Voices from the Railways: How the Railways Changed Our Lives - Tapa dura

"Meticulously researched. Superbly presented" Heritage Railway magazine on The Lost Lines of Britain "You can all but hear engines powering along the tracks" Mail on Sunday on Steaming Across Britain.

This collection of over 70 first-hand accounts gives fresh insight into the social changes brought about by our railways. The anecdotes gathered within this book include William Wordsworth's complaint about a proposed line through the Lake District, an engine driver's reward for transporting Queen Victoria, a signalman's brush with Winston Churchill, an anonymous poem about a romantic branch line journey, and the personal reminiscences of a woman train driver. All of these voices, some famous, others previously unheard, give a mouthpiece to this unique period in history for the very first time.