The Great Western Railway: 150 Glorious Years - Tapa blanda

This detailed history of 150 years shows just how the GWR earned its moniker, "God's Wonderful Railway". A team of experts explore their specialities in depth, the whole being woven into a continuous canvas covering the unique life of this railway. The text is enlivened with quotations from different eras, and the photograhps evoke the bygone age of steam. The locomotives, branch lines, summer saturday peak traffic, GWR narrow gauge and much more are all recalled fully.

Patrick Whitehouse and David St John Thomas shared a deep love of the railways. Both authors wrote a large number of railway books, some as individuals but many in collaboration. Patrick Whitehouse was dedicated to railway preservation, his death in 1993 brought to an end a great writing partnership which sold more than a million books. David St John Thomas was the founder of David & Charles and its chairman until 1990. He lives in Nairn, Scotland.