Belles and whistles
Subtitle: five journeys through time on Britain's trains
By: Andrew Martin
Publisher: Profile Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9781781252123; 9781782830252
Subjects: Railroad travel; History
Description: Andrew Martin recreates five of these famous train journeys by travelling abroad their nearest modern day equivalents. Sometimes their names have survived, even if only as a footnote on a timetable leaflet, but what has usually - if not always - disappeared is the extravagance and luxury.
Table of contents: title: The Golden Arrow; title: The Brighton Belle; title: The Cornish Riviera Express; title: The Flying Scotsman; title: The Caledonian Sleeper.