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Normal service suspended! Bizarre and unusual stories, facts and curiosities across the formative years on Britain's railway network The formative years of Britain's railway network produced a host of ideas, activities and characters, quite a few of which now seem not only highly unusual, but sometimes little short of ridiculous. Weird schemes and designs, extravagant behaviour, reckless competition and larger-than-life characters all featured in the genuine struggle of the railway system to evolve. While the dawning of regulation and common sense brought about more uniform and responsible practices, factors like the weather and the innate complexity of railway operation continued to produce a stream of nonstandard incidents and outcomes, from wild storms to unusual equipment. This book, by ex-railwaymen Geoff and Ian Body, captures over 150 entertaining snippets, stories, and strange and unusual facts from an ample supply of railway curiosities. SELLING POINTS: . New material collated by an experienced railwaymen . Featuring the bizarre machinations of railways large and small . With flamboyant and temperamental characters, storms, incidents, extreme plans, secret projects, telegraphic howlers, strange names and some startling facts about railway mania . Illustrated with photographs and line arts AUTHOR: Geoff Body worked in the railway industry from 1945 to 1976 and has been writing on railways ever since. He has written a great number of books and articles over the years, including 'Railway Oddities' and 'Signal Box Coming Up, Sir!' for The History Press. He lives in Weston-super-Mare. Ian Body is Geoff's son and is also an ex-railwayman. He has joined forces with his father to produce this, his latest book. 60 b/w illustrations

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GEOFF BODY made his start with LNER in 1945, at the age of 16, and left thirty-one years later, having risen to senior officer positions within the railways, Freightliners and Pickfords Tank Haulage. He wrote widely about railways and canals throughout his retirement, including a number of articles and books, counting Railway Oddities and Signal Box Coming up, Sir! among them. IAN BODY joined British Rail, WR, in 1972 aged 22 and worked there for twenty-seven years in operating and commercial roles. He continued his railway association through crowd management activity and went on to collaborate with his father, Geoff Body, in railway writing.

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