Description
| Product ID: | 9780750965934 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Galloping Sausage and Other Train Curiosities |
| Subtitle: | 150 Steam Railway Events and Stories |
| Authors: | Author: Geoff Body, Ian Body |
| Subjects: | Trains and railways: general interest, Trains & railways: general interest |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book captures over 150 entertaining snippets, stories, and strange and unusual facts from an ample supply of railway curiosities. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | The History Press Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | The History Press Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-01-04 |
