SIMMONS, Jack
The Express Train and Other Railway Studies
Collection of studies by the railway historian, Professor Jack Simmons. Chapters cover:
1. The Horse and the Locomotive;
2. The Origins and Early Development of the Express Train;
3. Railways and Hotels in Britain, 1839-1914;
4. The Railway in Victorian Cornwall;
5. Rugby Junction;
6. Suburan Traffic at King's Cross, 1852-1914;
7. Engineer, Contractor and Writer;
8. The Diary of a London & North Western Engineman, 1855-62;
9. The Removal of a North Eastern General Manager, 1871;
10. A Powerful Critic of Railways: John Tenniel in Punch;
11. Railway Prospectuses;
12. Bradshaw;
13. Working Timetables;
14. Accident Reports 1840-90.
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