Vintage children's book containing essays on trains and railways. With 8 colour plates and nearly 300 illustrations:

The Wonder Book of Railways

Published by Ward, Lock & Co., Limited. Nineteenth edition.

Contents: How Railway Engines Work; The Composition of "British Railways"; The Great Southern Railways (Ireland); other Railways; Express Passenger Engines; Passenger Tank Engines; The First Locomotives; The First Railways; Famous Expresses of all Countries; Railway Head Codes; A Chat with the Engine-Driver; Twice Round the Clock; Early Days; The Station-Master; Signals and Signalling; Railway Carriages Old and New; The Signalman and his Duties; Locomotives of all Countries; The Busy- Booking Clerk; Goods and Mineral Locomotives; Mountain Railways; The Tube Railways of London; Monsters of the Rail; A Talk with the Guard; The Largest Railway Stations of the World; Locomotives of the Empire; Diesel Trains and Engines; The Tale of a Letter; Electric Railways; Some Wonderful Railway Bridges; The Locomotive "Off Duty"; Railways Queer and Quaint; A Large Electrified Railway; Mr Brown the Signalman; A Run to Scotland.

Hardback book. 256 pages, 19.5 cm by 25 cm.

Good  condition

No dust jacket. Some scuffs and marks to the cover including loss of paper from the edges and small nick in the bookcloth to the bottom of the book spine.  Binding intact. The end papers are browned. Some marks on the inner pages. Tears to a couple of pages.

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