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Download or read book Railway Oddities written by Geoffrey Body and published by Tempus. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the years railways have seen a diverse mix of traffic and many unusual events have occurred. There have been special services for Glastonbury festival goers, consignments as varied as boilers and bees, rural branches like the 'Crab & Winkle' and the 'Strawberry Line', trains to carry corpses, circus trains, a railway with a lifeboat, zig-zag routes, and unusual commercial enterprises such as excursions to watch prize fighters, typing services on city-to-city expresses and cinema coaches. This lovingly compiled collection of titbits captures the fascination and variety of railways with over 250 accounts garnered from the press, friends and colleagues and from the author's own experience of dramatic, intriguing and sometimes hilarious events, creating an immensely readable collection of information and stories from 150 years of railway activity.
Book Synopsis Wonders and Curiosities of the Railway; Or, Stories of the Locomotive in Every Land by : William Sloane Kennedy
Download or read book Wonders and Curiosities of the Railway; Or, Stories of the Locomotive in Every Land written by William Sloane Kennedy and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Railway Oddities by : The Railway Magazine
Download or read book Railway Oddities written by The Railway Magazine and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Maggs's Railway Curiosities by : Colin Maggs
Download or read book Maggs's Railway Curiosities written by Colin Maggs and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-01-15 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A remarkable compendium of oddities, curiosities and little-known facts about Britain's railways.
Book Synopsis Three Generations of Railwaymen by : Jim Body
Download or read book Three Generations of Railwaymen written by Jim Body and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Jim Body joined Great Northern Railway in 1916, he could never have imagined that it would become 'the family business', with both his son Geoff and his grandson Ian taking to the rails. Through the eyes of three generations of Bodys, the rail industry changed beyond recognition, going through two world wars, grouping, nationalisation, the end of steam and privatisation before ending up as the industry we know today. With tales that include being suspected of spying, dealing with dramatic flooding, and the first Glastonbury Festival, Three Generations of Railwaymen is a rare behind-the-scenes look at one family's life and experiences in the railway industry.
Download or read book Railway Age written by and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Firing the Flying Scotsman and Other Great Locomotives by : Ken Issitt
Download or read book Firing the Flying Scotsman and Other Great Locomotives written by Ken Issitt and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Remembering the romance of a bygone era, with all the dirt, grime and risks the job entailed! Fast train fireman Ken Issitt worked on the footplate from the late 1940s to 1960, experiencing firing some of the greatest locomotives from the Flying Scotsman to Coltimore and Blink Bonney. The work was hard and conditions were tough but little did Ken know at the time that he was experiencing the last years of steam; he would never have imagined the romantic associations the period evokes today. Through a number of short accounts the past comes vividly to life, via short stories about train crashes, pea-soup fogs, and fires going out. From the beginning of a shift, donning overalls and making up a packing, and from shunting in the marshalling yard to flying along with an express train at 80mph, Ken Issitt describes what life on the footplate was like across the final years of steam, his tales beautifully brought to life by Chris Bates's charming pen and ink illustrations.
Download or read book The Far-Eastern Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Far Eastern Review, Engineering, Finance, Commerce written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Galloping Sausage and Other Train Curiosities by : Geoff Body
Download or read book The Galloping Sausage and Other Train Curiosities written by Geoff Body and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2016-01-04 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The formative years of Britain's railway network produced a host of ideas, activities and characters, quite a few of which now seem not only highly unusual, but sometimes little short of ridiculous. Weird schemes and designs, extravagant behaviour, reckless competition and larger-than-life characters all featured in the genuine struggle of the railway system to evolve. While the dawning of regulation and common sense brought about more uniform and responsible practices, factors like the weather and the innate complexity of railway operation continued to produce a stream of nonstandard incidents and outcomes, from wild storms to unusual equipment. This book, by ex-railwaymen Geoff and Ian Body, captures over 150 entertaining snippets, stories, and strange and unusual facts from an ample supply of railway curiosities.
Download or read book The Chautauquan written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Chautauquan by : Theodore L. Flood
Download or read book The Chautauquan written by Theodore L. Flood and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 858 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Wonders and Curiosities of the Railway; Or, Stories of the Locomotive in Every Land by : William Sloane Kennedy
Download or read book Wonders and Curiosities of the Railway; Or, Stories of the Locomotive in Every Land written by William Sloane Kennedy and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis Wonders and Curiosities of the Railway by : William Sloane Kennedy
Download or read book Wonders and Curiosities of the Railway written by William Sloane Kennedy and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-24 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Wonders and Curiosities of the Railway: Or Stories of the Locomotive in Every Land Man is become a bird; he can fly longer and quicker than a Solan goose. The mamma rushes sixty miles in two hours, to the aching finger Of her com jugating and declining grammar-boy. The early Scotchman scratches him self in the morning mists Of the North, and has porridge in Piccadilly, before the setting sun. The Puseyite priest, after a rush Of one hundred miles, ap pears with his little volume of nonsense at the breakfast of his bookseller. Everything is near, everything is immediate. - sydney smith. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Amazing and Curious Railway Tales by : Colin G. Maggs
Download or read book Amazing and Curious Railway Tales written by Colin G. Maggs and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2021-06-17 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who won in a race between a train and a pigeon? How can you warn bats to leave a railway tunnel? Before the era of the car, which railway company carried the most prisoners? Colin G. Maggs has collected all of these answers – and more! – in Amazing and Curious Railway Tales, a compendium of stories, curiosities and little-known facts about Britain's railways.
Book Synopsis Wonders and Curiosities of the Railway, Or, Stories of the Locomotive in Every Land by : William Sloane 1850-1929 Kennedy
Download or read book Wonders and Curiosities of the Railway, Or, Stories of the Locomotive in Every Land written by William Sloane 1850-1929 Kennedy and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-10 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
