Table of Contents

Foreword by Sir Neil Cossons

Foreword by Mr David Parsons

SWA Newton – a personal reminiscence

Introduction

Contract No. 1: Annesley Junction to East Leake

Contract No. 2: East Leake to Aylestone

Contract No. 3: Aylestone to Rugby

Contract No. 4: Rugby to Woodford Halse

Contract No. 5: Woodford Halse to Brackley

Contract No. 6: Brackley to Quainton Road

Metropolitan Railway joint working

Great Western Railway joint working

Contract No. 7: Canfield Place to Marylebone

The navvy community

The National Monument Record

The Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland

Sources consulted

Index of places illustrated

Reviews

"This book, produced in conjunction with the Record Office of Leicestershire County Council, is a splendid tribute to his work." "The photographs are excellently reproduced one to a page, with concise yet informative captions, and this book provides an outstanding picture record of not only a massive railway construction project, but also of ordinary rural life in Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Buckinghamshire in the years around the turn of the century." Backtrack April 2009