Christian Wolmar - British Rail - Paperback

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The item is a book Paperback
The Author Name is Christian Wolmar
The Title is British Rail

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Content Language - English
Category - TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / History
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century
HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General


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'A passionate defence' The Times'Impeccably organized, a fast enjoyable read' TLSBritish Rail wasn't how we're asked to remember it . . . From ancient rolling stock to patchy service, stale sandwiches to the wrong kind of snow, British Rail - our last great state-owned organization to be privatized - has received a terrible press. But after its controversial 1948 creation, British Rail was actually an innovative powerhouse that over five decades transformed the UK, creating one of the fastest regular rail services in the world. Award-winning journalist Christian Wolmar takes us from promise to punchline, exploring British Rail's birth into post-war austerity, the many battles and struggles to evolve what many considered to be a dinosaur, and how, at the height of its success, the service was misunderstood and unfairly maligned, ruthlessly broken up and privatized. ___________________'Extraordinary' Oldie'Wolmar is the high priest of railway studies' Literary Review

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