Speeding North with the 'Royal Scot': A Day in the Life of a Locomotive Man

£40.00

EARL, L. A. (Driver) and GREENLEAF, H.N. SKU: 16611

Publisher's brich red cloth boards with black lettering and diagramatical route map of the train's 299 mile course from London to Carlisle to front, spine slightly foxed and rubbed at ends. Library stamp to front free endpaper of Ledbury Grammar School and dealer's label of Tilley & Son, Ledbury. pp 143 + (17), 16 photographic plates. Scattered spots of foxing to some pages; corners of boards rubbed. Includes a log of the Royal Scot showing distances and maximum speeds between stations and a list of standard LMS locomotive bearing names, plus a detailed linear guide to the line from Euston to Carlisle.

An about VG copy.