Name: Goodbye mr Krupps: Memoirs of an Engine Driver - From the Hull & Barnsley to East African Railways (en Inglés)
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Author: Eric Blackburn
ISBN: 9781035843121

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Goodbye mr Krupps: Memoirs of an Engine Driver - From the Hull & Barnsley to East African Railways (en Inglés)

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Austin Macauley Publishers

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Eric Blackburn

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Inglés

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541

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Tapa Blanda

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9781035843121

Goodbye mr Krupps: Memoirs of an Engine Driver - From the Hull & Barnsley to East African Railways (en Inglés)

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A vivid and entertaining account of one man's extraordinary life, guided by a love of steam trains and an unerring vision to be an engine driver in the days when steam ruled the rails. See through the eyes of a small boy the first stirrings of this enduring passion as, in rapt fascination, he watches trains on the Hull & Barnsley main line in the 1940s, and witness the bucolic beauty of rural life, allied with the poverty and shear hard graft of farm work during the war years, when it seems his dream will be crushed by the daily grind and drudgery. Share the author's exuberance as, having hazarded all, he succeeds in joining the London & North Eastern Railway as a lad porter, before being introduced to the hallowed world of the Locomotive Department, progressing through the ranks to finally fulfil his dream. On this journey share his exhilaration as he thunders down the main line on a locomotive pushed to its limits, spewing fire and brimstone; and witness a host of steam train escapades, adventures, and mishaps, from the farcical to tragic. Finally, travel with him to exotic Tanganyika/Tanzania in the 1960s where, during 12 years with East African Railways, he experiences the challenges of epic journeys through the heart of the sun-baked bush, breakdowns, derailments, flooded tracks, and violent mutiny, as well as the joy of driving the mighty and exemplary 30 Class, ending with the pinnacle of his career: that of becoming Locomotive Inspector.