The heyday of the Great Western Railway began after the broad gauge was abolished in 1892. It reached a peak after 1923, when - alone of the big four railway companies - the GWR retained its independence and capitalized on its unique and glorious history and continuity. Most of the subject matter of this book, written by the authors of GWR 150 ,is thus within living memory. Amongst the topics covered are the railway's seasonal pattern, its individual features and foibles, and its men and machines. There are views of life at country junctions and bustling city stations and aboard trains great and slow, portraits of the railway both at its peacetime peak and struggling in wartime, and of its traumatic transformation from public company to part of a state-owned network.

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