Britain's "Golden Age" of classic trains was also a period of privately owned, aggressively competitive rail companies. Here, Nicholas Faith explores the reality of this lost era of the rail industry and the way the railways are now returning to favour, all set to arrive at a new "golden age" of competitive rail transport. Illustrated with over one hundred photographs of trains from the earliest trams to the emergence of Eurostar, the book also introduces us to those people who can remember the good, and bad, old days of classic trains, and look forward to the days to come.
