Railways of Britain, The

A Journey Through History

Inbunden, Engelska, 1991

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Jack Simmons sympathetically tells the history of the railways and describes every major aspect of their equipment and operations: permanent way, buildings, locomotives, rolling stock, signalling and labour relations. He also makes journeys through the Pennines, Scotland, Essex and Southern England on which he acts as observer and guide.

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Utgivningsdatum1991-08-01
Mått198 x 254 x 22 mm
Vikt100 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor256
FörlagSheldrake Press
ISBN9781873329016

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Jack Simmons, late doyen of British railways historians, was Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Leicester. The Railways of Britain was first published in 1961 and is his best-known work. His other books include St Pancras Station, The Railway in England and Wales, 1830-1914, Transport Museums in Britain and Western Europe and The Railway in Town and Country as well as two volumes in the 11-volume Visual History of Modern Britain, of which he was General Editor.

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