Product Information
The railway at the heart of Britain, carrying the nation's coal and transporting produce from the vast East Anglian farmlands, the LNER was a workhorse. It also held the unbeaten world steam speed record, and ran the Jazz suburban services - contrasts which are explored in this history of 150 glorious years. The LNER comes across as an enormous and often struggling business, but a very human affair. Its varied role touched the lives of many, and first-hand recounts of the railway bring its history to life. From Scottish ports to Lowestoft in the east, there were many faces to the LNER and management encouraged devolution like no other rail company of its time. This book contains many stirring stories of the days when the vast majority of its passengers and most its staff never dreamt of getting to know other than their small corners of the system, and when boarding the Flying Scotsman was the ultimate in adventure.Product Identifiers
PublisherDavid & Charles
ISBN-139780715313817
eBay Product ID (ePID)89547840
Product Key Features
Book TitleLner 150: the London and North Eastern-A Century and a Half of Progress
AuthorPatrick Whitehouse, David St. John Thomas
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicRailway, History
Publication Year2002
TypeTextbook
Number of Pages208 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height279mm
Item Width216mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorDavid St. John Thomas, Patrick Whitehouse
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom