£25.00
Tony Cook
Publication Date: 2016
Format & Edition: Hardback, First Edition
Pagination: 340 Pages, 400 Illustrations
Condition: New
Genre: Railway Memoirs & Biographies
Status: In Stock
Synopsis
Journey of a Railway Signalman by Tony Cook. This book provides a history of railway signalling on Merseyside and North West England, accompanied with memories and anecdotes from Tony Cook.
Aged 16, Tony Cook started his railway career in 1947 working for the LMS. Throughout his career, which lasted till 1994, Tony worked in 80 signal boxes, from the British Alkali box on the Low Level line to Warrington Bank Quay on the West Coast main line.
This comprehensive book features more than 400 photographs.
Chapters
Lads, Men and Signal Boxes
Signalman Training
Britannia over the Waves
Rocket’s Railway
Stop! Pin Down the Brakes
Harry’s Domain
A Relief Signalman at Widnes
Two Men in a Box
On the West Coast Main Line
A Relief Signalman at Wigan
From Levers to Buttons
The Premier Railway
A Nostalgic Return
Looking Back
Future for Signal Boxes
Liverpool Overhead Railway
Saving Deeping St James Signal Box