Monumental book looking at the work of John Barraclough Fell, who was responsible for the idea of the centre rail system which bears his family name, and his son George Noble Fell, who was responsible for its development. Rather more than half of this book is devoted to the Fell family’s background, the development of the centre rail idea, the events leading to its application on the Mount Cenis Railway and operations on this line. Other shorter sections cover the Fell section of the Leopoldina Railway in Brazil and the Rimutaka Incline in New Zealand, the Snaefell Railway, ‘normal’ narrow gauge lines in the West Country, plus the monorail design, and competing ideas. A mind-boggling amount of detail information on the family and the railways, together with a considerable number of technical drawings. 362 pages. Large numbers of B&W illustrations. Hardbound. Adam Gordon