The trains now departed : sixteen excursions into the lost delights of Britain's railways
Williams, Michael (Journalist)2015
Books, Manuscripts
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 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 have disappeared and gone forever. Our lost legacy includes lines prematurely axed, often with a gripping and 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.
Main title:
Author:
Williams, Michael (Journalist), author
Imprint:
London : Preface Publishing, 2015.London : Preface Publishing, 2015.
Collation:
328 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781848094352 (hbk)
Dewey class:
385.0941385.0941 WIL
Language:
English
BRN:
1734119