From the very start, when George Stephenson's famous Rocket knocked
over and killed a government minister at the opening of the
Liverpool to Manchester line in 1830, the world's railways have
given rise to intriguing stories. In this fascinating book, updated
with a new selection of tales, railway buff Tom Quinn explores the
bizarre side of train travel, featuring weird weather conditions,
audacious robberies, hair-raising accidents, vanishing passengers,
an infestation of maggots and a mysterious missing mummy. From the
dawn of rail travel, when speeds of 15mph were considered dangerous
to health and people mistook engines for fire-breathing demons,
through the Victorian heyday of royal trains and seaside specials
to today's more prosaic leaves on the line, this whistlestop tour
through railways' long and storied history is the perfect gift for
armchair travelers, history fans and trainspotters.
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