About the Author

Jeremy Higgins has worked for the railway for 13 years, and is currently a director of CrossCountry trains. He has served in the Territorial Army for 30 years, seeing action in both Iraq and Afghanistan. For the last 5 years all his spare time has been spent researching railwaymen who died in the Great War.

Reviews

"Explores the contribution of British railway companies and railways operated or utilized overseas to the war effort during World War I, considering the railway of the Central Powers in the buildup to conflict in Europe."-- "Journal of Economic Literature"