LNER Investment during the inter-war Years

Wilson, William

Railway Correspondence & Travel Society（2024/11発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 96 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781739132422

Full Description

A book detailing the problems facing Britain's railway in the inter-war period.  It highlights these problems and how the railways dealt with them despite a myriad of obstacles in the way, not least the Government of the day.  This title specifically focuses on the financial problems of the London & North Eastern Railway.

Contents

Contents
1. Introduction 1
2. The Railways after the Grouping 2
3. The Railways in Decline 4
4. The LNER Position 8
5. LNER Investment 12
6. Government Assistance to the Railways 29
7. London Transport Board 45
8. Electrification and Diesel Traction 49
9. LNER Traction Investment 57
10. Conclusions 68
11. Acknowledgements and Sources of Data 71
12. Case Studies 74
   • Grimsby No.3 Fish Dock (NWP Scheme12 74
   • Cambridge to Mildenhall Branch 75
13. Appendices 77
   • The Rise of Road Passenger Transport 77
   • 1923 Rolling Stock Renewal Programme 78
   • New Goods Depot and Warehouse at East Smithfield 78
   • Standardisation and Traction Policy 78
   • Railway and Canal Commission 84
   • Accounting 84