Buy this book on-line BOYD, GEOFFREY: : GREAT RAILWAY BATTLES - Dramatic Conflicts of the early railway yearsUK.PETERBOROUGH.SILVER LINK PUBLISHING LTD,1994. ISBN 1857940334
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.MINT/NMINT.Some very slight shelf wear/crinkling of top+ bottom dw/dj's edges.8vo,176pp,profusely illustrated with maps and b/w photographs.
Britain's railway system was born in an era that saw the country experiencing change at an incredible pace.Within the space of a century the economic and social structure altered from its centuries-old farming base to a new society dominated by the dark Satanic mills of industry, and the coal,iron and steam that fed them.The rapid pace was often erratic and ill- disciplined - leading to a more adventurous commercial philosophy characterised by a healthy regard for profit and a fairly easy-going approach about achieving it.The enterprising acted first - justifying it afterwards.Stormy share-holders meetings,court room battles, boardroom subterfuge and shouting and jeering labourers brandishing pick-axe handles were all part of the birth-pangs of the railway network.With the extrovert characters and colourful events,the events cast a fresh light on the moral and commercial standards of the day.Based on detailed research and contemporary accounts - supported by 'campaign maps' and photos of the 'battlefields' today, the book describes the background,events and outcome of 20 of the most dramatic of these conflicts.
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