Railways : A Pictorial History of the first 150 years

This is a reprint of the author's 1956 book, "A Pictorial History of Railways" with a different dust jacket but the same text and photos. Enjoyable pictorial history looking at the development of railways around the world showing the romance of the new mode of travel as well as the problems it created (e.g. the Railway Mania of 1840s). Illustrated with black and white photos, drawings and cartoons. With index.