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Goods Trains

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Have you ever watched wagon after wagon of a goods train thunder past and wondered where it is heading, what it is carrying, and how it works its way between the passenger services? While goods services now tend to be shrouded in anonymity, in past times they were celebrated, prominently advertised, and in many cases were the raisons d'être for a rail route. Throughout the nineteenth and much of the twentieth century, goods trains were the lifeblood of the nation, transporting precious raw materials, construction and industrial items, and fresh produce from coastal areas and farms into the centres of bustling cities. This informative illustrated history shows how rail freight has been carried since Victorian times, and how systems have been organized, from the train itself to the sidings, railway clearing houses, goods sheds and final destinations - whether villages, towns, cities, factories or docks. It also examines the basic rolling stock of these trains, from the humble coal wagon to today's hi-tech containers.

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ISBN: 9781784423995
Publication date:
Author: Tim Bryan
Publisher: Shire Publications an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 63 pages
Series: Shire Library
Genres: Trains and railways: general interest
Industrialisation and industrial history
Transport industries
History
Motoring