Amazing and Curious Railway Tales

Amazing and Curious Railway Tales
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Publisher : The History Press
Total Pages : 227
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ISBN-10 : 9780750997812
ISBN-13 : 0750997818
Rating : 4/5 (818 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Amazing and Curious Railway Tales by : Colin G. Maggs

Download or read book Amazing and Curious Railway Tales written by Colin G. Maggs and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2021-06-17 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who won in a race between a train and a pigeon? How can you warn bats to leave a railway tunnel? Before the era of the car, which railway company carried the most prisoners? Colin G. Maggs has collected all of these answers – and more! – in Amazing and Curious Railway Tales, a compendium of stories, curiosities and little-known facts about Britain's railways.


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