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Yet There Isn't a Train I Wouldn't Take - Railway Journeys

Inglese · Copertina rigida

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Yet there isn't a train goes by all day

But I hear its whistle shrieking....

Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take,

No matter where it's going.

-Edna St. Vincent Millay, "Travel"

"Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take" is a collection of stories about favorite train journeys by an inveterate railway enthusiast and train traveler. A half century career as an engineer, Naval officer, and university administrator took Bill Middleton to almost every part of the globe, and everywhere he took with him an abiding interest in railways, and a notebook and camera to record his experiences. His North American journeys have included experiences as diverse as the long journey north through Manitoba to polar bear country on Hudson Bay, a trip to Minnesota's Mesabi Range to haul a boatload of iron ore to Lake Superior behind a giant Yellowstone articulated steam locomotive, and the trip between Costa Rica's Atlantic and Pacific coasts by narrow gauge railway. His European travels have ranged from a Pullman seat on the crack London-Paris Golden Arrow to the slow trip across Thrace on one of the last runs of the celebrated Simplon-Orient Express. In Asia he traveled through the Toros Mountains of Turkey on the famous Istanbul-Baghdad Toros Express, experienced modern high-speed railroading in the cab of Japan's Bullet Train, and rode to Asia's highest mountain east of the Himalayas on the little trains of Taiwan's Ali Shan Forestry Railway.


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Preface

Chapter 1, Journeys in North and Central America

Chapter 2, European Journeys

Chapter 3, Asian Journeys


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William D. Middleton

Riassunto

Two dozen illustrated stories describing William D Middleton's railroad journeys in North and Central America, Europe, the Middle East, and the Far East.

Dettagli sul prodotto

Autori William D Middleton, William D. Middleton, Middleton William D
Con la collaborazione di William D Middleton (Fotografie), William D. Middleton (Fotografie), George M Smerk (Editore), George M. Smerk (Editore)
Editore Indiana University Press
 
Lingue Inglese
Formato Copertina rigida
Pubblicazione 01.04.2000
 
EAN 9780253336996
ISBN 978-0-253-33699-6
Pagine 246
Dimensioni 224 mm x 285 mm x 21 mm
Peso 1107 g
Serie Railroads Past and Present
Railroads Past and Present
Indiana University Press (IPS)
Categorie Guide e manuali > Veicoli, aerei , imbarcazioni, viaggi aerospaziali > Veicoli su rotaia
Viaggi > Guide turistiche

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