Switzerland: a guide to exploring the country by public transport - Expert advice including Zurich highlights, hotels, scenic rail routes, maps, timetable numbers and itineraries. Also features hiking routes, museums, castles, special trains, Swiss Travel System tips, Bern, Bernese Mitteland and Oberland, Basel, Luzern, Geneva, Jungfrau, Eiger.
Excellent look at the Settle and Carlisle / S & C, well worth acquiring for planning a trip, or have already been and wish to relive the stunning locations and atmosphere. The Settle-Carlisle line (also known as the Settle and Carlisle / S&C) is a 73-mile-long (117 km) main railway line in northern England. For over one hundred and fifty years, since the line was first envisaged by the Midland Railway (MR) in the 1860s, theSettle-Carlisle route has captured the imagination of the traveling public, railway buffs and those with a quest for romance and adventure. Although conceived primarily as a high-speed route for Anglo-Scottish traffic, the Settle and Carlisle line was able to serve many of the local communities along the way by means of local stopping trains for passengers and the haulage of goods and parcel traffic.
This superbly illustrated book features 24 of the most exceptional railway journeys in the world, from the superlative Venice Simplon-Orient Express, which has provided luxury transport across Europe to priviledged travellers since 1883 to the Savannahlander that crosses the hot and dusty track between Cairns and Forsayth in Queensland, Australia. All the excursions can be made today, and practical information and contact details are given at the back of the book for those who want to undertake them. Star through the Alaskan wilderness to the frigid reaches of the Arctic Circle in Norway; from the Vistadome that takes travellers to the mysterious Machu Picchu in Peru to the Jitong Line, which is plied by one of China's last steam trains. This select portfolio of stories is presented by respected travel and railway writers from around the globe, each of whom has recent first-hand experience of the journeys they have written about. Authoritative and precise, the text also clearly conveys the authors' passion for the lines, locomotives and carriages, and their deep respect for the men who planned and built them.
The narrative centers on Alfriston Clergy House, the first acquisition of the National Trust, highlighting its architectural significance and conservation history. Built between 1370 and 1450, it originally housed clergy and later served as a rental property for the church. The book details the dedicated efforts of the local vicar to preserve the building, collaborating with the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings and the National Trust. It also explores the house's evolution, its picturesque garden, and the wildlife along the River Cuckmere.
Exploring the deeper questions of existence, this book encourages readers to pause and reflect on their life's purpose, direction, and the essence of their soul. It challenges the notion of busyness as a distraction from meaningful introspection, urging a journey inward to uncover true intentions and aspirations. By inviting contemplation, it seeks to guide individuals toward a more fulfilling and purposeful life.
The fifty most incredible, awe-inspiring, spectacular journeys by train.
From the great cathedral-like railways stations of the steam age to obscure lines built through spectacular landscapes to open up countries before the advent of motorised road transport, Lost Railway Journeysfrom Around the World is a celebration of our lost railway heritage and the lines that can no longer be travelled.
Switzerland travel guide. Expert advice on exploring Switzerland by public transport, including scenic rail routes, special trains, Swiss Travel System tips, timetables, itineraries, hotels, maps. Features hiking routes, museums, castles. Covers Zurich, Bern, Bernese Mitteland and Oberland, Basel, Luzern, Geneva, Jungfrau, Eiger, Jura, Lausanne.
Von den kathedralenartigen Bahnhöfen des Dampfzeitalters bis hin zu Strecken, die durch spektakuläre Landschaften gebaut wurden, beschreibt dieses Buch außergewöhnliche Bahnreisen, die schon lange nicht mehr existieren und mitunter bereits vergessen sind. Anthony Lambert erinnert an die Romantik dieser Reisen und führt den Leser an die verlorene Welt der Speisewagen, Schlafwagen und Gepäckträger heran. Dabei unternimmt das Buch eine Fahrt, die rund um den Globus führt: Nach Kontinenten sortiert, haben all diese Routen eine Geschichte zu erzählen, die durch alte Postkarten, Poster sowie atemberaubende Fotos festgehalten werden.
Dieser Prachtband enthält 26 außergewöhnliche Reisen mit Dampf-lokomotiven auf sechs Kontinenten. Die Kapitel beschreiben die Fahrtstrecken, die Eisenbahngesellschaften und die eingesetzten Fahrzeuge. Jeder Abschnitt von der »Alberta Prairie Steam Tours« in Kanada bis hin zur »Pichi Richi«-Eisenbahn in Australien wird durch eine handgezeichnete Karte und zahlreiche eindrucksvolle Bilder abgerundet. Ein Titel, der die Eisenbahnromantik noch lebendig hält und in dem die Faszination Dampflok vor dem Hintergrund beeindruckender Landschaften erlebt und bewundert werden kann.
