2007, ISBN: 9780752443997

Over the years railways have seen a diverse mix of traffic and many unusual events have occurred. There have been special services for Glastonbury festival goers, consignments as varied a… More...

Over the years railways have seen a diverse mix of traffic and many unusual events have occurred. There have been special services for Glastonbury festival goers, consignments as varied as boilers and bees, rural branches like the 'Crab & Winkle' and the 'Strawberry Line', trains to carry corpses, circus trains, a railway with a lifeboat, zig-zag routes, and unusual commercial enterprises such. Over the years railways have seen a diverse mix of traffic and many unusual events have occurred. There have been special services for Glastonbury festival goers, consignments as varied as boilers and bees, rural branches like the 'Crab & Winkle' and the 'Strawberry Line', trains to carry corpses, circus trains, a railway with a lifeboat, zig-zag routes, and unusual commercial enterprises such as excursions to watch prize fighters, typing services on city-to-city expresses and cinema coaches. This lovingly compiled collection of titbit's captures the fascination and variety of railways with over 250 accounts garnered from the press, friends and colleagues and from the author's own experience of dramatic, intriguing and sometimes hilarious events, creating an immensely readable collection of information and stories from 150 years of railway activity. Books, History and Transport~~Transport~~Trains & Railways: General Interest, Railway Oddities~~Book~~9780752443997~~Geoffrey Body, , Railway Oddities, Geoffrey Body, 9780752443997, The History Press Ltd, 11/01/2007, , , , The History Press Ltd<

ISBN: 9780752443997

Paperback, [PU: The History Press Ltd], Over the years railways have seen a diverse mix of traffic and many unusual events have occurred. This collection of titbits captures the fascinati… More...

Paperback, [PU: The History Press Ltd], Over the years railways have seen a diverse mix of traffic and many unusual events have occurred. This collection of titbits captures the fascination and variety of railways with over 250 accounts garnered from the press, friends and colleagues and from the author's own experience of the events., Trains & Railways<