Few individual enterprises have played a more significant part in the shaping of the modem world than the railways. Theirs is an exciting story of daring and endeavour, from the nineteenth century, when tracks opened up the world-first in the West and then in the colonies as business ventures -to the present day when the great express trains set new standards of luxury and high-speed travel.The lavish colour illustrations and authoritative text bring vividly to life the development of the train worldwide: the early days of train travel, the birth of long-distance trains, the golden age of steam, the narrow gauge railways and steam tramways and the many famous trains of Britain, Europe and America-Flying Scotsman, Cornish Riviera, Empire State Express and Rheingold.The Story of the Train is a superb book which makes compulsive reading for both the expert and the amateur enthusiast alike.