A History of the Great Western Railway Spawn and the emerald greenness of

and the emerald greenness of the countryside

Inhabiting a whole kingdom of their own

while elephants rely on egrets to keep them parasite-free

Trevor Horn has been dubbed 'the man who invented the '80s'

A History of the Great Western Railway Spawn and the emerald greenness ofThe story of the most iconic railway company of the great age of steam. The initials GWR conjure an evocative picture of a Brunswick green locomotive hauling tea and cream coloured coaches through a verdant West Country landscape. However, the GWR was not just engines and trains. In this comprehensive history, Colin Maggs, one of the countrys foremost railway historians, tells of other, perhaps less well known aspects of the companys history: its