Dimensions
140 x 220 x 10mm
This entertaining collection of railwaymen's experiences
presents genuine situations and incidents that occurred over
the last fifty years. Embracing a great variety of humorous
anecdotes, it charts both successes and disasters. `Moving a
farm, a circus and a `bing', 245 miles of marooned railway,
246 prostitutes, daring robberies, footplate adventures,
animal capers, royal and children's specials, mishaps,
characters, unusual lines and activities and summer madness
- these are just a few of the subjects embraced in this
assortment of memorable experiences from a number of
professional railwaymen. These memories come from the last
half century in a complex and varied transport business,
culled from all parts of the country and all kinds of
traffics, jobs and events, planned and unplanned. It is an
entertaining, instructive and highly readable feast for
railway people and anyone with even a passing interest in
life on the railways: there's never a dull moment!
