LOST RAILWAYS OF THE WORLD

Researched over 50 years, the informative text records the fortunes of the world's lost railways and every country with significant disused railways is included from the hottest African desert to the coldest steppes of Russia. The world's top ten lost lines are listed, from the seven-mile-long sea bridge on a line that ran through the Florida Keys, to the rugged mountain splendour of the Khyber Pass Railway, we look at some of the oldest, largest, longest, most northerly, southerly, expensive, crookedest, steepest, highest, lowest and most notorious lost railways in the world. There are quirky and unique tales such as the disappearing phantom bridge, a line destroyed by molten lava, one that sank under the sea and another that conveyed giant turtles, to a memorial to a brave railway elephant. The author also visited remote areas of Argentina and provides more information on the mysterious disappearance of the ex-Lynton & Barnstaple Railway locomotive Lew. For all with an interest in nostalgia, history, geography and travel, there is a splendid gallery of over 300 colour photos. 256pp, 21.6 x 28.6cm.