Railways

Each volume in this new series is a collection of seminal articles on a theme of central importance in the study of transport history, selected from the leading journal in the field. Each contains between ten and a dozen articles selected by a distinguished scholar, as well as an authoritative new introduction by the volume editor. Individually they will form an essential foundation to the study of the history of a mode of transport; together they will make an incomparable library of the best modern research in the field.

Introduction; capital, labour and operating policies, 1830-1939'
The Furness railway and the growth of Barrow
West Riding landowners and the railways
Railway Finance and the Crisis of 1866: Contractors' bills of exchange and the finance companies
Labour relations on the railways, 1835-75
Building a locomotive: skill and the workforce in Crewe locomotive works, 1843-1914
The 'lawless' navvy. A study of crime associated with railway building
Workmen's Fares in South London, 1860-1914
The railway interest: its organization, influence, 1839-1914
Grouping, pooling and competition: the passenger policy of the London and North-Eastern railway, 1923-39
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