Big British Railway Journeys Puzzle Book

Author : National Railway Museum
Publisher : Seven Dials
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-28
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781841885629

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Big British Railway Journeys Puzzle Book by National Railway Museum Pdf

The new puzzle book from the National Railway Museum in York! Have you got what it takes to travel around Britain solving these 100 train-based brainteasers, word games, number crunchers and puzzles? Escape from your home and put your puzzle-solving skills to the test with these captivating conundrums that will take you on a whirlwind ride through the nation's most extraordinary past and present railway journeys. From the first journeys of legendary locomotives such as The Flying Scotsman and the Penydarren, to record-breaking routes and trips that changed our world, this is the perfect gift for puzzle book fanatics, train and travel enthusiasts, and history buffs! Inspired by the museum's archives this book is jam-packed with a variety of puzzles, from anagrams, crosswords and wordsearches to logic and mathematical challenges. Alongside puzzles to suit all levels, each section also includes an introduction that covers the most fascinating trivia, facts and figures behind the history of our railways, written by Chris Valkoinen from the National Railway Museum's Search Engine. There's a treasure trove of puzzles to be solved - are you ready to climb aboard?

Author : National Railway Museum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1409197565

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The Big British Railway Puzzle Book by National Railway Museum Pdf

A jam-packed puzzle and trivia book about the iconic British National Railways. The Big British Railway Puzzle Book is must-buy gift book for Christmas for puzzle book fanatics, train and travel enthusiasts, history buffs, and the people up and down the country who love their heritage and their regional identity! Featuring a treasure-trove of puzzles about railways and locomotives, using maps, old routes and tracks, engineering designs and all things that delight train lovers, the book also includes mind-boggling brainteasers, navigational tests, word games, code-crackers, anagrams, crosswords, mathematical conundrums and a murder mystery. As well as having over 100 mind-bending puzzles, the book contains historical facts and figures, trivia, and introductions to each section authored by Dr. Thomas Spain, a research associate at the National Railway Museum, about the history of the British Railways. From the National Railway Museum in York!

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Railroad travel
ISBN : OCLC:1232174002

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Great British Railway Journeys by Anonim Pdf

Author : Charlie Bunce
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-23
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780007452279

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Great British Railway Journeys Text Only by Charlie Bunce Pdf

TEXT ONLY EB The Sunday Times Bestseller A glorious insight into Britain over the last 150 years - its history, landscape and people - from the window of Britain’s many and magnificent railway journeys.

Author : Will Adams
Publisher : Silver Link Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : Railway Miscellanea
ISBN : 1857942434

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The Railway Puzzle Book by Will Adams Pdf

Author : Charlie Bunce
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-03
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780007510719

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Journey 1: Liverpool to Scarborough (Great British Railway Journeys, Book 1) by Charlie Bunce Pdf

A glorious insight into the history, landscape and people of Britain, from The Sunday Times bestseller.

Author : Freemantle (Mi Portillo)
Publisher : Headline
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1472279530

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Greatest British Railway Journeys by Freemantle (Mi Portillo) Pdf

Author : George Bradshaw
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 1086 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-20
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781908402455

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Bradshaw’s Handbook by George Bradshaw Pdf

Collector's item, landmark in the history of the tour guide, snapshot of Britain in the 1860s – Bradshaw's Handbook deserves a place on the bookshelf of any traveller, railway enthusiast, historian or anglophile. Produced as the British railway network was reaching its zenith, and as tourism by rail became a serious pastime for the better off, it was the first national tourist guide specifically organized around railway journeys, and to this day offers a glimpse through the carriage window at a Britain long past. This is a facsimile of the actual book – often referred to as 'Bradshaw's Guide' – that inspired the 'Great British Railway Journeys' television series, possibly the only surviving example of the 1863 edition. It is an exact copy with a removable belly-band.

