. This volume, the result of many years diligent research by the author, details the many railway carriage and wagon building firms for which Great Britain was once noted. Not only are the big players, such as Charles Roberts, the Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon, the Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon and Hurst, Nelson, covered but so are many dozens of the smaller businesses, some almost one-man bands. The companies have been listed out alphabetically with the links between firms highlighted for ease of cross reference. The book details not only the various firms who built the wagons but also those that kept them in a reasonable state of repair.