- Publisher: Duckworth
- Year: 2025
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 256pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 240x160mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.5kg
- ISBN: 9780715656082
- Product code: 545227
The Untold Railway Stories
New Hardback Illustrated
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An epic two-week journey on fifteen trains to get from the UK to Azerbaijan; a trip into northern Borneo that begins with a crowded commuter train on the island’s only line; four women brought together as they dine on the Empire Builder en route from Chicago to Seattle – this compendium brings together the accounts of twelve travellers to offer fresh perspectives on the extent of the world’s rail network and its role in history.
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A compendium of fascinating and evocative new writing on railway travel and history. Telling of little known journeys and uncovered histories on railway routes around the world - from the UK, Europe and Africa to North America, the Middle East and Asia.
From Myanmar's highlands to the British Pennines, from slow travel between coffee plantations in Borneo to a cross-continent odyssey on African railways, from the pioneers of the American West to European trains in war, this is a new prism through which to explore human lives, and global landscapes, politics and history.
The Untold Railway Stories is a testament to both the joy and impact of train travel - to the ambition and ingenuity, and also to destruction and sacrifice within its history - and is published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of first passenger railway line.
From Myanmar's highlands to the British Pennines, from slow travel between coffee plantations in Borneo to a cross-continent odyssey on African railways, from the pioneers of the American West to European trains in war, this is a new prism through which to explore human lives, and global landscapes, politics and history.
The Untold Railway Stories is a testament to both the joy and impact of train travel - to the ambition and ingenuity, and also to destruction and sacrifice within its history - and is published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of first passenger railway line.
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An epic two-week journey on fifteen trains to get from the UK to Azerbaijan; a trip into northern Borneo that begins with a crowded commuter train on the island’s only line; four women brought together as they dine on the Empire Builder en route from Chicago to Seattle – this compendium brings together the accounts of twelve travellers to offer fresh perspectives on the extent of the world’s rail network and its role in history.
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