Author: Ruskin Bond
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 8184754604
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
The stories in this collection capture the essence of the Indian Railways - from the small-town station, at the time of the Raj, to the present day big-city station bursting at the seams. The teening and varied life of the Indian Railway station and its environs have fascinated writers from Jules Verne in the 1870s to more recently Satyajit Ray, R.K. Laxman and more modern writers. In this anthology, one of India's best-known writers makes a selection of greattest railway stories the subcontinent has produced. Julese Verne Rudyard Kipling Flora Annie Steel Hon. J.W. Best Jim Corbett Khushwant Singh Ruskin Bond Manoj Das Intizar Husain Satyajit Ray Bill Aitkin R.K. Laxman Victor Banerjee Manojit Mitra.
Real Railway Tales
Author: Geoff Body
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750957026
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Running a railway is a complex business, constantly throwing up drama, misadventure and the unexpected. Geoff Body and Bill Parker have collated a rich selection of railwaymen’s memories and anecdotes to create an enjoyable book of escapades and mishaps, illustrating the daily obstacles faced on the railways, from handling the new Eurostar to train catering, nights on the Tay Bridge to rail ‘traffic cops’, and from mystery derailments to track subsidence. However interesting the infrastructure of the large and varied railway business may be, the real heart of this great industry lies in its people, the complex jobs they occupy and the dedicated way in which they carry them out.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750957026
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Running a railway is a complex business, constantly throwing up drama, misadventure and the unexpected. Geoff Body and Bill Parker have collated a rich selection of railwaymen’s memories and anecdotes to create an enjoyable book of escapades and mishaps, illustrating the daily obstacles faced on the railways, from handling the new Eurostar to train catering, nights on the Tay Bridge to rail ‘traffic cops’, and from mystery derailments to track subsidence. However interesting the infrastructure of the large and varied railway business may be, the real heart of this great industry lies in its people, the complex jobs they occupy and the dedicated way in which they carry them out.
Amazing and Curious Railway Tales
Author: Colin G. Maggs
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750997818
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Who won in a race between a train and a pigeon? How can you warn bats to leave a railway tunnel? Before the era of the car, which railway company carried the most prisoners? Colin G. Maggs has collected all of these answers – and more! – in Amazing and Curious Railway Tales, a compendium of stories, curiosities and little-known facts about Britain's railways.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750997818
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Who won in a race between a train and a pigeon? How can you warn bats to leave a railway tunnel? Before the era of the car, which railway company carried the most prisoners? Colin G. Maggs has collected all of these answers – and more! – in Amazing and Curious Railway Tales, a compendium of stories, curiosities and little-known facts about Britain's railways.
Railway Tales
Author: John C. Jacques
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780954073107
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780954073107
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
THE PENGUIN BOOK OF INDIAN RAILWAY STORIES
Author: Ruskin Bond
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 8184754604
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
The stories in this collection capture the essence of the Indian Railways - from the small-town station, at the time of the Raj, to the present day big-city station bursting at the seams. The teening and varied life of the Indian Railway station and its environs have fascinated writers from Jules Verne in the 1870s to more recently Satyajit Ray, R.K. Laxman and more modern writers. In this anthology, one of India's best-known writers makes a selection of greattest railway stories the subcontinent has produced. Julese Verne Rudyard Kipling Flora Annie Steel Hon. J.W. Best Jim Corbett Khushwant Singh Ruskin Bond Manoj Das Intizar Husain Satyajit Ray Bill Aitkin R.K. Laxman Victor Banerjee Manojit Mitra.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 8184754604
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
The stories in this collection capture the essence of the Indian Railways - from the small-town station, at the time of the Raj, to the present day big-city station bursting at the seams. The teening and varied life of the Indian Railway station and its environs have fascinated writers from Jules Verne in the 1870s to more recently Satyajit Ray, R.K. Laxman and more modern writers. In this anthology, one of India's best-known writers makes a selection of greattest railway stories the subcontinent has produced. Julese Verne Rudyard Kipling Flora Annie Steel Hon. J.W. Best Jim Corbett Khushwant Singh Ruskin Bond Manoj Das Intizar Husain Satyajit Ray Bill Aitkin R.K. Laxman Victor Banerjee Manojit Mitra.
