Farewell to trains : a lifetime's journey along Britain's changing railways
Thomas, David St. John2013
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David St John Thomas summarizes his lifelong love of trains. Personal reminiscences and descriptions of railway life are interspersed with extracts from over 65 years of the author's railway writings, and illustrated throughout with archive photography.
Main title:
Farewell to trains : a lifetime's journey along Britain's changing railways / by David St John Thomas
Author:
Imprint:
London Frances Lincoln Ltd 2013
Collation:
256 p. colour illustrations
Contents:
1.Introduction -- 2.Different Days -- 3.The Romance Of The Country Railway - Photography / Peter W. Gray -- 4.65 Years Of Railway Writing (1: 1946-63) - A Schoolboy's Dream -- A Railway Byway -- A Night on the Great Western TPO -- Railway Strike -- Parliament Defied -- Narrow Gauge to Killybegs -- Stress and Storm -- 5.A Day To Remember -- 6.24 Hours Of Memory -- 7.Pictures For Pleasure -- 8.Rails, Rails - Photography / H.C. Casserley -- 9.65 Years Of Railway Writing (2: 1963-84) - Rural Transport -- Border Counties -- A Day with Coras Iompair Eireann -- Demise of the Milk Train -- Four Very Different Railways (GWR, LMS, SR, LNER) -- Photography / John Edington -- 10.The Seaside Railway -- 11.Railwaymen And Their Employers - Photography / Bernard Mills -- 12.65 Years Of Railway Writing (3: 1984-2011) - Three 1950s Journeys -- Scotland The Different -- The Scottish Country Railway -- On Board -- Railway Publishing -- 13.Farewell.
ISBN:
9780711234079 (hbk)
Dewey class:
385.0941 FAR
Local class:
385.0941
Language:
English
BRN:
54330
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Clair | Nonfiction | 385.0941 FAR | Available |