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Signal Box Coming Up, Sir!: And Other Railwaymen´s Stories
Geoff Body
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Description for Signal Box Coming Up, Sir!: And Other Railwaymen´s Stories
Paperback. A collection of experiences of railwaymen around Britain. Featuring daring robberies, royal visits, lost passengers, bomb scares, coffins, circus trains and ladies of the night, it chronicles both successes and disasters, with accounts of moving a farm and a circus, 245 miles of marooned railway, footplate adventures, animal capers and more. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 188.
There’s never a dull moment in this entertaining collection of experiences as Geoff Body and Bill Parker present often hilarious highlights from the careers of railwaymen around Britain over the last fifty years. Featuring daring robberies, royal visits, lost passengers, bomb scares, coffins, circus trains and ladies of the night, it chronicles both successes and disasters, with accounts of moving a farm and a circus, 245 miles of marooned railway, footplate adventures, animal capers and many equally fascinating subjects. Geoff Body and Bill Parker both enjoyed long careers on the railways and they have brought together this assortment of memories ... Read more
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Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752460406
SKU
V9780752460406
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Geoff Body
GEOFF BODY made his start with LNER in 1945, at the age of 16, and left thirty-one years later, having risen to senior officer positions within the railways, Freightliners and Pickfords Tank Haulage. He wrote widely about railways and canals throughout his retirement, including a number of articles and books, counting Railway Oddities and Signal Box Coming up, Sir! among ... Read more
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