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Train Tracks
Train Tracks: Work, Play and Politics on the Railways | Gayle Letherby, Gillian Reynolds
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This book provides an in-depth exploration of trains and train travel. Letherby and Reynolds have conducted extensive research with all those concerned with trains, from leisure travelers and enthusiasts to railway workers and commuters. Overturning conventional wisdom, they show that the train has a social life in and of itself and is not simply a way to get from A to B. The book also looks at the depiction of train travel through cultural media, such as music, films, books and art. Letherby and Reynolds consider the personal politics of train travel and political discussion surrounding the railways, as well as the relationship trains have to leisure and work. The media often paints a gloomy picture of the railways and there is a general view that that the romance of train travel ended with the steam locomotive. This book shows that this is far from the case.
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Here's another photo of my #greatwideopen swap package - a backpack filled with a knit hat, tissues, flashlight, sunglasses, two drink bottles, a paracord, harmonica and aromatherapy antibacterial hand sanitizer.

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LazyDays Aww wow how cool! 6y
Amiable What a grand box of treats! 6y
debthmpsn I hope you can use the backpack of items :) we keep a backpack ready to go for last minute adventures. 6y
MaGoose @debthmpsn The only thing I really can't use is the sunglasses (I use prescription bifocal sunglasses). I enjoy going on unexpected, last-minute jaunts. 6y
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