Train Spotting Log Book

Author: Go Go Go Go Kabuki Ltd.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781500441814
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 110

Book Description
The Train Spotting Log Book - record the trains you find! Measuring 7"x10", the Log Book has lots of space to record the trains you see, including fields for: - Category - Name - Number - Loco 2 - Type - Builder - Year Built - Class Name - Class - Depot - Pool Code - Operator - Status - Livery - Max Speed - Wheel - Weight - Transmission - Length - Date Withdrawn - Kw Power - Place Seen - Date Seen - Country - Location - Arrival Time - Departure Time - Hauled - Distance - Driver - # Wagons - Spare 1 - Spare 2 - Spare # - Spare Date - Notes

Platform Souls

Author: Nicholas Whittaker
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
ISBN: 1848319908
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 387

Book Description
Nicholas Whittaker's much-loved classic recollects the long sunny days of his childhood when, notepad in hand, jam sandwiches in the duffel bag, he happily spent his time jotting down train numbers during the Indian summer of steam and the heyday of diesel. Whittaker returns to his roots in this updated edition, casting a sceptical eye over recent developments, catching up with old acquaintances and considering the toll that half a century of ridicule and a couple of decades of privatisation have wrought upon his beloved pastime. As Andrew Martin notes in his Foreword, this is 'one of the best books ever written about rail enthusiasm'. Equally it is a poetically written memoir of growing up in a more innocent age, a hymn to British eccentricity and to the virtues of observing the world around you: 'Spotters – of trains, planes, buses or birds – are a last redoubt for something rapidly vanishing from our lives: looking outward, seeing, observing. People notice things less and less these days, while watching things more and more.' Praise for the first edition: 'An elegy: for the steam trains already vanishing when Whittaker's hobby began in 1964; for the short-lived diesel age which followed; for an era of near innocence.' Times Literary Supplement 'Whittaker writes with humour and considerable evocative power ... For anyone who will admit to having a childhood brush with this now derided hobby, Platform Souls brings it all rushing back.' Independent 'Destined to become the Fever Pitch of the sidings and embankments' Publishing News

Train Spotting Log Book

Author: P. M. Peters
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781794024113
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 102

Book Description
A handy 5" x 8" log book with 100 pages. Each page has a space to record the following: Date Location Plus 8 boxes, each containing room to note the following information: Name/Number Operator Route Livery And there's still space for some additional note taking, to make sure you never miss a thing!

Ticket to Ride

Author: Tom Chesshyre
Publisher: Summersdale Publishers LTD
ISBN: 1783728116
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 329

Book Description
Why do people love trains so much? Tom Chesshyre is on a mission to find the answer by experiencing the world through train travel—on both epic and everyday rail routes, aboard every type of ride, from steam locomotives to bullet trains, meeting a cast of memorable characters who share a passion for train travel. Join him on the rails and off the beaten track as he embarks on an exhilarating whistle-stop tour around the globe, from Sri Lanka to Iran via Crewe, Inverness, the Australian outback, and beyond.

Daniel Defoe's Railway Journey

Author: Stuart Campbell
Publisher: Sandstone Press Ltd
ISBN: 1910985716
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 345

Book Description
Daniel Defoe's Railway Journey describes the odyssey undertaken by two eccentric pensioners as they travel on every mile of railway track in the UK. Surreal and poignant by turns, Stuart Campbell describes the people they meet and the unwanted adventures that befall them. He is aided and abetted by the ghost of Daniel Defoe, writer, soldier, businessman and spy who completed his own journey in the 1720s.

The Trainspotter's Notebook

Author: Francis Bourgeois
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 9780857504739
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description

When I Was a Nipper

Author: Alan Titchmarsh
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1409074676
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 354

Book Description
In When I Was a Nipper Alan Titchmarsh goes on a personal and nostalgic journey through post-War Britain in search of treasured values and traditions that were once the soul of society. With characteristic wit, warmth and humour he draws on the experience of his own childhood, and also takes a broader perspective, creating a wonderfully detailed and evocative portrait of a way of life that is fast disappearing, and asks what can we learn from this era of austerity to make our lives better today? Born in Yorkshire in 1949 and brought up in a Britain still recovering from World War 2, Alan remembers a time of relative calm, when it was enough to return home at night knowing that the house would still be standing. We were known throughout the world for our patience, resourcefulness and resilience. 'Mustn't grumble' was almost a national catchphrase, and queuing was second nature. Peppered with wonderful archive photographs and advertisements, When I Was a Nipper takes us back to those days, down high streets and through farmyards, on to trolley buses and into local pubs. As we move towards a global economy, as communities fragment and customs are lost, When I Was a Nipper captures a world that is fast receding into history. It's powerfully nostalgic for those who remember those days, but it's also Alan's timely call to all recession-hit Brits to heed the lessons of austerity Britain: 'make do and mend'; 'look on the bright side' and 'take the knocks on the chin'.

Forget the Anorak

Author: Michael G Harvey
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752475622
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 198

Book Description
Michael Harvey's book brings to its readers the excitement of trainspotting in the 1950s and '60s, the hobby's heyday. It was the advent of the famous Ian Allan ABC Locospotters books that really gave the hobby its impetus, as they gave trainspotters all the information they required. Forget the Anorak sets out to provide the reader with a personal account of what the hobby entailed - teenagers roaming the railways of Britain, sleeping on deserted platforms on porters' trolleys, 'bunking' dimly lit depots and eluding capture, travelling hundreds of miles on a platform ticket, and stink bombs on the Underground. You'll be able to smell the steam, soot and unwashed socks, and taste the boiled egg sandwiches, the chips wrapped in newspaper and the hot jam doughnuts, all washed down with warm Tizer. Illustrated with Michael Harvey's own photographs and a selection of maps, Forget the Anorak appeals to anyone who experienced the golden days of trainspotting, as well as to anyone interested in the social history of Britain after the Second World War.

Skagboys

Author: Irvine Welsh
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393088731
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 543

Book Description
Chronicles the misadventures of Mark Renton and his friends as they cope with economic uncertainties, family problems, drug use, and the opposite sex in 1980s Edinburgh.

The Laying On Of Hands

Author: Alan Bennett
Publisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 1782831533
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 85

Book Description
Clive Dunlop was a masseur of exceptional talents. His 'services' were much in demand amongst the great and the good and after his untimely death at the age of 34 they -- the film stars and politicians, the writers and publishers, the TV pundits and celebrity chefs -- are gathered for his memorial service. The conduct of the service is a great worry for the priest taking the service, but it proves to be a test for the congregation. This is Alan Bennett at his absolute best with an exceptional satire. It is a perfect work of fiction but it will give readers the extra frisson of pleasure of identifying many of the characters, including even the masseur. This is a small masterpiece.