Download or read book Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies written by Christopher Awdry and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between the success of the Stockton & Darlington Railway in 1825 and the grouping of the railways 100 years later, the railway map of Britain grew into a complex network of some 200 independent railway companies which are detailed in this book together with family trees.