Railways'' Strangest Tales

Informationen zum Autor Tom Quinn Klappentext 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. Word count: 60,000 Zusammenfassung A fascinating collection of bizarre but true stories from nearly 200 years of railway history.

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Tom Quinn

Product details

• Authors: Tom Quinn, Tom (Coventry University) Quinn
• Publisher: Pavilion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9781911042808
• ISBN: 978-1-911042-80-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Strangest; Strangest
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Rail vehicles; Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / General, REFERENCE / Curiosities & Wonders, History of engineering & technology, Trains & railways: general interest, Inventions & inventors, Trivia and quiz questions, Trains and railways: general interest, HUMOR / Form / Anecdotes, Epigrams & Quotations