North-Western Engineman.
Today, only those of us who are sixty-six years old or more can recall the direct experience of the days when steam power hauled everything on British metals. The footplatemens' life was hot, arduous and highly skilled; it was not without reason that schoolboys admired those responsible for conveying large quantities of passengers and freight swiftly and safely to destination. This book provides an excellent insight into the amount of stamina and initiative that was involved in keeping the traffic moving in what is now a very distant era of transport.