Charles Loft: 3 books
Government, the Railways and the Modernization of Britain
Beeching's Last Trains
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
More than 40 years after its publication, the 1963 Beeching Report on British railways remains controversial for recommending the closure of a third of Britain’s railways.
In this book, Charles Loft examines:
why the nationalized railways were in such dire financial straits by 1963
how...
by Charles Loft
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2018
A group of terrorists obtain some nuclear material and plan to build an atomic weapon. This leads to a global chase by Intelligence and Security Forces and by Arab terrorists wanting the nuclear material and any nuclear devices. It is a race against time to catch them. Will they make it in time?
Last Trains
Dr Beeching and the death of rural England
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2013
During the course of the 1950s England lost confidence in its rulers and convinced itself it must modernise. The bankrupt, steam-powered railway, run by a Colonel Blimp, symbolised everything that was wrong with the country; the future lay in motorways and high-speed electric - or even atomic - express...