Signal Box Coming Up, Sir!

And Other Railwaymen's Stories

Geoff Body (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

144 Seiten

2011
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7524-6040-6 (ISBN)

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An entertaining and instructive journey for anyone with an interest in life on the railways

There’s never a dull moment in this entertaining collection of experiences as Geoff Body and Bill Parker present often hilarious highlights from the careers of railwaymen around Britain over the last fifty years. Featuring daring robberies, royal visits, lost passengers, bomb scares, coffins, circus trains and ladies of the night, it chronicles both successes and disasters, with accounts of moving a farm and a circus, 245 miles of marooned railway, footplate adventures, animal capers and many equally fascinating subjects. Geoff Body and Bill Parker both enjoyed long careers on the railways and they have brought together this assortment of memories from all parts of the country. Signal Box Coming Up, Sir! is an entertaining and instructive journey for anyone with an interest in 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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.6.2011
Verlagsort	Stroud
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 220 mm
Gewicht	200 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge
ISBN-10	0-7524-6040-4 / 0752460404
ISBN-13	978-0-7524-6040-6 / 9780752460406
Zustand	Neuware