A lifetime with locomotives

Roland C. Bond was one of the last Chief Mechanical Engineers to oversee steam locomotives. He lived and worked with these engines over the period of their greatest development and was at the very centre of British Railways's transition from steam to diesel. He also worked on the railways of India, both electric and diesel. Here is the fascinating inside story written by a man who can describe the technical side in eminently readable fashion and comment on the personalities that shaped BR's history. With black and white photo section. 329 pages with index.