Title: Railwaymen, politics and money :
Authors: Vaughan, Adrian.
Date: 1997
Publisher: J. Murray,
Physical description: [xxi], 407 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: T
Contents: 1. Early Railways -- 2. The Stockton & Darlington Railway -- 3. 'At Private Risk for Public Service' -- 4. 'Perfect Liberty' -- 5. 'To Unite the Disjointed Parts' -- 6. The Liverpool & Manchester Railway -- 7. The Triumph of George Stephenson -- and his Assistants -- 8. The Battle for the Locomotive -- 9. Inter-city Turnpike Railway -- 10. The Grand Junction Railway: Stephenson versus Locke -- 11. A Natural Monopoly -- 12. George Hudson and the Great Railway Mania -- 13. 'An Exaggeration of Enterprise' -- 14. Repentance, Competition and Alliances -- 15. Contractors and the Great Crash -- 16. Debt, Overwork and Democracy -- 17. The Midland Railway -- 18. The Cost of Intricacy -- 19. The Great Western Railway -- 20. Speed, Comfort and Insanitary Practices -- 21. Standardization and Brakes -- 22. Guilty until Proven Innocent -- 23. The Forth Bridge, Strikes and the 'Golden Age' -- 24. The Destructiveness of Self-interest -- 25. The Trade Unions -- 26. Competitive Excellence -- 27. Individualism on Wheels -- 28. The Companies Close Ranks -- 29. Railwaymen, Loyalty and Sacrifice -- 30. Broken Promises -- 31. Advantage Road.
Subject headings (LCSH): Civil engineering--Great Britain--History.; Railroad engineers--Great Britain--History.; Railroads--Great Britain--History