The Bookazine tells the story of the East Coast Main Line, the great British trunk route which links London Kings Cross to Leeds and Edinburgh, and which produced the fastest steam locomotive in the world. It includes the exploits of Flying Scotsman, the world's most famous steam locomotive, and Mallard, which set an all time steam locomotive record of 126 mph on Stoke Bank in Lincolnshire.The story starts before the dawn of railways, when stagecoaches took four days to link the two capitals, running along the Great North Road which is now the old A1, and where travellers had to run the risk of being robbed by highwaymen like Dick Turpin. It looks at the coming together of the East Coast rail route section by section, the first being built from Edinburgh into England, and requiring the demolition of one of Britain's great historic fortresses in the process.
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Here is the story not only of Britain's worst railway disasters, from the dawn of the steam age to the present, but how many vital lessons were learned from each of them.Harrow & Wealdstone, Hither Green, Ladbroke Grove, Southall, Quintinshill, the Tay...
This is the story of the Great Central Railway, the only double track preserved steam railway in Britain, and which is now embarking on a major project to become the world's only inter city heritage line. The bookazine looks at the formation of the original...
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway is now by far the most popular steam railway in Britain and probably the world, not only because of its stunning moorland scenery and magnificent main locomotive fleet, but also because it featured in the prime time ITV...
