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Flying Scotsman: The Extraordinary Story of the World's Most Famous Train
by Roden, Andrew
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1781316139
- ISBN 13
- 9781781316139
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Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom
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About This Item
UK: Aurum Press Ltd. Hardcover. Very Good. 19.7 x 1.9 x 26 cm. h/b 192 pages, condition is very good. The incredible biography of the most famous steam locomotive in the world. Think of the Golden Age of Steam and one train leaps to mind above all others: the Flying Scotsman, Nigel Gresley's elegant masterpiece of a locomotive. She broke the world speed record in 1934 and has enthralled millions with her beauty and power. Uniquely, her post-war career has been even more varied and exciting than her early triumphs. Now Andrew Roden tells the Scotsman's remarkable story, from her construction and the glory days between the wars through the decline of steam and her rollercoaster fortunes in the subsequent years: nearly abandoned on a tour of the United States after the money ran out, crossing the Australian interior, then put up for sale yet again when the company that owned her went bankrupt in 2003. A massive public campaign saved her for the nation and the Flying Scotsman's restoration began in 2005 at the National Railway Museum. With the aid of numerous interviews with those involved with the Scotsman over the years, Roden brings her story memorably to life. Above all, he asks: why do grown men risk their life savings to own her? Why do thousands of people still line the trackside when she's due to race past? And just what is the eternal appeal of the Flying Scotsman? Review "Her spirit lives on - and Roden has brought it back, wreathed in clouds of nostalgic steam." 0
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- Bookseller
- Hanselled Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 67602
- Title
- Flying Scotsman: The Extraordinary Story of the World's Most Famous Train
- Author
- Roden, Andrew
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1781316139
- ISBN 13
- 9781781316139
- Publisher
- Aurum Press Ltd
- Place of Publication
- UK
- This edition first published
- 2016
- Size
- 19.7 x 1.9 x 26 cm
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Burntisland, Fife
About Hanselled Books
Hanselled Books has been providing Quality Online Service since 2002. We were an exclusively web based business but in October 2009 we opened retail premises in Burntisland Fife, allowing us to expand the range of books on offer.We stock a range of second-hand and new books; we are particularly strong in Scottish Interest and difficult to find titles. With over 16,000 book titles in stock we are sure you will find something to suit your wants.
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