Colin G. Maggs Libri

Colin G Maggs has gathered the recollections of locomotives crews from the West Country to produce a record of the realities of running a railway during the great days of steam.

New B-format paperback edition. The history of steam in Britain, from the Rocket in 1829, through to the last main line locomotive in the 1960s.

There is little disagreement that Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a towering genius of the Victorian age, but what about the man behind the reputation?

Looking back at the impact of Britain's Big Four railway companies, 100 years later

Collects photographs taken during the 1950s and early 1960s in both town and country locations, featuring famous companies, small branch railroads, locomotive sheds, and stations.