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    Last Call for the Dining Car: The "Telegraph" Book of Great Railway Journeys (Hardback) Edited by Michael Kerr

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    Short Description for Last Call for the Dining CarEver since Paul Theroux first embarked in London on the first train of his Great Railway Bazaar, railways have been a rich source for the best travel writing. These days, with our awareness of the global warming implications of endless air travel and the opportunity to jump on a train at magnificent St Pancras and be whisked straight to the continent, train travel has assumed a new importance and ...
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    mat archer Not many people would mourn buses if they became obsolete, and few entertain fond thoughts about airports, but children still wave as the train goes by and every rail journey starts out as an adventure. People have long had a special relationship with trains and these lovable monsters of the track have inspired countless writers, from Tolstoy and Charles Dickens to Paul Theroux and Philip Larkin. For this highly enjoyable book, editor Michael Kerr has gone back through The Daily Telegraph's archives to compile a terrific anthology of all the best railway travel that has appeared in the paper. The writers sample every kind of train from the luxurious Orient Express to the insanely crowded commuter trains of Bombay. You can relive the excitement of record-breaking train journeys, join hobos riding American freight cars in the 1980s, follow Crosby Stills and Nash to Marrakesh or Diana Rigg to the Great Indian Desert, and explore Michael Palin's â?~trains of thought'. Other authors include Craig Brown, Nicholas Crane, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (sozzled in the Tokyo subway), P J Kavanagh, and Boris Johnson en route to Nottingham. By turns momentous, hilarious and alarming, Last Call for the Dining Car is perfect reading for any armchair rail travel enthusiast and the ideal book for a long train journey. The trip, rather than its end, is the thing.
    ...New classics, March, 2010 by mat archer

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