The essays that comprise this festschrift reflect the belief held by Jack Simmons that Britain's railways affected all aspects of civilised life from engineerin

Although a great deal has been published on the economic, social and engineering history of nineteenth-century railways, the work of historical geographers has

Now in paperback, Fire and Steam tells the dramatic story of the people and events that shaped the world's first railway network, one of the most impressive eng

It is easy to believe that the only part that Britain’s railways played in the First World War was to carry the soldiers to the ships that would take them to