The LMS Handbook
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The LMS Handbook

The London, Midland & Scottish Railway 1923-47

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eBook - ePub

The LMS Handbook

The London, Midland & Scottish Railway 1923-47

About this book

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, and was also the world's largest owner of railway hotels and railway shipping operator. Mainly a freight railway, it still boasted the best railway carriages, and the work of chief engineer Sir William Stanier influenced the first locomotive and carriage designs for the nationalized 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.

Information

Publisher
The History Press
Year
2016
Topic
Technology & Engineering
eBook ISBN
9780750978835
Subtopic
Travel
Index
Technology & Engineering

Table of contents

  1. Title
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Preface
  4. Introduction to the 2016 Edition: Britain’s largest railway company
  5. Introduction: Britain’s largest railway – reaching all four corners of the Kingdom
  6. Chapter 1 The Ancestors and the Neighbours
  7. Chapter 2 London Termini
  8. Chapter 3 Destinations
  9. Chapter 4 Creating a New Railway Company
  10. Chapter 5 The Managers
  11. Chapter 6 Steam Locomotives
  12. Chapter 7 Electrics, Diesels and ‘Ro-Railers’
  13. Chapter 8 Carrying the Goods
  14. Chapter 9 The Best Railway Carriages
  15. Chapter 10 The Named Expresses
  16. Chapter 11 Travel LMS – ‘The Best Way’
  17. Chapter 12 The Record Setters
  18. Chapter 13 The LMS in Ireland
  19. Chapter 14 Shipping and Ports
  20. Chapter 15 Road Transport
  21. Chapter 16 Air Services
  22. Chapter 17 Accidents
  23. Chapter 18 The Infrastructure
  24. Chapter 19 Railways at War
  25. Chapter 20 Under Attack
  26. Chapter 21 Peace and Nationalisation
  27. Chapter 22 What Might Have Been
  28. Appendices
  29. I Motive Power Depots
  30. II Locomotive Numbering
  31. III Locomotives as at 31 December 1947
  32. IV Named LMS Standard Locomotives
  33. V Locomotives absorbed at Grouping
  34. Bibliography
  35. Copyright

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