Single Track Obsession: A book of extraordinary railway journeys
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (805 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1425162398 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 260 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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. He has subsequently worked as a copywriter for one of the UK's leading tour operators, and has had articles on Spanish and Costa Rican Railways published in The Railway Magazine. Perhaps his greatest achievement in railway history was purchasing and using the last return ticket from North Weald station in Essex, England, before it closed! Rob lives on the Kent coast, within sight of the English Channel, less than
Books about railways usually fall into one of two categories. Some are so full of technical and historical information that they are very dull to the layman, whereas others go to the opposite extreme, describing the journey but giving no information on the train or the history of the railwayÖ I hope that SINGLE TRACK OBSESSION will break the mold. Since then I have travelled all over the world, using trains wherever possible. Often the main point of interest was the scenery; sometimes it was the quaintness of the rolling stock, and sometimes the companionship of my fellow travellers. It was during my student days that I started riding on trains simply for the fun of it. You will find the world's oldest railway here, as well as the steepest adhesion-only line and the first to have an automatic train control system. Some were once-in-a-lifetime trips and others regular commuter runs. In recent years I have started e-mailing friends with accounts of my travels, and this has led several of them to say "
Great stories about railfanning Gene Bowker I'm enjoying this delightful book of the authors railfanning (trainwatching) adventures around the world. He combines information about the railroads with history about the people and culture in a great way.The book is well formated and edited for Kindle and is easy to read.
He came to creative writing at an extremely young age; his first 'book', Lambkin and the Men with Guns, was written on the day of President Kennedy's assassination: Rob's mother supplied him with crayons and sheets of scrap paper to keep him occupied during a family dinner-party while the grown-ups were watching the news from Dallas on television! He often wonders whether he is the youngest person who can recall that particular day. After studying French and English literature at University, Rob spent two years teaching English abroad and several years working as a t