The Origins of the Scottish Railway System

By comparison with their English counterparts, Scottish nineteenth-century railways have suffered from a degree of neglect by economic historians. Most of the existing literature is written for the railway enthusiast, concentrating mainly on topography, mechanical developments and entertaining episodes. Few of these books cover the whole of Scotland and most are treatments of single companies or of particular dramatic events.

This study covers the earliest period of Scottish railway history, from the years of the first waggonway developments in the eighteenth century to the... Sonra