This book tells the story of one of Britain's most successful heritage rail projects. Formed in 1960, The Great Western Society was founded by a group of schoolchildren who wanted to save a Great Western Tank locomotive and its trailer. Today that original project has become the best collection of rolling stock and locomotives of the Great Western in the world. This is the story of the Society and its members, who have made it possible. One of the few existing books that deals with a railway issue that is not given enough importance, that of associations of friends of the railway. In its pages you will travel through the history of one of the most important associations of the railway world, from its simple beginnings until you reach the Railway Center of Didcot. All this thanks to a very pleasant text and excellent photographs. A book highly recommended for all railway enthusiasts, especially those belonging to the associations of railway friends. Read the full Spanish review [link=http://unoscuantostrenes.blogspot.com/2019/09/rincon-literario-great-western-society.html]here[/link]
Unes Cuantos Trenes Blog, Jorge del Valle
This book tells the story of one of Britain's most successful heritage rail projects. Formed in 1960, The Great Western Society was founded by a group of schoolchildren who wanted to save a Great Western Tank locomotive and its trailer. Today that original project has become the best collection of rolling stock and locomotives of the Great Western in the world. This is the story of the Society and its members, who have made it possible. One of the few existing books that deals with a railway issue that is not given enough importance, that of associations of friends of the railway. In its pages you will travel through the history of one of the most important associations of the railway world, from its simple beginnings until you reach the Railway Center of Didcot. All this thanks to a very pleasant text and excellent photographs. A book highly recommended for all railway enthusiasts, especially those belonging to the associations of railway friends. Read the full Spanish review [link=http://unoscuantostrenes.blogspot.com/2019/09/rincon-literario-great-western-society.html]here[/link]
Unes Cuantos Trenes Blog, Jorge del Valle
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York Model Engineers, September 2019
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York Model Engineers, September 2019
[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars
Intriguing and well written.
Long fascinated by the glamour and luxury of early railway travel, I was excited to see a book fully dedicated to the subject. Pring is clearly a fellow enthusiast, and that love for the subject matter comes through in the text, making for an infinitely readable piece of nonfiction.
Pring does an admirable job of presenting his information in a thorough and complete manner that befits narrative nonfiction: Dense and informative but never dry.
This book focuses solely on British railway travel, and I’d love to see Pring take on the same topic for either continental Europe or America in this future.
NetGalley, Samantha Edelman
[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars
Intriguing and well written.
Long fascinated by the glamour and luxury of early railway travel, I was excited to see a book fully dedicated to the subject. Pring is clearly a fellow enthusiast, and that love for the subject matter comes through in the text, making for an infinitely readable piece of nonfiction.
Pring does an admirable job of presenting his information in a thorough and complete manner that befits narrative nonfiction: Dense and informative but never dry.
This book focuses solely on British railway travel, and I’d love to see Pring take on the same topic for either continental Europe or America in this future.
NetGalley, Samantha Edelman
Thanks to the high quality of the photographs it contains, and the stories of each of them, this book is essential to know a very important period on the British railways. Looking at some of the images it is hard to think that any of them were made when the author was little more than a child. Another great photo book by Pen and Sword Books.
Read the full Spanish review [link=http://unoscuantostrenes.blogspot.com/2019/08/rincon-literario-british-railways-in.html?m=1]here[/link]
Unes Cuantos Trenes Blog, Jorge del Valle
Thanks to the high quality of the photographs it contains, and the stories of each of them, this book is essential to know a very important period on the British railways. Looking at some of the images it is hard to think that any of them were made when the author was little more than a child. Another great photo book by Pen and Sword Books.
Read the full Spanish review [link=http://unoscuantostrenes.blogspot.com/2019/08/rincon-literario-british-railways-in.html?m=1]here[/link]
Unes Cuantos Trenes Blog, Jorge del Valle
Detailed analysis of railway operating practices and layouts and of colliery history and production tonnages.
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Detailed analysis of railway operating practices and layouts and of colliery history and production tonnages.
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Locomotive Portraits
Whilst ever there have been railways there have been artists keen to paint them. Many famous names have included aspects of the railways in their paintings, including most notably Claude Monet and J M W Turner. This enthusiasm has been kept alive by the formation in the UK of the Guild of Railway Artists, of which there are over two hundred members… Read more...
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Flying Scotsman
From hauling the first non-stop express from London to Edinburgh in 1928 and breaking the 100mph barrier in 1934, to being sold in 1963, and to its final home at the York National Railway Centre, The Flying Scotsman has a rich and, at times, controversial history. It has travelled across the USA and steamed across Australia, changed owners and colour… Read more...
