{"product_id":"9780750994330","title":"Final Journey : The Untold Story of Funeral Trains","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Wheatley, Nicolas, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 02\/10\/2020,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 304 pages, 8 Plates, color; 17 Illustrations, color; 90 Illustrations, black and white,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: The History Press Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: The History Press Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Trains \u0026amp; railways: general interest\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780750994330\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis new history reveals the previously untold story of why and how trains have been used to transport the dead, enabling their burial in a place of significance to the bereaved. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProfusely illustrated with many images, some never previously published, Nicolas Wheatley's work details how the mainline railways carried out this important yet often hidden work from the Victorian age to the 1980s, as well as how ceremonial funeral transport continues on heritage railways today. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom royalty, aristocrats and other VIPs (including Sir Winston Churchill and the Unknown Warrior) to victims of accidents and ordinary people, Final Journey explores the way in which these people travelled for the last time by train before being laid to rest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36600783044761,"sku":"9780750994330","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780750994330.jpg?v=1602171701","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780750994330","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}