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by David St John Thomas
| Paperback in Very Good condition with light wear.
Published by Francis Lincoln - new edition with preface, postscript and some picture changes - 2011. 224 pages. 13.5cm x 19.5cm.
Everyone loved the country railway with its neat stations and colourful gardens, the shining brasswork of its tank engines, viaducts daringly built over gushing rivers, embankments carpeted with flowers, and guards whose appearance and voice as well as the traffic they carried in their vans reflected exactly the character of the region they served.
Basing his work on deep historical research and rich personal experience, David St John Thomas lovingly portrays the branch and cross-country railway in all its nostalgic, technical and commercial aspects. He tells of the days of high expectation when the local promoters first met and chose the architectural style for their stations, sees the navvies at work hacking through the countryside, reports the arrival of the first trains, recalls the troubled realisation when traffic receipts failed to provide enough for dividends.
Possibly read more widely than any other railway book, The Country Railway has sold over 170,000 copies over 40 years. Stations, signalboxes, engines and their men, cattle docks and railway pubs, special occasions and disasters are all here in words and pictures in this unique study.
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Publisher: Francis Lincoln
ISBN: 9780711232600
Condition: Very Good |
2011
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| Postage & Handling to UK mainland: £4.00 | Price: £4.00
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