The Galloping Sausage and other train curiosities : 150 steam railway events and stories /: 150 steam railway events and stories. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Geoff Body, Ian Body.
• Authors: Body, Geoffrey, 1929-; Body, Ian G
• Contents: Title; Contents; Introduction, Sources and Acknowledgements; A Hostile Takeover; Doctor Dionysius Lardner; Moments of Passion; Educational Opposition; The First Grand Opening; Protective Clauses; The MP for Lincoln; The Sodden Field; The Middy; Deodand; A Docks Line; The Perfect Locomotive; The Electric Telegraph; Genuine Mistakes; A Bridge Too Near; Stranded; Troubled Trial; Early Coaches; The First Steam Whistle; Slips and Fumes; Rail-Air 1883-style; Officially Curious; The Atmospheric Caper; Feeding the Habit; Doncaster Races; Season Ticket Perks; The Madness; Road/Rail Coordination. The Merchandise ClassesDickens to the Rescue; Hair Raising; If You Can't Beat 'Em ... ; Let there be Light; Black Dog; Sleeping Arrangements; Dubious Firsts; Gangs; Trouble; Gloucester; Replacement Bus Service; Two for the Price of One; The Longest Train?; Rhubarb! Rhubarb!; Transitory Glory; A Second's Reflection; 'Like an Empty Beer Butt ... '; WC Brunel's Spectres; Nuts; Runaway Reaper; Thirteen into Four; Signal Box Names; Abandoned Train; The Drop; The Innocent Railway; Taunton Brake Van; Brief Glory; Lonely Giant; The Galloping Sausage; 18HP; Two Unknown; Not Just Leaves. Thirty-Seven Minutes' DelayOn the Level; Sidmouth Road; 'Kim' Saves a Train; Taking the Biscuit; Harbour of Refuge Railway; Bovine Ballast; I See No Ships; Uncommon Carrier; Out of Gauge; The Sounding Arch; A Rare Survivor; Stiffs' Express; What's in a Name?; Locomotive Hybrids; Murder and Bedlam; Filling Station; Strange Locomotive, Strange Location; Blending In; Laira Raiders; All the Wheels?; Not to be Despised; Not Amused; Panto; Tiger Hunt; A Bit of a Setback; Missed!; Fly Shunting; Anderson's Piano; A Double Life; Kippers for Breakfast; 400-ton Swing; Exchange Stations; Interlaced. Adding Insult to InjuryNosedive; The Names Lived On; Extraordinary Specials; Man vs Train; Jellicoe Specials; Fire; Avoiding Action; All Part of the Service; Pitched Battle; Under the Influence; Paternalism; Tunnel Vision; Sleepers; Highland Riot; Brunel's Wrath; The Long and the Short and the Tall; Runway Clear; Fare Dodgers; Beds and Bailiffs; 'Pursued by the Fort'; Dual Purpose; Heavy Responsibilities; Road and Rail; Pricey; The Old Worse and Worse; Hijack; Push and Shove; Blockade; Access; OTT; Rocket Warning; A Case of Confusion; The Prize Fighting Game; Naming; Beached; Eulogy. Passengers on TopIncline Skills; Cab Comfort; Uneasy Bedfellows; A Penny a Year; On the Move; Confusion; Circular Routes; Taken by Surprise; Honeymoon Compartments; Tickets; Royal Station; Dickensian; Railway Time; Special Trains; Design Frenzy; Racing; The Racer, the Rasher and the Spud; Copyright.
• Publisher Details: Stroud : The History Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 385.0941; 385.1; Railroads -- Great Britain -- Anecdotes; Railroads -- Great Britain -- History; Railroads; Great Britain; Anecdotes; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0750968524; 9780750968522
• Related ISBNs: 0750965932
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.