vi, 282pp, with some black and white illustrations. Glazed pictorial boards. 8vo. Boards a little shelf worn else neat, clean, bright and tight throughout.
Nineteen edited papers presented at the second international early railways conference in 2001, fully referenced and peer-reviewed, The papers represent the results of recent research into the formative years of railway development in the UK, Europe, India and Australia. Specific papers include Dr Barrie Trinder on Shropshire Railways; David Gwyn on Artists, Chartists, Railways and Riots; Colin E Mountford on Rope Haulage and the Lambton Railway in the early 19th Century; John Liffen on the Patent Office and the Beginnings of Railway Preservation etc.
