Along Different Lines
70 Real Life Railway Stories
Published on 1. November 2012
216 pages
978-0-7524-9091-5 (ISBN)
Description
Running a railway is a complex business. However organised it is, there will always be surprises: often hilarious, frequently unexpected, but sometimes serious.
Along Different Lines includes such bizarre 'everyday' events as coping with hurricanes, rogue locomotives and runaway wagons; PR successes and otherwise; the Brighton Belle, Flying Scotsman and Mallard; training-course capers; a wino invasion; trackside antics; the Eurostar backdrop; the birth of a prison; and royal and other special occasions.
Expert authors Geoff Body and Bill Parker lovingly compiled this entertaining collection in which railway professionals recall notable incidents from across their careers. This illustrated compilation provides an enjoyable look back at life on the railways.
Along Different Lines includes such bizarre 'everyday' events as coping with hurricanes, rogue locomotives and runaway wagons; PR successes and otherwise; the Brighton Belle, Flying Scotsman and Mallard; training-course capers; a wino invasion; trackside antics; the Eurostar backdrop; the birth of a prison; and royal and other special occasions.
Expert authors Geoff Body and Bill Parker lovingly compiled this entertaining collection in which railway professionals recall notable incidents from across their careers. This illustrated compilation provides an enjoyable look back at life on the railways.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
File size
13,24 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7524-9091-5 (9780752490915)
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Persons
Geoff Body worked in the railway industry from 1945 to 1976 and wrote widely about railways and canals throughout his retirement. He wrote a wide number of articles and books, including Railway Oddities and Signal Box Coming up, Sir! Bill Parker's 39-year railway career began at Doncaster in 1945 and progressed through to divisional manager at Kings Cross.
Content
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction & Acknowledgements
- Beginnings (Geoff Body)
- A Great Crash & a Cloud of Coal Dust (Hugh Gould)
- LMS Apprentice (Alan Sourbut)
- The 1987 Hurricane - A Personal Experience (Theo Steel)
- Slips, Slides & Washouts (Jim Dorward)
- Kettering (Dennis Simmonds)
- Renaissance 4472 (Bryan Stone)
- First Course (Geoff Body)
- The Battle of Broughty Ferry (Harry Knox)
- A Shuttle Cock-Up (Cedric Spiller)
- Tales of a Young Controller (Nick Wood)
- Wormit & Lochee (Jim Dorward)
- Music: Orchestra & Chorus (Bill Parker)
- Music: Opera (Geoff Body)
- Music: Top of the Pops (Cedric Spiller)
- Newsworthy (Mike Lamport)
- European Night(mare) Services (Theo Steel)
- To Pull or Not to Pull (Jim Dorward)
- A Near Thing (David Crathorn)
- Survey Surprises (Peter Spedding)
- 'Something of a Luxury' (Dennis Simmonds)
- We Couldn't Keep Up (Bryan Stone)
- The Down Postal (Peter Spedding)
- Joint Line Adventures (Bryan Stone)
- The Chief Clerk (Bill Robinson)
- Are You Sure It Will Work? (Jim Dorward)
- Ferry Admiral (Bryan Stone)
- Show Time (Bill Parker)
- The Diesels Have Arrived (Jim Dorward)
- At a Higher Station (Cedric Spiller)
- Stop & Think (Geoff Body)
- Unforgettable Meal (Basil Tellwright)
- Motorcycle Stationmaster (Alex Bryce)
- Now There's a Funny Thing (Jim Gibbons)
- Out of the Ordinary (Jim Gibbons)
- Prison Yard (Bill Parker)
- Merthyr Tydfil (Hugh Gould)
- Peter Pan (David Maidment)
- Sitting on the Fence (Alex Bryce)
- Whoops! (Tom Greaves)
- The Swishing Fishes (Graham Paterson)
- Queen of Scots China (Hugh Gould)
- Biter Bit (Alex Bryce)
- Coal Train Runaway (Philip Benham)
- On Call (Don Love)
- The Cloth (Bill Parker)
- Steam Pressures (Tom Greaves)
- The Whirling Dervishes (Les Binns)
- The Woking Ladies' Finishing School (Geoff Body)
- A Shade Too Far (Hugh Gould)
- The North Briton (David Ward)
- Caught Out (Geoff Body)
- The Depot Cats Rule - OK? (Colin Driver)
- A Royal Lift (Philip Benham)
- Manchester 'Miss'-hap (David Ward)
- The Slowest Train? (David Maidment)
- I'll Be Alright (Hugh Gould)
- The Return of Mallard (Philip Benham)
- Expresso Supper (Graham Paterson)
- Special Workings (Philip Benham)
- Interviews (David Jagoe)
- On the LT&S (Basil Tellwright)
- Show Me the Way to Go Home (Alex Bryce)
- Lured by a Bird (Philip Benham)
- None Shall Sleep (David Crathorn)
- Ne Worry Pas (Jim Gibbons)
- Beaujolais Nouveau (Jim Gibbons)
- Crushing Experience (Geoff Body)
- Belle Finale (Frank Paterson)
- Saloons & Me (Sir William McAlpine)
- Glossary