Tales of an Engineer
Author: Cy Warman
Publisher: New York : C. Scribner
ISBN:
Category : Railroad stories
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Publisher: New York : C. Scribner
ISBN:
Category : Railroad stories
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Wind-Up Train Book
Author: Gill Doherty
Publisher: USBORNE
ISBN: 9780746093689
Category : Railroad stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Each of the train stories in this book has a sturdy track embedded in the pages, which the accompanying wind-up train toy can be placed upon to follow around and bring the story to life.
Publisher: USBORNE
ISBN: 9780746093689
Category : Railroad stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Each of the train stories in this book has a sturdy track embedded in the pages, which the accompanying wind-up train toy can be placed upon to follow around and bring the story to life.
Stories of the Railway
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad stories
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad stories
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Haunted Rails
Author: Matthew L. Swayne
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 0738761516
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
50 chilling true stories of haunted trains and ghostly workers from the steam locomotive era to the modern day Discover dozens of hauntings on railroads in 19 US states as well as in Canada and the UK, including the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line, Nickel Plate Road, Pennsylvania Railroad, and many more. Haunted Rails tells the tale of a possessed caboose on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and a Civil War–era rebel ghost train; museum hauntings at the Georgia State Railroad Museum in Savannah and the Railroaders Memorial Museum in Altoona, Pennsylvania; apparitions at Vancouver's Canadian Pacific Waterfront Station and Nashville's Union Station; and the haunted presidential trains of Abraham Lincoln and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Filled with ghost trains, spectral switchmen, and frightening facts, Haunted Rails is a spine-tingling ride to the other side that you don't want to miss. All aboard!
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 0738761516
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
50 chilling true stories of haunted trains and ghostly workers from the steam locomotive era to the modern day Discover dozens of hauntings on railroads in 19 US states as well as in Canada and the UK, including the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line, Nickel Plate Road, Pennsylvania Railroad, and many more. Haunted Rails tells the tale of a possessed caboose on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and a Civil War–era rebel ghost train; museum hauntings at the Georgia State Railroad Museum in Savannah and the Railroaders Memorial Museum in Altoona, Pennsylvania; apparitions at Vancouver's Canadian Pacific Waterfront Station and Nashville's Union Station; and the haunted presidential trains of Abraham Lincoln and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Filled with ghost trains, spectral switchmen, and frightening facts, Haunted Rails is a spine-tingling ride to the other side that you don't want to miss. All aboard!
The Platform Edge
Author: M. Ashley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780712352031
Category : Ghost stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Howling down the tunnels comes a new collection showcasing the greatest stories of strange happenings on the tracks, many of which are republished here for the first time since their original departure The Platform Edge is a collection of the greatest stories of strange happenings on the tracks. In this express service to the unknown, phantom passengers join the jostling of the daily commute, a subway car disappears into another dimension without a trace, while a tragic derailment on a lonely hillside in the Alps torments the locals with its horrifying nightly repetition. From the open railways of Europe and America to the pressing dark of the London Underground, The Platform Edge is the perfect traveling companion for unforgettable journeys into the supernatural.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780712352031
Category : Ghost stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Howling down the tunnels comes a new collection showcasing the greatest stories of strange happenings on the tracks, many of which are republished here for the first time since their original departure The Platform Edge is a collection of the greatest stories of strange happenings on the tracks. In this express service to the unknown, phantom passengers join the jostling of the daily commute, a subway car disappears into another dimension without a trace, while a tragic derailment on a lonely hillside in the Alps torments the locals with its horrifying nightly repetition. From the open railways of Europe and America to the pressing dark of the London Underground, The Platform Edge is the perfect traveling companion for unforgettable journeys into the supernatural.
Railway Tales
Author: C. David Wilson
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781517054779
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
A personal footplate journey through the last days of steam traction on the national railway network. From the station pilot to the Royal Wessex, coal trains, banana trains and boat trains. Seven years on the footplate - 6 decades of enthusiasm and a few pictures too.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781517054779
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
A personal footplate journey through the last days of steam traction on the national railway network. From the station pilot to the Royal Wessex, coal trains, banana trains and boat trains. Seven years on the footplate - 6 decades of enthusiasm and a few pictures too.