Train Journeys of the World: A Spectacular Voyage Of Discovery Along 30 Of The World's Most Exciting Rail Routes By Susan Gordon

Train Journeys of the World: A Spectacular Voyage Of Discovery Along 30 Of The World's Most Exciting Rail Routes By Susan Gordon

Hardcover

ISBN 074950658X

Publisher: Automobile Association Developments Ltd 1993

Used - Very Good+. This book is in an excellent condition. The cover have some very slight signs of wear and the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains perfect. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. The book is protected with a Cellophane cover.

Since the opening of the first passenger railway more than 150 years ago, train journeys have evoked an air of romance and adventure, linked with the excitement of new places and the opening up of whole continents. This book explores 30 of the most famous and spectacular routes in the world, from the nostalgic Orient-Express to Japan's high-speed, high-tech "bullet train". An introductory feature charts the growth of the railways, their pioneers and the development of the locomotive. 19 modern-day travellers recount their adventures as they make their way through Mongolia, along the Nile, from coast to coast across Australia, the length of Italy, across America and Canada, into the high Andes, around the Aegean and into the heart of Africa. The story of each route is told in detail, capturing the atmosphere of peoples and places, the enclosed world of the train and the greater landscape beyond the windows. Maps tracing each route snake across the page, and for those tempted to try the routes themselves there is a panel containing practical information and advice.