A key part of the Great Western Railway's network was the main line to
the North through Birmingham. From London, this route including the
Princes Risborough cut-off joined Didcot, Oxford, Banbury and
Birmingham, and then Wolverhampton, Chester and Shrewsbury, opening up
destinations in the North and North West. The GWR also ran services on
its joint lines with the London & North Western Railway and the Great
Central Railway, to reach Birkenhead and York. In this book author,
modeller and railway historian Robert Hendry draws on his extensive
collection of historical images to present a photographic portrait of
this significant part of the Great Western Railway through the years.