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1) The Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway: The Story of a Welsh Rural Byway

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Johnson, Peter

Series

Narrow Gauge Railways

Language

English

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Unusually among Welsh narrow-gauge railways, the 2ft 6in gauge Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway was built to benefit agriculture, not minerals. After several failed attempts to connect the market town at Welshpool with the rural community around Llanfair Caereinion, the 1896 Light Railways Act paved the way for the railway which opened in 1902. Operated by the Cambrian Railways and then by the Great Western Railway, it became the only narrow-gauge...

2) Mail by Rail: The Story of the Post Office and the Railways

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Johnson, Peter

Language

English

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Railways have been used for the carriage of mail since soon after the Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened in 1830, the development of the first travelling post offices following, enabling the Post Office to achieve maximum efficiencies in mail transportation. As the rail network grew the mail network grew with it, reaching a peak with the dedicated mail trains that ran between London and Aberdeen. The Post Office also turned to railways when it...

3) Festiniog Railway: The Spooner Era and After, 1830–1920

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Johnson, Peter

Language

English

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Festiniog Railway 1836–2014 describes the history of the worlds first steam-operated narrow gauge railway to carry passengers. It covers the history of the railway from its beginnings as a horse-worked tramroad in 1836, through its technical developments with the introduction of steam locomotives, Fairlie articulated locomotives and bogie carriages through its twentieth-century decline, to closure in 1946, and then to the preservation era and its...

4) Stuffed Saddlebags: The Life of Martin Kundig, Priest 1805-1879

Author

Johnson, Peter Leo

Language

English

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Stuffed Saddlebags: The Life of Martin Kundig, Priest 1805-1879 is a biographical book written by Peter Leo Johnson. The book is a detailed account of the life of Martin Kundig, a Swiss Catholic priest who lived from 1805 to 1879. Kundig was a prominent figure in the Catholic Church and played a significant role in the religious and social history of Switzerland. The book provides a comprehensive overview of Kundig's life, from his childhood in Switzerland...

5) Anuraga Sumukiyale

Author

Johnson Peter

Language

Malayalam

6) Blue in the face

Pub. Date

[2021]

Language

English

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Harvey Keitel returns in the uproarious follow-up to the hit comedy Smoke. It's nonstop laughs when a wacky group of locals visits the neighborhood cigar shop, looking for good times... and finding plenty of hilarious fun! But when the greedy owner threatens to close the shop for good and turn it into a trendy vegetarian restaurant the neighborhood proves they'll do just about anything to save their favorite hangout. Don't miss this highly original...