Fire & steam
Subtitle: how the railways transformed Britain
By: Christian Wolmar
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9781843546306
Subjects: Railroads; History; Economic aspects; Social aspects
Other titles: Fire and steam
Description: 'Fire & Steam' tells the dramatic story of the people and events that shaped the world's first railway network, one of the most impressive engineering achievements in history.
Notes: Originally published: London: Atlantic, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The first railway; title: Getting the railway habit; title: Joining up Britain; title: Changing Britain; title: Railways everywhere; title: The big companies : great but not necessarily good; title: The Agatha Christie railway; title: Danger and exploitation on the tracks; title: Speeding to danger; title: The only way to get there; title: Fighting together; title: reluctantly; title: Compromise; title: the big four; title: And then there was one; title: An undeserved reputation; title: The future is rail.