100 years of railways

By Ammonite Press

Subjects: Railroads, pictorial works, Pictorial works, Railroads, great britain, history, Railroads, History

Description: The railway system in Britain is the oldest in the world, beginning in 1825 with the first steam locomotive hauled public railway and culminating in a network of more than 10,000 miles of track by 2000 and a high-speed rail link to continental Europe via the Channel Tunnel. This book traces the many fascinating changes of the railway in the 20th century.