Название: British Railways in the 1970s and ’80s
Автор: Greg Morse
Издательство: Shire Publications
ISBN: 0747812519
Год: 2013
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 64
Размер: 19,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

For British Rail, the 1970s was a time of contrasts, when bad jokes about sandwiches and pork pies often veiled real achievement, like increasing computerisation and the arrival of the high-speed Inter-City 125s. But while television advertisements told of an 'Age of the Train', Monday morning misery remained for many, the commuter experience steadily worsening as rolling stock aged and grew ever more uncomfortable.