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The Railway Adventures

Author : Vicki Pipe

Publisher : September Publishing

Page : 210 pages

File Size : 23,81 MB

Release : 2018-10-16

Category : Travel

ISBN : 1910463981

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Railway revelations and brilliant new trips. The railways are one of our finest engineering legacies - a web of routes connecting people to each other and to a vast network of world-class attractions. It is also the best route to enjoying the landscape of Great Britain. Within these pages Vicki Pipe and Geoff Marshall from All the Stations (YouTube transport experts and survivors of a crowd-funded trip to visit all the stations in the UK) help you discover the hidden stories that lie behind branch lines, as well as meeting the people who fix the engines and put the trains to bed. Embark on unknown routes, disembark at unfamiliar stations, explore new places and get to know the communities who keep small stations and remote lines alive. Please note this is a fixed-format ebook with colour images and may not be well-suited for older e-readers.



Daylight Limited

Author : Lin Oliver

Publisher : Friedman/Fairfax Publishing

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 23,15 MB

Release : 1999-06

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ISBN : 9781567998665

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"Lionel American Legend's Great Railway Adventures" are exciting children's books set against the backdrop of the golden age of American railroading. Parents and young readers will be transported to another era in these exquisitely illustrated books, each in the series features a historic train or locomotive. Full color.



The President Express

Author : Lin Oliver

Publisher : Friedman/Fairfax Publishing

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 26,82 MB

Release : 1999-06

Category :

ISBN : 9781567998672

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In this series, young readers join Tuck and Billie Holden and their Jack Russell terrier Chief as the trio crosses the country from California to New York in one legendary train after another. Full color.



Railway Adventures

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Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers

Page : 160 pages

File Size : 37,50 MB

Release : 2010

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0375866531

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An accessibly-priced collection of five early reader tales features Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends Gordon, James, Percy and newcomer Hiro. Original.





Great British Railways

Author : Vicki Pipe

Publisher : September Publishing

Page : 133 pages

File Size : 20,73 MB

Release : 2020-02-06

Category : Travel

ISBN : 1912836297

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Take a journey of discovery and explore the top 50 things to see and do on Great British railways. Find the rarest train routes, learn about the railways' people and animal friends, marvel at iconic stations, whizz over amazing bridges, steam through tremendous tunnels and visit the most spectacular railway sights. You can: - Ride across dramatic viaducts. - Visit Britain's busiest railway hub and its least-used station. - Stop at Britain's highest station. - Meet the railway cats and dogs.This lively, interactive book will inspire children – and adults – to seize the moment and explore the wonderful world of Great Britain's railways. Written by Vicki Pipe with additional fun facts from Geoff Marshall, the dynamic duo behind the YouTube channel's All the Stations and authors of The Railway Adventures.



Epic Adventures

Author : Sam Sedgman

Publisher : Pan Macmillan

Page : 65 pages

File Size : 12,32 MB

Release : 2022-02-17

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1529098998

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From Adventures on Trains author and British Book Award 2021 winner Sam Sedgman comes a beautiful and fact-filled book encapsulating the excitement and wonder of adventure and travel – all seen through the world's most epic train journeys. So climb on board and travel across six continents, 34 countries and numerous cities via twelve of the world's most awe-inspiring railways. Bestselling author Sam Sedgman brings to life these astonishing feats of railway engineering, including the Eurostar (London to Amsterdam), Orient Express (Paris to Istanbul), the first Transcontinental Railroad (Chicago to San Francisco) and the Rejuvenation Express (Beijing to Hong Kong). Each locomotive adventure reveals some of the rich history, culture, landscape and wildlife of the countries travelled. Take in the safari sights of Southern Africa, wrap up warm in the Arctic Circle, cross scorching deserts on the California Zephyr, and taste tea in India whilst on a toy train – there's a whole world to discover when travelling by train! Detailed, colourful illustrations by Sam Brewster bring the facts and journeys to life. Epic Adventures will appeal to culture-, travel-, locomotive-fans of all ages.



Writing the Rails

Author : Edward C. Goodman

Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 25,97 MB

Release : 2001

Category : Railroad travel

ISBN : 9781579122058

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Rich and inviting, this collection of 101 train travel stories, both fact and fiction, by renowned writers from around the world and throughout history, is a feast for the armchair vagabond.The stories, essays, historic accounts, poetry, songs and other pieces that comprise this impressive anthology have been carefully selected from the widest range of sources to reflect the glories of travel by rail, from the Orient Express to the New York City subway. So many of the world's great writers have celebrated train travel, and here they are in one collection-Mary McCarthy on the Italian railways; Paul Theroux on the old Patagonia Express; Lewis Carroll from Through the Looking Glass; F. Scott Fitzgerald from Tender Is the Night; Ian Fleming, Walt Whitman, Carl Sandburg, Langston Hughes, Rudyard Kipling-by turns funny, exciting and moving, and a joy to read throughout.Whether your true love is travel, great literature or trains, you'll get lost in this eclectic and exotic compilation that extends to all parts of the globe and deep into the imaginations of our finest writers.



Kit's Railway Adventure

Author : Harriet Brown

Publisher : American Girl Publishing Incorporated

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 20,28 MB

Release : 2002

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9781584855750

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In 1934, Kit Kittredge wins a railroad trip to Glacier National Park in Montana and meets a lot of new friends along the way.



The Great Railway Bazaar

Author : Paul Theroux

Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Page : 406 pages

File Size : 19,18 MB

Release : 2006-06-01

Category : Travel

ISBN : 054752515X

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The acclaimed author recounts his epic journey across Europe and Asia in this international bestselling classic of travel literature: “Compulsive reading” (Graham Greene). In 1973, Paul Theroux embarked on a four-month journey by train from the United Kingdom through Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. In The Great Railway Bazaar, he records in vivid detail and penetrating insight the many fascinating incidents, adventures, and encounters of his grand, intercontinental tour. Asia's fabled trains—the Orient Express, the Khyber Pass Local, the Frontier Mail, the Golden Arrow to Kuala Lumpur, the Mandalay Express, the Trans-Siberian Express—are the stars of a journey that takes Theroux on a loop eastbound from London's Victoria Station to Tokyo Central, then back from Japan on the Trans-Siberian. Brimming with Theroux's signature humor and wry observations, this engrossing chronicle is essential reading for both the ardent adventurer and the armchair traveler.