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- EditoreClive Foxell
- Data di pubblicazione1996
- ISBN 10 0952918404
- ISBN 13 9780952918400
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine136
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Chesham Shuttle: The Story of a Metropolitan Branch Line book by Clive Foxell
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Clive Foxell
(1996)
ISBN 10: 0952918404
ISBN 13: 9780952918400
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Descrizione libro Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book. About the book >.>.> Although at first sight the Metropolitan branch from Chalfont & Latimer to Chesham might appear to be just a typical railway by-way, nevertheless it reflects not only its convoluted origins but also the evolving mixed role of serving both a country town and a growing commuter population. Compared with most similar towns, Chesham had to wait over 50 years until 1889 for its railway, but the eventual arrival of the branch was over the next century to dramatically change the nature of Chesham. Hard fought for by the townspeople, they have had to continue to fight for its existence and no doubt will have go on doing so in the teeth of a pervasive indifference to the advantages of a proper transport infrastructure. My interest in the "MET" was first aroused when, in the 1940's as a schoolboy cycling home past Harrow on the Hill station, I would be able to watch the 4.45pm ex-Marylebone express draw in, hauled usually by a grimy, but magnificent, former GCR Robinson 4-4-0 Director class locomotive, which, somehow. Codice articolo Batch-FM393-VG-9226
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