This book is a wonderful miscellany of the London & North Western Railway, here is a delightful new illustrated history of the Premier Line, drawn from the Railway Magazine archives, which covers the close of the Victorian Era and the start of the 20th century, topics of the 27 chapters include.
Personal Interviews with F.Harrison (General Manager), F. W. Webb ( CM&EE ).
Notable Stations - Birmingham New Street, Carlisle Citadel, Crewe, Euston, Manchester London Road, Preston and Willesden.
Wolverton Carriage Works and Earlestown Wagon Works.
Engine Drivers and Their Duties by C.J. Bowen-Cooke
The Irish Mail and the 'American Special' Trains
Webb Precedent and Compound Locomotives
Royal Saloons
The Opening and Early Years of Three L N W R constituent companies, the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, the Grand Junction Railway and the London & Birmingham Railway.
The large number of photographs and illustrations, mostly from the archives of the London & North Western Railway Society, make this a very special book.

Neil Smith had a varied career with British Rail working as Relief Station Master at Bletchley and Bedford, Euston HQ and Assistant Station Manager at Oswestry. He was appointed to Freight Traffic Manager at Crewe Basford Hall Marshalling Yard and finally to Duty Manager at Crewe Area Operations Centre having overall control of 70 miles of the West Coast Main Line. Author of two previous books "Times of Our Lives" (Memories of the 20th Century) and "Inside Crewe Locomotive Works".