Some curiosities of railways and railway working
Author: C. r Clinker
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Published: 1928
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Author: C. r Clinker
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Published: 1928
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: W. J. Stevens
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Published: 1925
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William Sloane Kennedy
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Published: 1884
Total Pages: 312
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robin Bromby
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Published: 2017-10-06
Total Pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780992595661
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA rail miscellany that evokes memories of the railway age. Complete with country profiles, this book recalls the many facets of railroading, from railways at war to steam engine technologies to challenges and triumphs is rail history.
Author: William Sloane Kennedy
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2018-01-24
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780483845459
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from Wonders and Curiosities of the Railway: Or Stories of the Locomotive in Every Land Man is become a bird; he can fly longer and quicker than a Solan goose. The mamma rushes sixty miles in two hours, to the aching finger Of her com jugating and declining grammar-boy. The early Scotchman scratches him self in the morning mists Of the North, and has porridge in Piccadilly, before the setting sun. The Puseyite priest, after a rush Of one hundred miles, ap pears with his little volume of nonsense at the breakfast of his bookseller. Everything is near, everything is immediate. - sydney smith. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: C. R. Charles Ralph Clinker
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Published: 1977*
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Geoff Body
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2016-01-04
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 0750968524
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
Author: William Sloane Kennedy
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Published: 1961
Total Pages: 254
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Colin Maggs
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2016-01-15
Total Pages: 259
ISBN-13: 1445652668
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA remarkable compendium of oddities, curiosities and little-known facts about Britain's railways.
Author: William Sloane Kennedy
Publisher: Palala Press
Published: 2016-04-27
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9781354810224
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