RAILWAY ROUTE PLANS. A collection of 35 lithographed folding plans, most hand-coloured, by John Arrowsmith after Robert Stevenson and John Rennie (a few torn with loss, some lacking from the series), stitched, [ca. 1850]. (35)

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RAILWAY ROUTE PLANS. A collection of 35 lithographed folding plans, most hand-coloured, by John Arrowsmith after Robert Stevenson and John Rennie (a few torn with loss, some lacking from the series), stitched, [ca. 1850]. (35)

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Drawn up for a commission into the development of London Railway Transport, the plans include an extension to the London & Birmingham and the London & Midland Railways into central London, the proposed terminus and bridge at Charing Cross, together with a facade for the new station, and the expansion of London Bridge Station.

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