More Tales of the Old Railwaymen by Tom Quinn

More Tales of the Old Railwaymen by Tom Quinn

This follow-up to "Tales of the Old Railwaymen" features ten more railwaymen - all in their eighties or even nineties - looking back on a lifetime working on the railways, with a wealth of tales. These are memories of a long-lost era before World War II, when you could still follow quaint professions like under-shunter, wielding your 7-foot-long wooden shunting pole, or French polisher - lovingly polishing the wood-veneered interiors of Great Western Railway carriages - and when railway clerks stood in rows at sloping wooden desks appending "Your humble, obedient servant" in quill-pen to the bottom of every company letter. Here are stories of the Midland and Great Northern Railway - known to its staff as the "Muddle and Get Nowhere Railway" - where drivers were not unknown to stop their trains near Sandringham to help themselves to the odd rabbit from a poacher's snare, and of young engine cleaners' pranks that involved blowing up the cabin stove by dropping a detonator down its chimney. And, above all, here is the subtle, hot and sweaty, and even loving art of firing and driving a great steam locomotive, with its glowing firebox, Yorkshire Hard steam coal and gleaming brass.

The long awaited sequel to Quinn's original book, featuring 10 more elderly railwaymen with a wealth of extraordinary memories of a long-lost era before the last war

Tom Quinn is editor of The Countryman and Country Landowner magazines. His other books include Tales of the Old Country Farmers, Tales of the Country Eccentrics and Smugglers' Tales. He lives in London.

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ISBN 13	9781854108623
ISBN 10	185410862X
Title	More Tales of the Old Railwaymen
Author	Tom Quinn
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Quarto Publishing PLC
Year published	2002-09-26
Number of pages	192
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