Real Railway Tales: From Taking the Marks to Double Derailment

Running a railway is a complex business that constantly throws up situations, dramas, and misadventures, both major and minor, for those involved in it. Geoff Body and Bill Parker have collated a rich selection of railway stories to create an enjoyable book of adventures and mishaps illustrating their 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 have occupied, and the dedicated way in which they have carried them out.

About the author

Geoff Body worked in the railway industry before turning to writing. He is the author of Any Muddy Bottom, Railway Oddities, and Signal Box Coming Up, Sir!Bill Parker's railway career began at Doncaster and progressed through to divisional manager at Kings Cross. He has co-written a number of books with Body, including Along Different Lines.

Product details

• Authors: Geoff Body, Geoffrey Body, Bill Parker, W. E. Parker
• Publisher: The History Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2014
• EAN: 9780750956352
• ISBN: 978-0-7509-5635-2
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 231 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 236 g
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Rail vehicles; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries