Pick, shovel, dynamite: the classic account of the men who built the railways.

The story of the men who built the railways - the unknown Victorian labourers who blasted, tunnelled, drank and brawled their way across 19th century England. Includes and introduction from bestselling railway historian Christian Wolmar.

Coleman's pioneering work of industrial history is handsomely illustrated with prints and photographs from the time with a new introduction from the most distinguished recent historian of the railways' The National (Glasgow).