Maggss Railway Curiosities

Download or read book Maggs's Railway Curiosities written by Colin Maggs and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-01-15 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A remarkable compendium of oddities, curiosities and little-known facts about Britain's railways.

Download or read book Amazing and Curious Railway Tales written by Colin G. Maggs and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2021-06-17 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Along Different Lines written by Geoff Body and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Running a railway is a complex business. However organised it is, there will always be surprises: often hilarious, frequently unexpected, but sometimes serious. Along Different Lines includes such bizarre 'everyday' events as coping with hurricanes, rogue locomotives and runaway wagons; PR successes and otherwise; the Brighton Belle, Flying Scotsman and Mallard; training-course capers; a wino invasion; trackside antics; the Eurostar backdrop; the birth of a prison; and royal and other special occasions. Expert authors Geoff Body and Bill Parker lovingly compiled this entertaining collection in which railway professionals recall notable incidents from across their careers. This illustrated compilation provides an enjoyable look back at life on the railways.

Download or read book Death, Dynamite and Disaster written by Rosa Matheson and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-05-05 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A safe mode of transport today, the railways were far from vehicles of sleepy commute when they first came into service; indeed, accidents were commonplace and sometimes were a result of something far more sinister. In this fresh approach to railway history, Rosa Matheson explores the grim and grisly railway past. These horrible happenings include memorable disasters and accidents, the lack of burial grounds for London's dead, leading to the 'Necropolis Railway', the gruesome necessity of digging up the dead to accommodate the railways and how the discovery of dynamite gave rise to the 'Dynamite Wars' on the London Underground in the 1880s and 1890s. Join Rosa as she treads carefully through the fascinating gruesome history of Britain's railways.

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Download or read book The Branch Lines of Devon Plymouth, West & North Devon written by Colin Maggs and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2012-01-15 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second of two lavishly illustrated titles from acknowledged railway expert Colin G. Maggs, presenting the story of Devon’s branch lines.

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