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British railways in the 1970s and '80s

Name: British railways in the 1970s and '80s
Author: Greg Morse

Greg Morse

10 August 2013

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Book Synopsis

For British Rail, the 1970s was a time of contrasts, when bad jokes about sandwiches and pork pies often belied real achievements, like increasing computerisation and the arrival of the high-speed Inter-City 125s. But while television advertisements told of an 'Age of the Train', Monday morning misery continued for many, the commuter experience steadily worsening as rolling stock aged and grew ever more uncomfortable. Even when BR launched new electrification schemes and new suburban trains in the 1980s, focus still fell on the problems that beset the Advanced Passenger Train, whose ignominious end came under full media glare. Here, Greg Morse 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.

About The Author

Greg Morse was instilled with a love of trains at an early age. Growing up in Swindon in the 1970s, he witnessed the end of the celebrated diesel hydraulics and the birth of the Inter-City 125s. He has written many articles on railway history and is now privileged to work for the industry he loves as an Operational Safety Specialist.

Product Details

ISBN: 9780747812517
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Shire Publications, (10 August 2013)
Number of Pages: 64
Weight: 160 grams
Language: English
Dimensions: 208 x 148 x 8 mm
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Categories:: Trains and railways Nostalgia