Railways' strangest tales : extraordinary but true stories from almost 200 years of rail travel
Quinn, Tom, 1956-2017
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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.
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Author:
Quinn, Tom, 1956-, author
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Imprint:
London : Portico, 2017.
Collation:
256 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781911042808 (pbk)
Dewey class:
385.09
Language:
English
BRN:
2559231