The Caledonian Railway Author:O. S. Nock Fascinating history of the Caledonian Railway from the bitter struggle to obtain Parliamentray sanction to build the main line through Annandale to the great steamboat races on the Clyde, the fierce competition with the East Coast companies for the Edinburgh and Aberdeen traffic, the enlargement of Glasgow Central station, the construction of th... more »e Grangemouth Docks, and the years of expansion until the grouping. The author describes the growth and prosperity of the company under leaders such as Joseph Locke, George Graham, Capt. James Williamson and Donald Matheson and the development of new locomotives under Dugal Drummond and J. F. McIntosh. Illustrated with black and white photos and engravings. Preface is dated September, 1961. With index.« less