SN Pike's legendary hand-drawn route maps are a guide to Britain's major railways on the eve of nationalization, with notes on the view from the train as well as trackside data for railway enthusiasts. The original three routes covering the LNER, Southern Railway and LMSR are reproduced here; plus a new route, faithful to Pike's style, for the GWR, which was missing from the 1947 pamphlets. With new introductions to each of the 'Big Four' lines by Peter Herring.