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First Class Legendary Train Journeys Around the World by Patrick Poivre d'Arvor
First Class Legendary Train Journeys Around the World by Patrick Poivre d'Arvor
Hard Cover with Book Case
359 Pages
Copyright 2007 in the USA
This book tells the story of eleven legendary railroad journeys around the world and invites you aboard to share the experience. From the Toy Train of Darjeeling, which climbs toward the roof of the world, to the dizzying rail lines through the Andes, to the magic of the Train Blue perfumed with the smell of mimosas, one passes through one landscape after another, from one culture to another. Here one will also discover the madness of epic railroad construction projects in remote and hostile climes, such as the construction of the Mombasa-Nairobi line in 1903 all the while the rail workers were preyed upon by man-eating lions, or in the Far West, carving railroads throught he Rocky Mountains. Profusely illustrated with period and contemporary photographs and artifacts, First Class promises a wonderful journey.
Contents
9 All Aboard! All Aboard!
25 The Toy Train of Darjeeling
53 The Orient Express
89 The Canadian
125 The Trans-Siberian Railway
161 The Uganda Railway or Lunatic Line
193 The Train bleu
221 The Blue Train
245 The California Zephyr
281 The Palace on Wheels
297 The Eastern and Oriental Express
321 Railways of the Andes
353 Annex
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