38 lithographed plans (5 partly hand-coloured), outlining the railway route through Bromley, West Ham, Plaistow, East Ham, Barking and other stations in Essex through to Southend, some soiling, all linen-backed, each sheet. The 1852 Act authorized the initial railway line from Fenchurch Street to Southend via Barking and Tilbury, while the 1856 Act authorized a further line from Gas Factory Junction to Barking. Contemporary red half morocco gilt, additionally lettered 'Engineers Office Fenchurch St. Station' to upper cover, oblong folio