new illustrated history of the Premier Line, drawn from the Railway Magazine archives, which covers the close of the Victorian Era and the start of the 20th century, topics of the 27 chapters include.

Personal Interviews with F.Harrison (General Manager), F. W. Webb ( CM&EE ).

Notable Stations - Birmingham New Street, Carlisle Citadel, Crewe, Euston, Manchester London Road, Preston and Willesden.

Wolverton Carriage Works and Earlestown Wagon Works.

Engine Drivers and Their Duties by C.J. Bowen-Cooke

The Irish Mail and the 'American Special' Trains

Webb Precedent and Compound Locomotives

Royal Saloons

The Opening and Early Years of Three L N W R constituent companies, the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, the Grand Junction Railway and the London & Birmingham Railway.

The large number of photographs and illustrations, mostly from the archives of the London & North Western Railway Society, make this a very special book.