List of Maps and Illustrations | p. viii |
Preface | p. xi |
Acknowledgements | p. xv |
Maps | p. xvi |
Introduction: Why Railways? | p. 1 |
The First Railway | p. 21 |
Getting the Railway Habit | p. 43 |
Joining Up Britain | p. 60 |
Changing Britain | p. 75 |
Railways Everywhere | p. 87 |
The Big Companies: Great But Not Necessarily Good | p. 108 |
The Agatha Christie Railway | p. 122 |
Danger and Exploitation on the Tracks | p. 146 |
Speeding to Danger | p. 164 |
The Only Way to Get There | p. 181 |
Fighting Together - Reluctantly | p. 206 |
Compromise - The Big Four | p. 229 |
And Then There Was One | p. 253 |
An Undeserved Reputation | p. 269 |
The Future is Rail | p. 300 |
Notes | p. 319 |
Further Reading | p. 339 |
Index | p. 345 |
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