The Rocket Men: George and Robert Stephenson (illustrated)

Robin Jones became interested in railways at the age of four, when his brother took him trainspotting on the Birmingham Snow Hill to Leamington Spa line. Robin was an investigative journalist and news editor at the Birmingham Evening Mail before founding Heritage Railway magazine, of which he is still the editor, in 1999. He has written several show more books on railway, travel and local history, including Great Western Railway Pannier Tanks, also published by Crowood. show less