Great days express train (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Heavy book no extra postage will be asked for. Due to weight we can only post to a UK address. Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Colour illustrated boards. No ownership marks. Numerous colour and b/w photographs / illustrations. 208 pages clean and tight. The great express trains of yesteryear, often heavier and travelling longer nonstop distances than is common today, knitted Britain together using the most colourful as well as powerful locomotives and took thousands on journeys which dramatically changed their lives. Here we recapture the days when the train journey was the most eagerly-anticipated part of a holiday, when the expresses reflected the character of the lines they served and there was great individuality in carriages, restaurant cars and their fare, station organisation - and everyone took a keen interest in the performance of each day's run by the select named trains. With main chapters recapturing the great days of express trains in their many moods, `fillers' highlighting more specific matters and some individual trips, a wealth of anecdote and comment in the `snippets' in the outside column (a popular feature of the works by these two authors), a feast of colour and black-and-white photographs with expansive captions, tables and other ingredients of reference value, this book itself promises a great and sustained journey. It has been guided by a team of well-known experts and includes material contributed by those who helped run as well as travel by the great trains. Step on board! Size: 4to. …

Soft cover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. New.