Along Different Lines (eBook)

70 Real Life Railway Stories

Geoff Body, Bill Parker (Autoren)

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2012 | 1. Auflage
216 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7524-9091-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Running a railway is a complex business. However organised it is, there will always be surprises: often hilarious, frequently unexpected, but sometimes serious. Along Different Lines includes such bizarre 'everyday' events as coping with hurricanes, rogue locomotives and runaway wagons; PR successes and otherwise; the Brighton Belle, Flying Scotsman and Mallard; training-course capers; a wino invasion; trackside antics; the Eurostar backdrop; the birth of a prison; and royal and other special occasions. Expert authors Geoff Body and Bill Parker lovingly compiled this entertaining collection in which railway professionals recall notable incidents from across their careers. This illustrated compilation provides an enjoyable look back at life on the railways.

GEOFF BODY made his start with LNER in 1945, at the age of 16, and left thirty-one years later, having risen to senior officer positions within the railways, Freightliners and Pickfords Tank Haulage. He wrote widely about railways and canals throughout his retirement, including a number of articles and books, counting Railway Oddities and Signal Box Coming up, Sir! among them.

Autor

Geoff Body worked in the railway industry from 1945 to 1976 and wrote widely about railways and canals throughout his retirement. He wrote a wide number of articles and books, including Railway Oddities and Signal Box Coming up, Sir! Bill Parker's 39-year railway career began at Doncaster in 1945 and progressed through to divisional manager at Kings Cross.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.11.2012
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: 70 Real Life Railway Stories • 70 Real Life Railway Stories, railway professionals, incidents, anecdotes, railwaymen, hurricanes, rogue locomotives, runaway wagons, brighton belle, flying scotsman, mallard, wino invasion, eurostar, life on the railways, trains • Anecdotes • brighton belle • Eurostar • flying scotsman • Hurricanes • incidents • life on the railways • mallard • railwaymen • railway professionals • rogue locomotives • runaway wagons • Trains • wino invasion
• ISBN-10: 0-7524-9091-5 / 0752490915
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7524-9091-5 / 9780752490915