Railways' Strangest Tales (Quinn Tom); Portico, 2017

A fascinating collection of bizarre but true stories from nearly 200 years of railway history.

Right from the very start, when George Stephenson's famous Rocket knocked over and killed a government minister at the opening of the Liverpool to Manchester line in 1830, the world's railways have given rise to plenty of intriguing stories. In this fascinating book, revised and updated with a new selection of tales, railway buff Tom Quinn explores the more bizarre side of train travel, featuring weird weather conditions, audacious robberies, hair-raising accidents, vanishing passengers, an infestation of maggots and a mysterious missing mummy.

From the dawn of rail travel, when speeds of 15mph were considered dangerous to health and people mistook engines for fire-breathing demons, through the Victorian heyday of royal trains and seaside specials to today's more prosaic leaves on the line, this whistlestop tour through railways' long and storied history is the perfect gift for armchair travellers, history fans and trainspotters.

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Параметр	Значение
ISBN	9781911042808
Автор(ы)	Quinn Tom
Вес	0.22
Возрастное ограничение	16+
Год издания	2017
Жанр	хобби, спорт, досуг
Издатель	Portico
Издательство	Portico
Кол-во страниц	256
Количество книг	1
Количество страниц	256
Обложка	мягкая обложка
Серия	Strangest
Тип обложки	мягкая