{"product_id":"the-train-that-ran-away-hb-9780711004139","title":"The Train That Ran Away (HB)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAgain British Rail is losing money heavily. Yet it is only a few years since the 1968 Transport Act wrote off BR's massive accumulated debt and generously subsidised the country's socially necessary rail services.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAre Ministers, civil servants and railway managers still reluctant to learn the lessons of the first twenty years of nationalisation and its recurrent financial crises? Should money still be pumped into the railways on a huge scale simply to keep staff employed and unprofitable routes intact, either for political reasons or to satisfy status-conscious managers?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe nation can judge from this book. Besides analysing acutely the managerial and technical misjudgements of the 1950s, it clearly demonstrates that heavy losses occurred in situations where commercial success was impossible. Crises may well persist if Ministers or managers retain railways for services which other modes of transport can provide more cheaply and conveniently\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback, 15x23cm, 160 pages,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Good, some wear to DJ, price sticker on DJ \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ian Allan","offers":[{"title":"Secondhand (316)","offer_id":57546105946495,"sku":"9780711004139","price":8.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1910\/7111\/files\/9780711004283.jpg?v=1713454872","url":"https:\/\/rail-books.co.uk\/products\/the-train-that-ran-away-hb-9780711004139","provider":"Rail Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}