British steam railways - David Ross

From Richard Trevithick's first cumbersome engine in 1804 to Stephenson's Rocket and on to the golden age of steam. Illustrated with over 200 colour and black-and-white photographs, colour maps, prints and drawings, this is a definitive and entertaining history by a steam-railway expert that covers all the essential events of the past two centuries, including: Pioneering years of Stephenson, Brunel and Locke; Mallard's 126mph record and the last regular steam service with Clun Castle; Railway network of over 100 companies and the remaining little lines; Detailed specification tables of all the most important locomotives, including magnificent A4 and 'Coronation' class locomotives