Europe by Sleeping Car
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A01=Michael Patterson
Author_Michael Patterson
Category1=Non-Fiction
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Category=WGF
COP=United Kingdom
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Format=BC
Format_Paperback
History of Engineering & Technology
HMM=234
IMPN=Amberley Publishing
Industrialisation
ISBN13=9781445669243
Language_English
PA=Available
PD=20190215
POP=Chalford
Price_€10 to €20
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PUB=Amberley Publishing
Railway Books
Railways
Social & Economic History
Subject=Transport: General Interest
Trains
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WMM=165
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- ISBN 9781445669243
- Format: Paperback
- Weight: 295g
- Dimensions: 165 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 15 Feb 2019
- Publisher: Amberley Publishing
- Publication City/Country: Chalford, GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Between 1980 and 2011 author Michael Patterson made some forty week-long journeys by train through Europe. With camera at the ready and notebook or tape recorder in hand, he travelled each day, stopping off at places along the route. To reach the extremities of Scandinavia, Italy, Spain and Portugal on these no-fly trips Michael often travelled overnight by sleeping car and it is these journeys which are at the heart of this book.
Utilising a splendid collection of images, Michael details the sleepers themselves as well as recalling this unique and exciting mode of transport from a bygone age. From journeying on the famous London to Brussels ‘Night Ferry’ service to breakfasting in the faded splendour of a Spanish restaurant car built in 1928, this is a wonderfully nostalgic and often amusing trip across Europe with a true railway aficionado.
With an array of images supplemented by maps of these famous routes, Michael Patterson captures the essence of travelling across Europe in the comfort of a sleeping car.
Michael Patterson is a photographer with a passion for the architecture of Britain's railway hotels. Formerly employed at the British Railways Board headquarters, he now lives in Boston, Lincolnshire.
