Britain's Bizarre Railways

Hardback Published on: 09/11/2010
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Synopsis

Everyone has their own idea of what a railway is and there is no single defining image of the railway concept. Yet it has to be said that some railways are definitely stranger than others! Why have two rails when just one will do? Ireland has the utterly bizarre Listowel & Ballybunion Railway, where Siamese twin-like double locomotives run on a V-shaped monorail. Britain is also home to a working steam monorail, while one train from a 1960s

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Halsgrove
  • ISBN: 9780857040220
  • Number of pages: 144
  • Dimensions: 214 x 230 x 16 mm

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Britain's Bizarre Railways
Interesting
From simple beginings this book shows how diverse railways have become since they first appeared.
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