ABC Famous Trains : Journeys from the Golden Age of Steam, Hardcover by Freem...

Description: ABC Famous Trains : Journeys from the Golden Age of Steam, Hardcover by Freeman Allan, G, ISBN 1800353200, ISBN-13 9781800353206, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US In 1955, Ian Allan Publishing produced the first fivs in a new series entitled, Famous Trains. Another three were added in 1956 to complete the set. The extent of these littllets was around 30 pages and they were priced at 6 (old) pence each. They were similar in format and appearance to the abcs which were being produced and sold in vast numbers at the time when locospotting had become something of a national obsession for schoolboys in of ths featured one of the well-known named express trains of that era; The Elizabethan, The Royal Scot, The Cornish Riviera Express, The Atlantic Coast Express, The South Wales Pullman, The Queen of Scots, The Royal Wessex and the Bournemouth Belle and The Irish were all written by one of the most prolific railway authors of the 1950s and 60s, G. Freeman Allen, and followed the same format. A short introduction led to a description of the route traversed by the trains. This was illustrated with sketches of relevant portions of the route and photographs of the trains themselves. Major railway and topographical features, which could be seen by passengers along the journey, were also highlighted. All the covers carried a drawing by . Wolstenholme of the train featured, similar in style to the covers of the 'abcs' of the out of print, we are republishing facsimiles of all eight titles in one combined volume. This book will transport the reader on a wonderful nostalgic journey back to those years that, seen from the perspective of the twenty first century, represents the golden age of British Railways and the apogee of steam traction on the network.

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