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24 Aug, 2015
A good apple, but with a maggot inside.
0 of 1 found this helpful The plot and story are complicated and interesting, there is a lot of fun, the "goodies" win and the "baddies" lose, but the blasphemy and swearing are unnecessary and repulsive. Take the vulgarity out and it would be a good film. Well subtitled.
03 Jul, 2019
Beauty for the eye of the beholder
This is a beautiful and unusual railway book. It is of course American and thus treads across ground that is quite different from the general and often narrow run of British railway publishing. I would personally have liked a little more on the steam locomotives rather than on the somewhat repetitive EMD diesels, but I guess that is a preference balance rather than the actual historical balance. The superb steam locomotives like the Dreyfuss NYC Hudsons, the Loewy Penn streamliners and the magic Milwaukee Hiawathas are all represented, as are the much-loved survivors 611 and 4449. The Pennsy GG1s and the outstanding come-ride-with-me coaches, many of which have survived, are all in the net. American railroading was outstanding in its heyday, and this book draws the curtain aside for our delectation. An extensive bibliography and index bring the 208 pages into the terminal; one caveat - the addition of a chronological table of streamliner progression would have been helpful. This is a gem for railway enthusiasts whose horizons are not limited by the fogs over the English Channel or the Atlantic Ocean.
30 Aug, 2017
Brunel's Saltash Bridge - a professional study
John Binding has written a first class account of this unique and fascinating bridge, complementing his separate excellent account of Brunel's Cornish timber viaducts. This is a professional study, not just a book for skimming through. The diligent reader cannot avoid admiration for the ingenuity and determination that brought it to fruition, following the (earlier) "prototype" at Chepstow, plus the interesting subsequent work that has kept it in service with much heavier loads right up to the present. Despite some detractors, I K Brunel was indeed a pioneer and a genius, and it is fitting that his name is boldly displayed on the two ends of the main trusses at Saltash. The only criticism of the book is that many of the drawings (from originals) are too small and too faint for easy study, but the photographs are very good.