My friend Art put upan interesting post in this forum regarding a favorite book of his. This got me to thinking that perhaps a thread devoted to books which have been enjoyed that either contain railways as the primary subject or as background would be a nice list to compile. So, with that in mind, here is a book that I treasure that I read many years ago. It's Labyrinths of Iron - A History of the World's Subways by Benson Bobrick, 1981, Newsweek Books, NY, ISBN 0-88225-299-2.
This book is a history of the building of the worlds major subway tunnels, written in a style that is vivid, with a lot of detail that would be otherwise be difficult to find. It's a history, adventure, biography, action, technical, and science book- all wrapped into one tremendous read. If you are a subway buff like myself, you won't be able to put this one down !
This book is a history of the building of the worlds major subway tunnels, written in a style that is vivid, with a lot of detail that would be otherwise be difficult to find. It's a history, adventure, biography, action, technical, and science book- all wrapped into one tremendous read. If you are a subway buff like myself, you won't be able to put this one down !
~Paul Joyce~
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Paul Joyce passed away in August, 2013. We honor his memory and his devotion at railroad.net.
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Paul Joyce passed away in August, 2013. We honor his memory and his devotion at railroad.net.