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    Trains: A Miscellany

    By Ray Hamilton

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    About this ebook

    Trains have played an important role in shaping lives, changing geography, and writing history. Whether you pine for the romantic age of the steam engine, thrill at the speeds of today's super-fast trains, dream of traveling on the world's great long-distance rail journeys, or yearn to take the "Toy Train" to Darjeeling, this book offers a fantastic, whistle-stop tour of train travel.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSummersdale
    Release dateJun 11, 2015
    ISBN9781783725502
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    Trains: A Miscellany
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    Ray Hamilton

    Ray Hamilton is a freelance writer and editor, whose lifelong passions are travel, languages and history. He has edited books on a wide range of subjects, including politics, history, travel, sport, gangland violence and birdwatching! He previously pursued a varied career in government, the highlights of which included multilateral government negotiations in Paris and forays into sub-Saharan Africa.

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