The Railway Builders: A Chronicle of Overland Highways (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Oscar D. Skelton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0364269413 ISBN 13: 9780364269411

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from The Railway Builders: A Chronicle of Overland Highways

Widows' strawberry-beds would be' ruinq What would become of coachmen and coat builders and horse-dealers Or suppose cow were to stray upon the line; would I that be a very awkward circumstance queried a committee member, only' to gi Stephenson an opening for the classic re} in his Slow Northumbrian speech i verra awkward for the coo.' And not 01 W0u1d the locomotive as it Shot along do su varied damage in truth, it would not go all; the wheels, declared eminent exper would not grip on the smooth rails, or else 1 engines would prove top-heavy.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0364269413
• ISBN 13: 9780364269411
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 310