Locomotive Sheds And Workshops: London Midland & Scottish Railway And London & North Eastern Railway

This book largely focusses on an era from 1923 until 1948, which many people consider to include the golden age of Britain's railways. It was a time when the railways were managed and operated by four private railway companies, namely the LMS, LNER, GWR and SR. The book itself concentrates on just two of these companies, the LMS and the LNER, together with the use of steam locomotives, which was the main form of traction on the railways at that time. Locomotive sheds and works. were the mainstay of Britain's railway network. Railway works were responsible for building, maintaining and eventually scrapping of locomotives, whilst sheds were the depots which housed and serviced locomotives. These places were generally out of bounds to members of the public, for reasons of health and safety and for security purposes. However, the photographs which appear in this book reveal the true extent of what these places were like, and some give an insight into how steam locomotives were built. Many of the photographs used are rare and unusual for a variety of reasons, with some being published for the first time. They should appeal to railway historians and steam enthusiasts alike. AUTHOR: Malcolm Clegg had a thirty-year career as a constable and sergeant in the British Transport Police. Most of his service was spent both in Uniformed and CID policing of the railways and docks at Newport, Cardiff, Port Talbot, and Swansea. He spent ten years in London, stationed at Paddington, Liverpool Street, Stratford, and on the London Underground Network. The final ten years of his service were spent as a detective sergeant based in Swansea, investigating crimes committed on the Docks and Railway premises over an extensive area of South and West Wales, which included Fishguard Harbour, incorporating the then Sealink ferry services which operated between Fishguard and Rosslare in Ireland. After his retirement, he became an active member of the British Transport Police History Group (www.btphg.org.uk). He has carried out extensive research on behalf of the group and has written several articles. He has written six other books: British Steam Locomotives before Preservation; The Last Days of British Steam; LMS and LNER Steam Locomotives; British Transport Police (A definitive history), Railway Crimes Committed in Victorian Britain and The Railway Murders, each published by Pen & Sword Books. 200 b/w illustrations