False Starts, Near Misses and Dangerous Goods (eBook)

Railwaymen's Stories about the Challenges of Running a Railway

Geoff Body, Ian Body (Autoren)

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2017 | 1. Auflage
160 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-8189-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Running a railway is a complex business beset with drama. The operation of heavy equipment at speed, twenty-four hours a day, across the full length of the country and using extremely technical signaling, track and mechanical engineering is no mean feat and throws up a constant stream of challenges. Fortunately, the highly professional railway staff are ready to deal with these daily obstacles using their expertise, dedication and, as is so often required, a sense of humour. Here Geoff Body and his son Ian have collated a selection of entertaining and revealing anecdotes that illustrate just how unexpected working on the railways can be.

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 has been writing about railways ever since. His books include Railway Oddities, The Galloping Sausage and Signal Box Coming Up, Sir! (all, The History Press). IAN BODY worked in the railway industry for over twenty-five years, continuing his connection with rail through a second career of crowd and event management. He has now joined forces with his father in railway writing.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.1.2017
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
• Schlagworte: Anecdotes • rail|Railwaymen’s Stories about the Challenges of Running a Railway • Railway • railwaymen's stories about the challenges of running a railway • Railwaymen’s Stories about the Challenges of Running a Railway, anecdotes, railway staff, working on the railways • railway staff • railway, trains, transport, railwaymen's stories about the challenges of running a railway, trains, train, rail • train • Trains • Transport • working on the railways
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-8189-X / 075098189X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-8189-7 / 9780750981897