The Lost Joy of Railways: A Nostalgic Journey Back to the Golden Age of Trainspotting by Julian Holland (Hardcover, 2009)

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Takes you back to the 1950s and 1960s, reminding you the trains and personal accounts, journey logs, timetables and photographs. Divided into the six regions of British railways, this book includes chapters that documents the favourite stations and engine sheds that were a magnet to the spotter.|The Lost Joy of Railways will transport you back to the 1950s and 1960s, with this nostalgic look at Britain's railways in their glory days. Packed with hundreds of never-before-seen photographs, journey logs, trainspotting notebooks and ephemera, The Lost Joy of Railways is a vivid recollection of the whole atmosphere of the railways during that glorious era when we were trainspotters. Divided into the six regions of British railways, each chapter documents the favourite stations and engine sheds that were a magnet to the spotter Western Region Top spots include London Paddington, Oxford, Gloucester and Bristol Temple Meads, with a section on the miracles of Barry Scrapyard. Southern Region Top spots include London Waterloo, Bournemouth, Exeter Central and Salisbury, with a section on Eastleigh Works which started life in 1891. Eastern Region Top Spots include London Liverpool Street, London King's Cross and Doncaster, with a section on The Great Escape; only 50 former LNER steam locos have been saved for preservation, far fewer than any other 'big four' railway companies. London Midland Region Top spots include London Euston, London St Pancras, Birmingham New Street, Liverpool and Carlisle, with a section on The Great Escape discussing the preserved locos from the LMS. North Eastern Region Top spots include Leeds, York, Darlington and Newcastle, with a section on BR Standard Locos. Scottish Region Top spots include Glasgow central, Edinburgh Princes Street, Edinburgh Waverley and Perth, with a section on BR Diesel and Electric Locos. Records of trainspotting trips and the final days of steam are also included, along with feature pages on famous railway photographers, schedules, works, scrapyards, dastardly diesels and essential clothing, equipment and survival kit for spotters. The Lost Joy of Railways is a time machine that will carry you back to those innocent, glorious years when railways were still an integral part of our everyday lives.

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PublisherDavid & Charles
ISBN-139780715331996
eBay Product ID (ePID)89068304

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Publication Year2009
TopicRailway, Mind
Book TitleThe Lost Joy of Railways: a Nostalgic Journey Back to the Golden Age of Trainspotting
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
AuthorJulian Holland
FormatHardcover

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Item Height279 mm
Item Width216 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorJulian Holland

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  • 1950s/60s trainspotter's ideal book

    If, like me, you were a train spotter in the 50s/60s when the railways were full of steam trains and the newer diesels were just coming in then this book will be like your diary with the addition of lots of excellent photos. I cannot recommend this highly enough

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