Table of Contents

Foreword by Cyril Bleasdale - 1. Introduction - 2. Tree of Growth - 3. Big Men for a Big Buiness - 4. Locomotive Development - LMS stock at 31 December 1947 - 5. Some LMS Stations - The wonder of Euston - 6. An Observer Remembers - Signalling & safety - 7. Passenger Business - Night mail - 8. Freight - Docks, Harbours and Piers - Control - 9. Ireland - 10. Locomotive Trials - Crewe - 11. Publicity - 12. The Finest Coaches in the Country - 13. Running Sheds and Workshops - Bangor shed's changing allocation - 14. Branch Lines and Cross Country Routes - Joint lines - 15. Easton's Ghost: Nationalisation and After - 16. Preservation - LMS Chronology - Index

About the Author

Patrick Whitehouse and David St John Thomas shared a deep love of the railways. Both authors wrote a large number of railway books, some as individuals but many in collaboration, Patrick Whitehouse was dedicated to railway preservation, his death in 1993 brought to an end a great writing partnership which sold more than a million books. David St John Thomas was the founder of David & Charles and its chairman until 1990. He lives in Nairn, Scotland.