Maggs''s Railway Curiosities
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
144565265X
ISBN-13
9781445652658
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Imprint
Amberley Publishing
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 15th, 2016
Print length
288 Pages
Weight
274 grams
Dimensions
12.70 x 19.90 x 2.30 cms
Product Classification:
Trains & railways: general interestTrains and railways: general interestNostalgia: general
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A remarkable compendium of oddities, curiosities and little-known facts about the history of Britain's railways.
What are the wrong kinds of leaves on the track?At which station could you buy your ticket from a booth in a tree?How do smooth wheels grip smooth rails?Why don’t locomotive boilers explode?What is a slip coach?How can a railway wagon be moved without a locomotive?Colin Maggs is one of Britain’s leading railway historians and in 1993 was awarded the MBE for services to railway history. The author of over one hundred books on the subject, he has assembled a truly fascinating collection of quirky facts, unbelievable stories and staggering statistics about Britain’s glorious railways from their earliest origins to the present day.
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