Description

Parallel Lines tells the story of two railways: the real railway and the railway of our dreams. Traveling all over Britain, comedian, bookseller and novelist Ian Marchant takes a microscope to the strange and glorious history of the British railway.

He meets those who still hold the railways close to their hearts - the model railway enthusiasts, the train-spotters and bashers (a hybrid of train-spotting where the individual - usually male - has to travel behind a certain locomotive in order to catalogue it), the commuters and the steam enthusiasts. He swaps stories with commuters at the far reaches of London suburbia, goes to deserted railway museums, and smokes cigarettes on remote, windswept stations in the furthest corners of Scotland.

With his feel for character, humour and surprise, he reveals how his own life - visiting his divorced parents, meeting his first love, going to college - has been intertwined with the railway and how travelling by train is one of the great shared experiences of the British nation.

Ian Marchant

Product Details

Book Format: Paperback

Pages: 308

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