The LMS Handbook (eBook)

The London, Midland and Scotland Railway 1923-47

David Wragg (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016 | 1. Auflage
256 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-6914-7 (ISBN)

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The London Midland & Scottish Railway was the largest of the Big Four railway companies to emerge from the 1923 grouping. It was the only one to operate in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, as well as having two short stretches of line in the Irish Republic. It was also the world's largest railway shipping operator and owned the greatest number of railway hotels. Mainly a freight railway, it still boasted the best carriages, and the work of chief engineer Sir William Stanier influenced the first locomotive and carriage designs for the nationalised British railways. Packed with facts and figures as well as historical narrative, this extensively illustrated book is a superb reference source that will be of interest to all railway enthusiasts.

DAVID WRAGG has written many books on railway, aviation and defence subjects, including Wartime on the Railways, The Southern Railway Story, The LMS Story and The Steam Locomotive Story (all The History Press). He has also written on these subjects for The Sunday Telegraph, The Spectator and The Scotsman.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.7.2016
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Schlagworte: 1923 • Big Four • big four railway companies • carriages • chief engineer • Designs • Engine • Engines • engine|The London midland & Scottish railway • England • |freight railway • freight railway • freight railway, carriages, chief engineer, Sir William stanier, locomotive, locomotives, designs, nationalised british railways, reference, railway company, train, trains, engines, engine • Irish Republic • LMS • Locomotive • Locomotives • nationalised british railways • Northern Ireland • railway company • railway hotels • railway line • railway lines • railway tracks • Reference • Scotland • Sir William stanier • The London midland & Scottish railway • The London midland & Scottish railway, the London midland and Scottish railway 1923-47, LMS, big four, big four railway companies, 1923, England, Scotland, wales, northern Ireland, irish republic, railway lines, railway line, railway tracks, world’s largest railway shipping operator, railway hotels, • the London midland and Scottish railway 1923-47 • train • Trains • Wales • world’s largest railway shipping operator
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-6914-8 / 0750969148
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-6914-7 / 9780750969147