British railway enthusiasm

British railway enthusiasm

British Railway Enthusiasm

Ian Carter / Ian Dr Carter

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Editorial:
Manchester University Press (P648)
Año de edición:
2014
Materia
Trenes y ferrocarriles
ISBN:
9780719065675
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The first book to study railway enthusiasts in Britain. The postwar train spotting craze swept most boys (and some girls, despite railways being coded as a male business) into a passion for railways. These people invigorated different sectors in railway enthusiasm’s life world - from railway modelling to Britain’s huge preserved railway industry.

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