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The Times All Aboard!

- Remembering Britain’s Railways

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  • Format
  • Bog, hardback
  • Engelsk
  • 256 sider

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The perfect gift for every railway enthusiast. The history of Britain’s railways is a long and fascinating one, filled with stories of grand endeavours, noted figures and record-breaking feats. Julian Holland brings together a unique miscellany of intriguing tales and engaging trivia – the perfect collection for every railway enthusiast.

Stories range from Bulleid’s 'Chinese Laundries', trainspotting trips in Wales and Scotland and Liverpool’s ‘Dockers’ Umbrella' to railway artists and clergy, a railway-owned airline and railways that were never built.

 

Find out about

• The Royal Scot’s 11,000-mile journey in the USA and Canada

• A narrow gauge island railway in the middle of the Bristol Channel

• How the London & South Western Railway saved the British Empire

• Mallard’s unbeaten world speed record of 1938

• How to fly by Great Western Railway from Cardiff to Plymouth

• The 75-mile network of narrow gauge railways on the Isle of Skye

• How another 4,500 miles of railway escaped closure by Dr Beeching

 

All Aboard is a delightful miscellany for every railway enthusiast, filled with fascinating and obscure stories, facts and figures.

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Detaljer
  • SprogEngelsk
  • Sidetal256
  • Udgivelsesdato16-09-2021
  • ISBN139780008467951
  • Forlag Times Books
  • FormatHardback
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  • Vægt1280 g
  • Dybde2,1 cm
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    10 cm
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    21,9 cm
    28,2 cm

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