Author : Michael Portillo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-02
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 147227928X

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Greatest British Railway Journeys by Michael Portillo Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Documentary television programs
ISBN : OCLC:1330952278

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Great British railway journeys by Anonim Pdf

Passionate about trains, Michael Portillo continues to chart the great British romance with the railways in this phenomenally successful series. Armed with his copy of George Bradshaws famous railway handbook, he retraces journeys that were first documented in the Victorian guide, witnessing whats changed and discovering how our love of the railways began. Throughout, he makes stops at some of Britains most beautiful cities and secluded villages, meeting extraordinary people and hearing how their lives have been shaped by the railways.

Author : Ray Hamilton
Publisher : Summersdale
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-10
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781786856906

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For the Love of Trains by Ray Hamilton Pdf

More than just a means of transport, trains connect communities, evoke memories and promise adventures galore. This fact-packed miscellany tracks their development from the earliest locomotives to today’s superfast trains, stopping off along the way to explore great railway journeys, iconic stations and memorable depictions in the arts.

Author : Geoff Body,Ian Body
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-04
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780750968522

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The Galloping Sausage and Other Train Curiosities by Geoff Body,Ian Body Pdf

The formative years of Britain's railway network produced a host of ideas, activities and characters, quite a few of which now seem not only highly unusual, but sometimes little short of ridiculous. Weird schemes and designs, extravagant behaviour, reckless competition and larger-than-life characters all featured in the genuine struggle of the railway system to evolve. While the dawning of regulation and common sense brought about more uniform and responsible practices, factors like the weather and the innate complexity of railway operation continued to produce a stream of nonstandard incidents and outcomes, from wild storms to unusual equipment. This book, by ex-railwaymen Geoff and Ian Body, captures over 150 entertaining snippets, stories, and strange and unusual facts from an ample supply of railway curiosities.

Author : Tom Chesshyre
Publisher : Summersdale Publishers LTD
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781783728114

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Ticket to Ride by Tom Chesshyre Pdf

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.

Author : George Orwell
Publisher : Renard Press Ltd
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781913724269

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Why I Write by George Orwell Pdf

George Orwell set out ‘to make political writing into an art’, and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature – his descriptions of authoritarian regimes helped to form a new vocabulary that is fundamental to understanding totalitarianism. While 1984 and Animal Farm are amongst the most popular classic novels in the English language, this new series of Orwell’s essays seeks to bring a wider selection of his writing on politics and literature to a new readership. In Why I Write, the first in the Orwell’s Essays series, Orwell describes his journey to becoming a writer, and his movement from writing poems to short stories to the essays, fiction and non-fiction we remember him for. He also discusses what he sees as the ‘four great motives for writing’ – ‘sheer egoism’, ‘aesthetic enthusiasm’, ‘historical impulse’ and ‘political purpose’ – and considers the importance of keeping these in balance. Why I Write is a unique opportunity to look into Orwell’s mind, and it grants the reader an entirely different vantage point from which to consider the rest of the great writer’s oeuvre. 'A writer who can – and must – be rediscovered with every age.' — Irish Times

Author : Simon Jenkins
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-28
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780241978993

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Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations by Simon Jenkins Pdf

The perfect new gift from the bestselling author of Britain's 1000 Best Churches It is the scene for our hopeful beginnings and our intended ends, and the timeless experiences of coming and going, meeting, greeting and parting. It is an institution with its own rituals and priests, and a long-neglected aspect of Britain's architecture. And yet so little do we look at the railway station. Simon Jenkins has travelled the length and breadth of Great Britain, from Waterloo to Wemyss Bay, Betws-y-Coed to Beverley, to select his hundred best. Blending his usual insight and authority with his personal reflections and experiences - including his founding the Railway Heritage Trust - the foremost expert on our national heritage deftly reveals the history, geography, design and significance of each of these glories. Beautifully illustrated with colour photographs throughout, this joyous exploration of our social history shows the station's role in the national imagination; champions the engineers, architects and rival companies that made them possible; and tells the story behind the triumphs and follies of these very British creations. These are the marvellous, often undersung places that link our nation, celebrated like never before.