{"product_id":"one-hundred-and-fifty-years-of-irish-railways-9780862812331","title":"One Hundred and Fifty Years of Irish Railways","description":"\u003cp\u003eTrains have been running in Ireland since 1834 and in the 1980s the railways were given a new lease of life with the opening of the first major electric railway in the country, the Dublin Area Rapid Transit System, or DART, from Howth to Bray. The intervening years have been fascinating if chequered ones for the railways, which reached their peak in the early years of this century, before contracting under economic pressures, political division and civil war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFergus Mulligan fully describes the development of Irish railways, detailing such idiosyncrasies as the atmospheric railway, the Fintona tram, and the Listowel and Ballybunion - the most extraordinary railway ever to operate in Ireland. He also tells the stories of the people who built and ran them, the problems they had to contend with, and the at times considerable ingenuity brought to bear in solving these problems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftback, 19x25cm, 192 pages, black \u0026amp; white photographs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Good with crease to front cover\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Appletree Press","offers":[{"title":"Secondhand (290)","offer_id":56899554640255,"sku":"9780862812331","price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1910\/7111\/files\/9780862812331.jpg?v=1770306826","url":"https:\/\/rail-books.co.uk\/products\/one-hundred-and-fifty-years-of-irish-railways-9780862812331","provider":"Rail Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}