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Yesterday's Railways: Recollections of an Age of Steam - Hardcover

Herring, Peter

 
9780715313879: Yesterday's Railways: Recollections of an Age of Steam
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0715313878 ISBN 13: 9780715313879
Verlag: David & Charles, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

Britons have always viewed their railway system with a mixture of affection, amusement and exasperation. Yet there were also periods in the twentieth century when Britain's railways were a source of pride and excitement. Many still recall when the train was their principal means of travel, whether to school or work, to visit friends and relatives, or to go on holiday. And it wasn't just people that went by train: the food that fed them, the bricks that built their homes, the coal that heated them, were all carried by train.
This book celebrates this time when a train journey remained an adventure, and when the steam locomotives that made the journey possible were a source of awe and fascination. Those journeys are recalled in Yesterday's Railways, alongside the eventful journey made by all of Britain's railways from the ground-breaking years of the 1900s to the day in August 1968 that the fires were put out for the last time.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Peter Herring has been a railway enthusiast since he was a boy and as a professional writer has had a successful career pursuing his interest, including editing Steam Classic for more than six years in the 1990s. He is the author of Ultimate Train, and has written numerous articles and reviews for a variety of publications. He now lives in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.

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Verlag
David & Charles
Erscheinungsdatum
2002
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0715313878
ISBN 13 
9780715313879
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
288
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