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Product Identifiers
PublisherDavid & Charles Publishers
ISBN-100715313789
ISBN-139780715313787
eBay Product ID (ePID)2258862
Product Key Features
Book TitleLms 150 : the London Midland and Scottish Railway-A Century and a Half of Progress
Number of Pages208 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicRailroads / History, General
Publication Year2002
IllustratorYes
GenreTransportation
AuthorDavid St. John Thomas, Patrick Whitehouse
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight17.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal385/.065/41
SynopsisThis is the remarkable tale of 150 years of the London Midland & Scottish Railway. Rich with detail and full of evocative images, this book recounts the history of this great railway using vivid personal accounts. Created in 1923, the LMS railway built some of the world's finest locomotives and its passenger coaches set new standards, while there was romance even in the everyday business of carrying prodigious quantities of coal and serving isolated hilltop communities., This is the tale of 150 years of the London Midland & Scottish Railway. Rich with detail and full of evocative images, this book lays bare what was the world's largest commercial organization. Brought into being by the 1923 Amalgamation, the LMS suffered from its sheer size and the emnity between previous rival management. Yet despite its problems, the railway built some of the world's finest locomotives and its passenger coaches set new standards, while there was romance even in the everyday business of carrying prodigious quantities of coal and serving isolated hilltop communities.
