{"product_id":"railway-lines-and-levers-9781852410155","title":"Railway Lines and Levers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the author's earliest recollections of the railways in Ramsbottom, Lancashire when he watched a signalman in action, Ron Bradshaw knew what he wanted to be when he grew up. This is a story of one man's ambition, the life and times of a lad joining the railway in the 1930s in the north-west of England.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe author vividly describes those formative years in the cotton towns, his love of cycling that not only was the only means of transport to take him to work, but could take him within minutes, to areas of outstanding natural beauty. His career moves, some forward, some backward as he went from box to box until he finally worked his first Class 1 Box, 50 feet long with 86 levers displayed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis work took him from the London, Midland, Scottish as the industry in the north-west declined to the west and the Great Western Railway. Sadly, as the decline in railway traffic gathered momentum, it became all too obvious and he resigned while still a 'young man' to start a whole new career.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book will be a nostalgic read for those who remember the heyday of the old industrial towns of the north-west and will interest the railway enthusiast as the author recounts the locomotives and express workings, the humour, the responsibilities that went with working for two of the great railway companies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftback, 16x25cm, 171 pages, black \u0026amp; white photographs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Good\/Very Good\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn","offers":[{"title":"Secondhand (275)","offer_id":58429869916543,"sku":"9781852410155","price":7.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1910\/7111\/files\/9781852410155.jpg?v=1789729318","url":"https:\/\/rail-books.co.uk\/products\/railway-lines-and-levers-9781852410155","provider":"Rail Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}