Bradley's Railway Guide: A journey through two centuries of British railway history, 1825-2025

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Simon Bradley

Bradley's Railway Guide

A journey through two centuries of British railway history, 1825-2025

Simon Bradley

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07 January 2025

Railway technology, engineering & trades; Trains & railways: general interest

'The most attractive, comprehensive and easily digestible history of the oldest railway system in the world' - Michael Palin

In 1825 the Stockton & Darlington company strode into history with the opening of the world's first public steam railway. What the S&DR had pioneered soon picked up speed, transforming lives and landscapes, connecting far-flung corners of the nation and creating its own distinctive environments and working worlds.

This ambitious and lavishly illustrated volume brings the story of Britain's railways to life, spanning two centuries of achievement and change. Full of colour and incident, it is an exhilarating journey through time and space, revisiting favourite themes and introducing unfamiliar stories and places.

With original and engaging entries on everything from dining saloons to collecting dogs, wartime salvage efforts and the iconic Rail Alphabet, Simon Bradley gives George Bradshaw's famous 19th century guide a run for its money in this fresh and distinctive chronicle of the making of Britain's railways.

By: Simon Bradley
Imprint: Profile
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 250mm, Width: 184mm, Spine: 40mm
Weight: 1.380kg
ISBN: 9781781259825
ISBN 10: 1781259828
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 07 January 2025
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Simon Bradley is joint editor of the celebrated Pevsner Architectural Guides, to which he has contributed a number of notable revised volumes. He started trainspotting aged eleven, and his interest in railways has broadened and endured. He is also the bestselling author of The Railways: Nation, Network and People and St Pancras Station.

Reviews for Bradley's Railway Guide: A journey through two centuries of British railway history, 1825-2025

Praise for The Railways: 'Magisterial ... both authoritative and absorbing. A first class journey -- Michael Palin Bradley's loving tribute to the golden age of the railway is a magnificent achievement ... A gorgeous Christmas pudding of a book ... So colourful, so rich and engaging, that even if you don't like railways you should love it -- Dominic Sandbrook * Sunday Times * A magnificent, all-encompassing history ... Both jaunty and scholarly - a rare combination - and packed with fascinating details right up to the present day -- Craig Brown * Daily Mail * Combining authority with intimacy, and technical grasp with humour and humanity, The Railways is by some distance the most ambitious and enriching book I have ever read on this subject ... A classic of British social history -- David Kynaston