By the 1850s, the great long-distance railways had become established but there was one more thing that big companies desired at this point - a grand cathedral-like terminus station at the end of the line to firmly make a statement of their greatness. At every major London terminus there were adjacent goods yards. Brunel's Great Western Railway (GWR) opened completely between London and Bristol in 1841. He had sought to make it as level as he possibly could. In the 1850s the magnificent Paddington Station appeared. The 15 chapters cover: Charing Cross, Euston, Blackfriars, London Bridge, Cannon Street, Waterloo, Victoria, King's Cross, St Pancras, Marylebone, Paddington, Baker Street, Liverpool Street, Fenchurch Street and Docklands Light, Moorgate & Farringdon. Lovely modern colour photographs on glossy white pages adorn this entire big book which begins with a London Central diagram of connections in a hand drawn map, and ends with useful abbreviations and index, and a pre-Eurostar section of St Pancras Station 1980 in a gorgeous line drawing. The book captures in pictures the spirit of these changes shown through interesting and colourful photographs of these often-beautiful structures, extended captions and short texts. Approximately 200 photos, 208 large pages, 22 x 29cm.
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