{"product_id":"british-railways-engineering-1948-80-9780852984468","title":"British Railways Engineering, 1948-80","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile the lives and achievements of railway engineers (particularly the mechanical engineers) up to the time of the Second World War have been well chronicled, the work of the engineers of British Railways since nationalization-in many ways one of the most important epochs in railway history-has gone largely unrecorded. Some leading members of the Railway Division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers talked over this situation, resolved to do something about it, and consulted the Institution's publishing company. This book is the result of their deliberations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was clear from the outset that no single person could possess all the knowledge or do all the research and writing which would be needed, so an Advisory Panel consisting of former Chief Officers in the various engineering disciplines was set up under the chairmanship of an executive of the publishing company. Two authors of proven ability were selected to do the actual writing, and here the Panel made a crucial decision. The authors would have to be railwaymen; they should not be engineers. Let the reader judge whether this decision was the right one: we believe that the results prove that it was. As Editor in Chief Mr R. C. Bond has done a splendid job in ensuring factual accuracy and in\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ewelding the mass of material into a coherent whole. The long task of research, collecting information, collating, checking, and writing is at last over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere is the result, unquestionably the most important and the most authoritative book about the railways of Britain which has been published since the war. It is no dry textbook, but a fascinating story, easily comprehensible to the interested layman. It will, of course, be required reading for railwaymen and a 'must' for railway enthusiasts, but it also deserves to be read by every railway traveller who takes more than a passing interest in the trains in which he rides, the tracks on which they run, and the signals which control them. He will finish with a much greater understanding of and respect for the engineers who make it all possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback with dust jacket, 16x24cm, 636 pages, black \u0026amp; white photographs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mechanical Engineering Publications","offers":[{"title":"Secondhand (289)","offer_id":57503325847935,"sku":"9780852984468","price":9.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1910\/7111\/files\/9780852984468.jpg?v=1778599953","url":"https:\/\/rail-books.co.uk\/products\/british-railways-engineering-1948-80-9780852984468","provider":"Rail Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}