Steam Trails – Life Viewed From the Guard’s Van

 

Here is a fresh account of life on the job. Most crew stories have been written from the front of the train, but the guard at the back of the train had a completely different view of the world and the things that occurred on the railway.  Norman Junge was a guard on the Midland Line from 1947 to 1957, a period of busy train running and frequent challenges in “getting trains through”.

Join Norman for an exceptionally interesting adventure covering mixed trains, work trains, picnic trains, shunting challenges, lost drawgear, fires, washouts, runaways, derailments and of course interfaces with fellow railwaymen.

This is a fascinating and easy read with much new information to interest the reader. Many of the accounts are illustrated with photographs taken by the author while on the job and supplemented by others.

A4 portrait format, 80 black and white photographs, tables, map, 128 pages, soft-bound.

Members: NZ $37.00, Aus $52.00 and RoW $67.00

Retail: NZ$47.00, Aus $62.00 and RoW $77.00

 

 

 

 

 

8 Responses to “Steam Trails – Life Viewed From the Guard’s Van”

    • Sandra Knight

      Hi Dirk
      You can pre order this book by using our on line order form which is under the Publication tab here on our webpage. This gives you the option to pay by credit card or banking direct.
      Regards

    • Sandra Knight

      Yes they have and you can order this book by using our on line order form which is under the Publication tab here on our webpage. This gives you the option to pay by credit card or banking direct.

    • Sandra Knight

      You can order this book using our on line order form which is under the Publication tab here on our webpage. This gives you the option to pay by credit card or banking direct.

  1. John Kuipers

    Hi There.
    I have tried to order this book on the publication order form page but it does not proceed any further……

    • Sandra Knight

      Hi John. I tried myself and I seem to be having the same problem. I have spoken to our website developers and he believes this may be caused by a local browser on an indivdiduals computer. He has suggested we try in a couple of hours time. In case this still doesn’t work I will email you directly to let you know another way of ordering the book.

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