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Folk Tales on the Settle-Carlisle Railway
W. J. Mitchell
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Description for Folk Tales on the Settle-Carlisle Railway
Paperback. A fascinating evocation of life on the Settle-Carlisle railway during the days of steam Num Pages: 112 pages, 39 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENM; JFHF; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 237 x 11. Weight in Grams: 198.
In Folk Tales on the Settle-Carlisle Railway, join the driver and fireman on the footplate of a locomotive. Stand behind a range of levers in a signal box or be one of a gang working on the permanent way, sweating in the summer heat or shivering after a heavy snowfall. Maintenance men in Blea Moor tunnel needed patience and good lungs; the tunnel might be thick with locomotive smoke or draped with icicles. On the Settle-Carlisle journey, we are thrilled by a slowly changing landscape, glancing at Pen-y-ghent, which crouches like a lion above Ribblesdale. Further north, we admire the ... Read more
In Folk Tales on the Settle-Carlisle Railway, join the driver and fireman on the footplate of a locomotive. Stand behind a range of levers in a signal box or be one of a gang working on the permanent way, sweating in the summer heat or shivering after a heavy snowfall. Maintenance men in Blea Moor tunnel needed patience and good lungs; the tunnel might be thick with locomotive smoke or draped with icicles. On the Settle-Carlisle journey, we are thrilled by a slowly changing landscape, glancing at Pen-y-ghent, which crouches like a lion above Ribblesdale. Further north, we admire the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Toadsmoor Road, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781553213
SKU
V9781781553213
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About W. J. Mitchell
W. R. Mitchell, MBE, Hon D. Litt, and author of over 200 books sadly died in 2015 and this was his penultimate book, and indeed the last he actually saw from the press before he passed away. He, began work as a journalist at the Craven Herald and was for many years editor of two magazines - The Dalesman (Yorkshire) ... Read more
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