Amazing and extraordinary railway facts

Author(s)

• Holland, Julian

Bibliographic Information

Amazing and extraordinary railway facts

Julian Holland

David & Charles, 2007

Note

Based on reprint in 2009

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is a collection of fascinating and diverse British railway facts and stories to read in any spare moment. Travel back to the age of steam and discover the world's oldest active steam locomotive before becoming up-to-date with railways in films, such as Harry Potter. In addition to the fascinating lists of longest tunnels, widest bridges and most powerful locomotives, ponder the dismal failure of Brunel's atmospheric railway in South Devon, before reading the rags-to riches tale of Frank Hornby. From the sublime to the ridiculous and the euphoric to the poignant, every railway enthusiast is catered for.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Famous locomotive engineers
• Island railways
• Railway poetry
• The story of Welsh narrow gauge railways
• Royal trains
• The joy of trainspotting
• The last main line
• Warships and Westerns
• Battle of the gauges
• Famous locomotive designers and many more...

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Details

• NCID: BB13968767
• ISBN:
  • 9780715325827
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Newton Abbot
• Pages/Volumes: 128 p.
• Size: 18 cm
• Classification:
  • DC22 : 385.0941
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Railroads -- Great Britain
  • LCSH : Locomotives -- Great Britain