Maggs's Railway Curiosities

Maggs's Railway Curiosities PDF

Author: Colin Maggs

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2016-01-15

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1445652668

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A remarkable compendium of oddities, curiosities and little-known facts about Britain's railways.

Amazing and Curious Railway Tales

Amazing and Curious Railway Tales PDF

Author: Colin G. Maggs

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2021-06-17

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 0750997818

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Who won in a race between a train and a pigeon? How can you warn bats to leave a railway tunnel? Before the era of the car, which railway company carried the most prisoners? Colin G. Maggs has collected all of these answers – and more! – in Amazing and Curious Railway Tales, a compendium of stories, curiosities and little-known facts about Britain's railways.

Great Britain's Railways

Great Britain's Railways PDF

Author: Colin Maggs

Publisher:

Published: 2021-06-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781398103368

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New B-format paperback - Explore a highly illustrated and comprehensive look at the story of 400 years of Britain's railways.

A History of the Great Western Railway

A History of the Great Western Railway PDF

Author: Colin Gordon Maggs

Publisher: Severn House Paperbacks

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781445612775

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This is an up-to-date history of GWR, or the Great Western Railway. As well as detailing the history of the trains and carriages, it covers construction and expansion, its sea and air connections and its publicity.

Steam Trains

Steam Trains PDF

Author: Colin Maggs

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781445632728

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The history of steam in Britain from the Rocket in 1829, through to the last main line locomotive in the 1960s.

Somerset Railways

Somerset Railways PDF

Author: Colin Gordon Maggs

Publisher: Somerset Books

Published: 2014-01-01

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9780861834426

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Colin Maggs tells the story of railways in Somerset, from their earliest days to the present, in this volume which includes photographs from the author's own collection.

Great Britain's Railways

Great Britain's Railways PDF

Author: Colin Maggs

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2018-10-15

Total Pages: 503

ISBN-13: 1445670305

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Explore a highly illustrated and comprehensive look at the story of 400 years of Britain's railways.

Along Different Lines

Along Different Lines PDF

Author: Geoff Body

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2012-11-01

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 0752490915

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Running a railway is a complex business. However organised it is, there will always be surprises: often hilarious, frequently unexpected, but sometimes serious. Along Different Lines includes such bizarre 'everyday' events as coping with hurricanes, rogue locomotives and runaway wagons; PR successes and otherwise; the Brighton Belle, Flying Scotsman and Mallard; training-course capers; a wino invasion; trackside antics; the Eurostar backdrop; the birth of a prison; and royal and other special occasions. Expert authors Geoff Body and Bill Parker lovingly compiled this entertaining collection in which railway professionals recall notable incidents from across their careers. This illustrated compilation provides an enjoyable look back at life on the railways.

Britain's Railways in Colour

Britain's Railways in Colour PDF

Author: Colin G. Maggs MBE

Publisher: Haynes Publishing UK

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781844256501

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This book, covering the final years of steam on Britain’s railways, presents a wonderful array of over 200 color photographs, many of them previously unpublished. All the imagery is reproduced from original transparencies that have remained carefully preserved away from daylight since the day they were taken, so the original vividness of color remains – a rare quality. This book will delight today’s railway enthusiasts who are looking for new material.