First Edition. pp. 168 illusts #0918 Poor dustjacket (see image) The author of this book spent all his working life and much of his spare time among the railway engines of successively the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, the L.N.W.R. and the L.M.S. His career from youth to positions of considerable responsibility, gave him a penetrating insight into railway life and work behind the scenes at all levels and in a number of different districts.