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Behind the image so beloved by railway enthusiasts, of copper chimneys and chocolate and cream carriages, the Great Western Railway was a tenacious and hard-nosed - if gentlemanly - commercial organization. Struggling against ever worsening odds it provided a service for its customers, secure employment for its servants and a dividend for its shareholders. This portrait of the GWR details how this great concern was operated during the inter-war years, the most difficult peacetime period the railway ever had to face. Adrian Vaughan gets to the heart of the still much-loved GWR and traces the efforts of all ranks, from director to porter, to serve their public. Discovers the real history of the GWR and provides a unique insight into the magnificent - and expensive - complications of the railway's work. No less than 28 chapters cover a wide variety of topics, including the aftermath of war, locomotive economy, milk by rail, the Railway Air Service, GWR paternalism and accidents. Nine appendices provide additional, and previously unpublished statistical data, such as financial performance, express, punctuality.
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- PublisherHaynes Publishing Group
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 1852603003
- ISBN 13 9781852603007
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages192
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Looking beneath the veneer of the nostalgia and romanticism and using contemporary source material the author gets to the heart of this remarkable organisation.The boards and text block are square and tight, the dust jacket has minor wear to the corners and edges and scuffing to the panels. Book price includes 2nd class parcel post in UK only. Seller Inventory # 07773
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