A steam train arrives at the coast in the height of summer. Excited children and harassed parents spill out onto the hot platform and into the sea air. Greg Morse tells the story of how the railways took Britain on holiday.
The decade of blue and grey, of red-striped container trains, and curly sandwiches, once derided but now beloved of a generation of train lovers, here encapsulated by Greg Morse in full colour.
Guides us through a world of Traveller's Fare, concrete concourses and peak- capped porters, a difficult period that began with the aftershock of Beeching but ended with BR becoming the first nationalised passenger network in the world to make a profit.
Britain's rail network is now among the safest in the world, but the journey that brought it to that point has been long and eventful. Early incidents like the felling of William Huskisson MP by Stephenson's Rocket (1830) showed how new ideas could bring new dangers.
Why would billionaire, South Florida Mob Boss, Antonio "Magic Man" Barrera hire Jason Noble, a no-name, untested criminal defense lawyer to represent him in his federal death penalty trial?Jason Noble knows he can become a great lawyer, even if the rest of the world does not. All he needs is that one big case the media goes crazy for, and he is on his way to fame and fortune. He thought he landed the chance of a lifetime when Peter Cohen called him to take over representing Antonio "Magic Man" Barrera. But first, he has to find the federal courthouse. When Jason thinks about it now, working for the Palm Beach County Public Defender's Office seemed like Disney World compared to his current client list of one.Jason soon finds himself fighting against the might of the entire federal government, orchestrating the attack is Trevor Wittingham, an overzealous Assistant United States Attorney who sees Antonio's case as his ticket to removing the "assistant" from his title. Jason's biggest challenge is fighting against his own client's attempts to sabotage the case.
John Betjeman was undoubtedly the most popular Poet Laureate since Tennyson. This book explores his identity through such Victorianism via the verse of that period, but also its architecture, religious faith and - more importantly - religious doubt.
The 1950s saw a realisation that British Railways needed to modernise its equipment and rationalise its network if it was to hold its own in the face of growing competition from road and air transport. The next decade brought line closures, new liveries and the last breath of steam, as Doctor Beeching and his successors strove to break even and build a new business from the old. From Britannia to the Blue Pullman, Evening Star to Inter-City, Greg Morse takes us through this turbulent twenty-year period, which started with a poor bag of assets and ended with BR poised to launch the fastest diesel-powered train in the world.
A beautifully illustrated guide to the trains that took over as the Age of Steam was drawing to a close in the 1950s. It will appeal to anyone interested in Britain s railways and the evolution of rail transport.
The decade when steam gave way to diesels on Britain's railways is fondly remembered by thousands of baby boomers who are now Britain's greatest train lovers.
The decade of crimson and cream coaches and black and red locomotives, the 1950s was a decade of renewal and optimism on Britain's rails, here encapsulated by Greg Morse in full colour.