All Aboard!: Remembering Britains Railways

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From best-selling railway expert, Julian Holland, explore Britains historical railways in All Aboard.

The history of Britains railways is a long and fascinating one, filled with stories of grand endeavours, noted figures and record-breaking feats.
Julian Holland brings together a unique miscellany of intriguing tales and engaging trivia the perfect collection for every railway enthusiast.

Stories range from Bulleids 'Chinese Laundries', trainspotting trips in Wales and Scotland and Liverpools Dockers Umbrella' to railway artists and clergy, a railway-owned airline and railways that were never built.

Find out about
The Royal Scots 11,000-mile journey in the USA and Canada
A narrow gauge island railway in the middle of the Bristol Channel
How the London & South Western Railway saved the British Empire
Mallards unbeaten world speed record of 1938
How to fly by Great Western Railway from Cardiff to Plymouth
The 75-mile network of narrow gauge railways on the Isle of Skye
How another 4,500 miles of railway escaped closure by Dr Beeching

All Aboard is a delightful miscellany for every railway enthusiast, filled with fascinating and obscure stories, facts and figures.

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If the author is Julian Holland, and the subject is railways, you know youre going to be in for a treat Cotswold Life

Author Bio

From a very young age Julian Holland has had a fascination with railways. He is a writer and photographer on many railway books, including the highly acclaimed and award winning The Times Mapping the Railways (2011), Exploring Britains Lost Railways (2013) and Great Railway Journeys of the World (HarperCollins, 2014).