{"product_id":"nonstop-london-to-scotland-steam-9780862996000","title":"Nonstop!: London to Scotland Steam","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe simultaneous arrival of two trains to rapturous receptions at Edinburgh's Waverley station and King's Cross in London on 1 May 1928, heralded the commencement of regular non-stop passenger services between the capitals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOver the next three decades the LNER's 'Flying Scotsman', and its successors, the 'Elizabethan' and 'Capitals Limited', complete with their Louis XVI interiors, cocktail bars and luxury coaches, operated throughout the summer months. Yet even before the 'Non-Stop' had begun, and despite the undoubted prestige of these services, the LNER had to contend with the publicity-stealing exploits of its rival, the LMS. Other challenges came in the form of an air\/rail race to Edinburgh between the 'Flying Scotsman' and the inappropriately-named City of Glasgow aeroplane, and even from exceptionally bad weather conditions, which were instrumental in the setting of a new British non-stop rail journey record.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter examining the special arrangements which had to be made before non-stop services became viable - water-troughs, corridor tenders, staff rostering - A.J. Mullay uses railwaymen's reminiscences and contemporary newspaper and magazine reports, as well as official published statistics, to chart chronologically the memorable events of the 'Non-Stop' era up to the advent of the 'Deltic' diesel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis comprehensive and heavily illustrated book provides the railway enthusiast with a detailed and accurate record of this nostalgic period.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback with dust jacket, 19x25cm, 120 pages, black \u0026amp; white photographs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Good\/Very Good\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alan Sutton","offers":[{"title":"Secondhand (399)","offer_id":58429869556095,"sku":"9780862996000","price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1910\/7111\/files\/9780862996000.jpg?v=1789747356","url":"https:\/\/rail-books.co.uk\/products\/nonstop-london-to-scotland-steam-9780862996000","provider":"Rail Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}