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26%OFFMichael Williams - The Trains Now Departed: Sixteen Excursions into the Lost Delights of Britain´s Railways - 9780099590583 - V9780099590583
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The Trains Now Departed: Sixteen Excursions into the Lost Delights of Britain´s Railways

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Description for The Trains Now Departed: Sixteen Excursions into the Lost Delights of Britain´s Railways Paperback. Tells the stories of some of the most fascinating lost trains of Britain, vividly evoking the glories of a bygone age. This book includes lines prematurely axed, often with a colourful tale of their own, as well as marvels of locomotive engineering sent to the scrapyard, and grand termini felled by the wrecker's ball. It also includes maps. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 246.

SOMETIMES you come across a lofty railway viaduct, marooned in the middle of a remote country landscape. Or a crumbling platform from some once-bustling junction buried under the buddleia. If you are lucky you might be able to follow some rusting tracks, or explore an old tunnel leading to…well, who knows where? Listen hard. Is that the wind in the undergrowth? Or the spectre of a train from a golden era of the past panting up the embankment?

These are the ghosts of The Trains Now Departed. They are the railway lines, and services that ran on them that ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099590583
SKU
V9780099590583
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99

About Michael Williams
Michael Williams is the best-selling author of On the Slow Train, On the Slow Train Again and Steaming to Victory. He is a journalist, academic and author – writing, blogging and broadcasting on railways and other subjects for many media outlets, including the Independent, the BBC, the Daily Mail, the Daily Telegraph and the New Statesman, as well as the ... Read more

Reviews for The Trains Now Departed: Sixteen Excursions into the Lost Delights of Britain´s Railways
This is a wistful and sepulchral affair yet … The Trains Now Departed is more than just a lamentation for the days of steam and soot.
Times Literary Supplement
In elegant prose Michael Williams takes us on nostalgic journeys, reminding us - with smuts and smells - of what we have lost.
Michael Portillo Revel in what ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Trains Now Departed: Sixteen Excursions into the Lost Delights of Britain´s Railways


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