Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies

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Stephens, 1990 - Transportation - 288 pages
Between the success of the Stockton & Darlington Railway in 1825 and the grouping of the railways 100 years later, the railway map of Britain grew into a complex network of some 200 independent railway companies which are detailed in this book together with family trees.

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Contents

Foreword 7
7
The London Midland Scottish Railway group
55
The London and North Eastern Railway group
113
Copyright

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About the author (1990)

Christopher Awdry was born in Devizes, Wiltshire in 1940, He is the son of the Rev. Wilbert Awdry, author of the Thomas the Tank Engine stories, and his wife Margaret. Awdry caught the measles at the age of two and while he was sick, his father told him stories about a train engine that would become the first stories of the Railway Series, and Thomas the Tank Engine. Awdry's father's last book in the series was published in 1972. Ten years later Awdry was writing articles for 'Steam Railway' as well as some of Thomas stories for his son Richard. Awdry's father suggested that he send his stories to a publisher, who published them in 1983 as 'Really Useful Engines'. After that, Awdry wrote a book a year for the Railway Series until 1996, as well as other books about Thomas the Tank Engine. Awdry is also President of the Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society as well as President of the Corris Railway Society, the Dean Forest Railway and the Furness Model Railway Club.

Bibliographic information

TitleEncyclopaedia of British Railway Companies
AuthorChristopher Awdry
ContributorChristopher Awdry
Editionillustrated
PublisherStephens, 1990
Original fromthe University of Virginia
DigitizedOct 22, 2009
ISBN1852600497, 9781852600495
Length288 pages
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