READING ON THE TRAIN
Crouch End Station, London
(Closed in 1954)
04/12/10
“They’re the Railway Society, his Driver explained. They’ve come to see us."
A procession on a disused railway track reading books about trains. A reading list was compiled.
THE READING LIST
The Pocket Encyclopedia of British Steam
Locomotives in colour – OS Knock
Omladinska Pruga - 1946
British Railways Past and Present No.7- Brian Morrison and Ken Brunt
The ABC of British Railways Locomotives Part 3- Ian Allen
Steam, Steel & Stars- America's last steam railroad – O.Winston Link
London’s Historic Railway stations - John Betjeman and John Gay
The Chuggington Annual - 2010
The Slow Train to Milan - Lisa St. Aubin de Teran
Mr Norris Changes Trains - Christopher Isherwood
Mugby Junction - Charles Dickens
Midnight on the Great Western - Thomas Hardy
Strangers on a Train - Patricia Highsmith
Stamboul Train - Graham Greene
Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie
Breakheart Pass - Alistair Maclean
Night Mail - WH Auden
Long Walk to Forever - Kurt Vonnegut
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone- JK Rowling
Indian Nocturne - Antonio Tabucchi
The Great Railway Bazaar - Paul Theroux
Thomas the Tank Engine - W Awdry
Brief Encounter - Richard Dyer
The Anatomy of Story - John Truby
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon – Rebecca West
The Railway Children – E. Nesbit
Slow Train Coming - Dylan songbook
Destination Unknown - Agatha Christie
The Little Engine that Could – Watty Piper
Third Class Ticket – Heather Wood
Water for Elephants – Sarah Gruen
Night Train to Lisbon – Pascal Mercier
Bad Land - Jonathan Raban
Child 44 – Tom Rob Smith
The Polar Express – Chris Van Allsburg
The Secret of Platform 13 – Eva Ibbotson
Ostrich Boys – Keith Gray
Lionboy – Zizou Courder
Green Eggs and Ham - Dr Seuss
The Constantinople Caper – Graham Marks
4.50 From Paddington – Agatha Christie
The 39 Steps – John Buchan
Trainspotting – Irvine Welch
Little Red Train – Benedict Blathwayt
Oi! Get off our train – John Burningham
Slow Train Coming - Dylan songbook
Destination Unknown - Agatha Christie
Gone Astray - Charles Dickens