Railways' Strangest Tales

Railways' Strangest Tales
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Publisher : Portico
Total Pages : 259
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ISBN-10 : 9781911042976
ISBN-13 : 1911042971
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Book Synopsis Railways' Strangest Tales by : Tom Quinn

Download or read book Railways' Strangest Tales written by Tom Quinn and published by Portico. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating collection of bizarre but true stories from nearly 200 years of railway history. Right from the very start, when George Stephenson’s famous Rocket knocked over and killed a government minister at the opening of the Liverpool to Manchester line in 1830, the world’s railways have given rise to plenty of intriguing stories. In this fascinating book, revised and updated with a new selection of tales, railway buff Tom Quinn explores the more bizarre side of train travel, featuring weird weather conditions, audacious robberies, hair-raising accidents, vanishing passengers, an infestation of maggots and a mysterious missing mummy. From the dawn of rail travel, when speeds of 15mph were considered dangerous to health and people mistook engines for fire-breathing demons, through the Victorian heyday of royal trains and seaside specials to today’s more prosaic leaves on the line, this whistlestop tour through railways’ long and storied history is the perfect gift for armchair travellers, history fans and trainspotters. Word count: 60,000


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