The great days of the country railway - Hardcover

Thomas, David St. John

9780715387757: The great days of the country railway

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0715387758 ISBN 13: 9780715387757

Publisher: David & Charles, 1986

This celebration of the country lines in their heyday captures the total experience of railway life - the sights, the sounds, the smells and the very essence of the steam age. Ten authoritative chapters cover particular aspects of country railways, from the stations to the engines, passengers to freight, and are interspersed with a wealth of anecdotes and quotations, cameo studies and illustrations. There are features from around the British Isles and many different periods in history, but with an emphasis on the immediate post-war years that many readers will remember, and which the authors conclude were the railways' greatest days.

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About the Author:

Patrick Whitehouse and David St John Thomas shared a deep love of the railways. Both authors wrote a large number of railway books, some as individuals but many in collaboration. Patrick Whitehouse was dedicated to railway preservation, his death in 1993 brought to an end a great writing partnership which sold more than a million books. David St John Thomas was the founder of David & Charles and its chairman until 1990. He lives in Nairn, Scotland.

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