It may not be generally recognised, but during its existence (1923-1949) the London & North Eastern Railway derived almost two-thirds of its total income from the conveyance of mundane goods traffic, compared with only one third from the more glamorous carrying of passengers and their luggage.
The L&NER Delivers the Goods Volume 1: General Considerations, by well-known railway author Peter Tatlow, is the first of three volumes which sets the record straight by describing how the L&NER served the nation by delivering the goods and minerals entrusted to it. In this volume attention is given to general considerations applicable system wide.
This was an era before motorways, HGVs loaded with ISO containers and centrally generated electricity, caused the once numerous humble steam-hauled goods train to be swept away. Illustrated throughout with archive black & white photographs.
Hardback. 152 pages.