{"title":"Books","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-other-railway-children","title":"The Other Railway Children","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW147359919 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW147359919 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW147359919 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147359919 BCX8\"\u003eThe Other Railway Children, David Maidment\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW147359919 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW147359919 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW147359919 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW147359919 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147359919 BCX8\"\u003eAs the direct result of a life-changing encounter with a young \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147359919 BCX8\"\u003echild on the streets\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147359919 BCX8\"\u003e in Bombay Churchgate station in 1989, David Maidment set about finding out how to help such exploited and vulnerable children, leading to his founding of the Railway Children charity in 1995. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW147359919 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW147359919 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW147359919 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW147359919 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147359919 BCX8\"\u003eDavid reflects in this book on that journey and the way the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147359919 BCX8\"\u003einitial\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147359919 BCX8\"\u003e idea grew into what \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147359919 BCX8\"\u003ethe charity is today,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147359919 BCX8\"\u003e working through many partners with street and runaway children in India\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147359919 BCX8\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147359919 BCX8\"\u003eTanzania\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147359919 BCX8\"\u003e and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147359919 BCX8\"\u003e the UK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147359919 BCX8\"\u003e. The book, as well as being a very personal account of his experience, and the lessons learned on the way. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW147359919 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW147359919 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW147359919 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW147359919 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147359919 BCX8\"\u003eAll royalties from this book will be donated to Railway Children\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147359919 BCX8\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW147359919 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Railway Children","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55610604093816,"sku":"26","price":8.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"steamy-stories","title":"Steamy Stories","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW147359919 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW58195758 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW58195758 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW58195758 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW58195758 BCX8\"\u003eSteamy Stories\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW58195758 BCX8\"\u003e, David Maidment\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW58195758 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW58195758 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW58195758 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW58195758 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW58195758 BCX8\"\u003eThese ten short stories with a railway theme are set in the age of steam of the late 1950s or early 1960\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW58195758 BCX8\"\u003es. As well as the railway background all life is there – murder, addiction, racism, dementia, child neglect – even some young love. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW58195758 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW58195758 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW58195758 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW58195758 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW58195758 BCX8\"\u003eAll royalties from this book will be donated to Railway Children\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW58195758 BCX8\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Railway Children","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55610604323192,"sku":"27","price":8.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"the-lms-princess-coronation-pacifics-1937-1956","title":"The LMS Princess Coronation Pacifics, 1937-1956","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW147359919 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW58195758 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW255307486 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW255307486 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW255307486 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255307486 BCX8\"\u003eThe LMS Princess Coronation \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW255307486 BCX8\"\u003ePacifics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255307486 BCX8\"\u003e, 1937-1956: Their Design and Development\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255307486 BCX8\"\u003e, David Maidment\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW255307486 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW255307486 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW255307486 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW255307486 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255307486 BCX8\"\u003eThis book covers the design, construction, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255307486 BCX8\"\u003eoperation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255307486 BCX8\"\u003e and performance of Sir William Stanier’s masterpiece, the Princess Coronation pacific locomotives, better known as the ‘Duchesses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255307486 BCX8\"\u003e’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255307486 BCX8\"\u003e Included are pen portraits of the LMS engineers, a chapter on the express locomotives of the early LMS period that preceded their introduction and the internal rivalries and politics that Stanier was brought in to resolve. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW255307486 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW255307486 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW255307486 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW255307486 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255307486 BCX8\"\u003eChapters and photographs cover the streamline era, the war years and aftermath, the early years of nationalization including the 1948 locomotive exchanges and the recovery of performance in the mid-1950s. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255307486 BCX8\"\u003eDavid Maidment \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255307486 BCX8\"\u003eincludes some of his own experiences and photographs. The book includes 200 photographs including a few in colo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255307486 BCX8\"\u003eu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255307486 BCX8\"\u003er from the LMS era, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255307486 BCX8\"\u003eand an appendix with weight diagrams, and statistics of the locomotive construction and withdrawal, names, liveries, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255307486 BCX8\"\u003eallocations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255307486 BCX8\"\u003e and mileages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW255307486 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW255307486 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW255307486 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW255307486 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255307486 BCX8\"\u003eAll royalties from this book will be donated to Railway Children\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255307486 BCX8\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Railway Children","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55610604618104,"sku":"28","price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]}],"url":"https:\/\/railway-children.myshopify.com\/collections\/books.oembed","provider":"Railway Children","version":"1.0","type":"link"}