Locomotion
a pocketbook celebration of 200 years of modern rail travel
Seiten
2025
Crumps Barn Studio (Verlag)
978-1-915067-75-3 (ISBN)
Crumps Barn Studio (Verlag)
978-1-915067-75-3 (ISBN)
On 27 September 1825, the steam engine known as Locomotion No.1 hauled the first passenger train on
the opening day of the Stockton & Darlington Railway. This was the first
locomotive to run on a public railway. Sixteen authors celebrate 200 years of modern railway
journeys through personal memories, history and poetry.
On 27 September 1825, the steam engine known as Locomotion No.1 hauled the first passenger train on the opening day of the Stockton & Darlington Railway - paving the way for modern rail travel and reshaping the British landscape for ever.
Celebrating 200 years of railway journeys, sixteen authors take a journey through personal memories, history and poetry. Join them on an adventure into the past glory of steam and engine sheds, along heritage lines and 21st century main lines, through feats of British engineering, the rise of diesel and electric, and aboard the famed Orient Express.
A glorious pocketbook of 200 years of rail travel told through memoir and verse, with photographs
'The constant clatter, a manmade steel lullaby
A gentle sway of carriages as changing landscapes rattle by ...'
Featuring Diana Alexander, James Armstrong, Caroline
Bradley, Myles Cutler, Bronwen R. Evans, Asma Khan, Rebecca McDowall, Sally Mills,
Jeff Nicholls, F. David Potter, Graham Powell, Margaret Royall, Stuart Samuel,
Anne Swan, Tim Taylor and Julie Wiltshire
the opening day of the Stockton & Darlington Railway. This was the first
locomotive to run on a public railway. Sixteen authors celebrate 200 years of modern railway
journeys through personal memories, history and poetry.
On 27 September 1825, the steam engine known as Locomotion No.1 hauled the first passenger train on the opening day of the Stockton & Darlington Railway - paving the way for modern rail travel and reshaping the British landscape for ever.
Celebrating 200 years of railway journeys, sixteen authors take a journey through personal memories, history and poetry. Join them on an adventure into the past glory of steam and engine sheds, along heritage lines and 21st century main lines, through feats of British engineering, the rise of diesel and electric, and aboard the famed Orient Express.
A glorious pocketbook of 200 years of rail travel told through memoir and verse, with photographs
'The constant clatter, a manmade steel lullaby
A gentle sway of carriages as changing landscapes rattle by ...'
Featuring Diana Alexander, James Armstrong, Caroline
Bradley, Myles Cutler, Bronwen R. Evans, Asma Khan, Rebecca McDowall, Sally Mills,
Jeff Nicholls, F. David Potter, Graham Powell, Margaret Royall, Stuart Samuel,
Anne Swan, Tim Taylor and Julie Wiltshire
An anthology by sixteen authors: Diana Alexander, James Armstrong, Caroline Bradley, Myles Cutler, Bronwen R. Evans, Asma Khan, Rebecca McDowall, Sally Mills, Jeff Nicholls, F. David Potter, Graham Powell, Margaret Royall, Stuart Samuel, Anne Swan, Tim Taylor, Julie Wiltshire
| Erscheinungsdatum | 09.08.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 12 black and white photographs |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 169 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Anthologien |
| Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge | |
| Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-915067-75-8 / 1915067758 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-915067-75-3 / 9781915067753 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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