Mile by Mile: An Illustrated Journey On Britain's Railways as they were in 1947 by S. N. Pike
Speed along the LNER's racing track from King's Cross to Newcastle upon Tyne and Edinburgh; from next-door St Pancras through the Peak District to Manchester; from Waterloo to Plymouth (with some pleasant seaside diversions on the way); from Euston through the industrial heartlands of the West Midlands and the north-west to the seaport of Liverpool; and from Paddington along Brunel's `bowling green' railway to Bristol, Exeter and Penzance.
Mile by Mile faithfully reproduces the three original route maps drafted in 1947 by S.N. Pike, and adds a new one for the Great Western Railway to complete its coverage of the so-called `Big Four' railway firms formed in the aftermath of the First World War. New introductions describe how the `Big Four' came about, the passengers and goods they conveyed, the key personalities that shaped them - engineers, managers, even publicists - and the trains and locomotives that gave each its unique character.
Climb aboard, sit back and take a ride to a special period in the history of Britain's railways.