Download or read book British Railways: Their Passenger Services written by J. Pearson Pattinson and published by London : Cassell. This book was released on 1893 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pattinson considers railway travelling in Britain from a statistical standpoint. Particulars of the commercial speed of all the leading British lines are given, followed by a description of the locomotives at present used in express traffic, the gradients over which they run, and the actual work they perform.