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From the Edwardian golden age of steam to the present, the railway has captured the hearts and imaginations of the British people like no other mode of travel. In wartime and peace, along major routes and minor, steam, diesel and electric trains have carried commuters to work, families to holiday destinations and provided the means to myriad other adventures - the train a constant presence in an ever-changing way of life. A Century of Railway Travel presents one hundred years of the British passenger's story, using striking full-page imagery with commentary from bestselling author Paul Atterbury. From the open platforms of provincial stations before the First World War to the modern throngs at Waterloo on Derby Day, and from compartments that separated rich from poor and male from female, to the rise to dominance of modern standard class, this book depicts the rich tapestry of progress and heritage that has been the last century of British train travel. The coloured card ticket in your hand, the rough feel of the upholstered seats, and the call of the whistle, the scenery begins to move across the carriage windows of one of Britain's great steam-trains: with full-page illustrations and text alive with insight and nostalgia, this is a passenger's history of train travel in the last century.
Contents
IntroductionFestiniog Railway c. 1910A Couple at the Window c. 1912Fashionable Folkestone c. 1912Platform Scene 1912Railway Women 1917Bude Station 1923Blackpool North 1925Clearing Snow c. 1925Crossing the Forth Bridge c. 1925Holiday Crowds, Liverpool Street 1925Platform No.1, Paddington Station 1927Lady Traveller 1929Inside the Carriage c. 1932Promoting Holidays by Train c. 1932Aberdeen, the Silver City by the Sea 1935An Excursion to the Biscuit Factory c. 1936New Station at Barking 1961Ticket Office, Southend Victoria Station 1961Going to Work, 09.15 c. 1963The Golden Arrow, London Victoria Station 1963Langston Station, Hayling Island Branch c. 1963London Midland Electrification 1963Classic Diesel Scene, Approaching Bristol Temple Meads 1964Filey Holiday Camp Station 1973Trainspotting, Doncaster c. 1975Going to Work, Kirkby Station 1978HST (High Speed Train), Selby 1980Georgemas Junction 1987Class 90 Electric Locomotive with InterCity train c. 1990London Waterloo Station, Derby Day 2010Station Scene, Norwich 2011Eurostars at London St Pancras 2011AcknowledgementsIndex
