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The Black Locomotive’ by Rian Hughes: A Book Review ‘The Black Locomotive’ by Rian Hughes: A Book Review

The plot is different, and here London seems to be the main character; it feels like an ode to the great city, its history and people. The mix between old, current and future technologies makes a wonderful melange into the context of the story. However, the ending left me with a lot of questions, which I don't think will be answered soon. The use of graphics to enhance the story works well here. Most of them aren't really illustrations - few of them actually represent something in the story. Instead they're more there for the feel, and to add context. Occasionally they're funny, and add a twist of humour on top of the text. I appreciate it. On 16 January 1951, a locomotive of the class was hauling a passenger train that collided with a light engine that was standing foul of the line at Preston due to a signalman's error. Both trains were derailed; thirteen people were injured. [23] And beyond the hatches the way of overground London and the other characters, there are arguments ensuing between them, particularly about cause and effect, if not synchronicity (the latter being Jung’s view of what powered astrology, not the former!)…Which meditation dovetails neatly today with two newish characters, Yumi Lark and Martina Martinez (the latter’s surname indicating that she must be married?) – as they analyse materials… All of a sudden I’m drawn into theses fascinating disussions about architecture, and what it means. Taking a trip in Rutherford’s mind as he analyses what a building represents, how graffiti can be symbolic of a person fighting against the monolithic structures designed to conform was nothing short of joyous. And social media, as a 3rd dimension, breaking away the subtle rules of society - this is where you eat, this is where you meet people - was inspired. Rowledge, J. W. P.; Reed, Brian (1984) [1977]. The Stanier 4-6-0s of the LMS. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-7385-4. Although occasionally verbose in his penchant for overindulging in linguistic gymnastics, Hughes’ second novel manages to communicate an excited and passionate vision while holding fast to a nostalgic affinity that warms the bones of any would-be industrial revolutionary.

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was fitted with boiler 12462 from new which had the top feed on the 2nd ring, the other two had later pattern boilers. On arriving at the inn, the rusted ruins of the Halt could still be seen, its broken teeth of rotting sleepers silhouetted against the fennish dusk, together with the giant bottle-openers and sardine tins of a steam train’s ancient holocaust.” And I am intrigued by this hardcore world of tunnelling under London for Crossrail, and two characters as separate POVs: Austin Arnold, some sort of overseer who encounters a numbered anomaly halting a massive drill, and Lloyd Rutherford, the official artist embedded in the project.

Not only does this book contain some gorgeous imagery and illustrations but Hughes uses different fonts for each character. Not only do you get a sense of personality through the writing but you get an extra layer through the fonts that Hughes has chosen. There is nothing in this book that isn't there for a very good reason, and that each marking isn't random. It makes you appreciate everything just that little bit more.

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I think I would have preferred this if I hadn't read XX first. The best bit about this book is that it uses clever images, font changes and sizes to supplement the story, but this also happens in XX, and XX is, to me, a superior story. I enjoyed the story itself as well, although it had its flaws. The characters all felt distinct, and I felt like I never came to properly understand any of them (to varying degrees). I think this was a deliberate part of the style rather than a failing. It seemed as though the characters were supposed to be like people you meet, and might understand sides of, but never know inside out. All the same, this meant I wasn't quite so invested in the characters or what became of them. Old technology gives way to the new. Progress is inevitable – but is it more fragile than its inhabitants realize? On 23 January 1955, locomotive No. 45274 was hauling an express passenger train that was derailed due to excessive speed on a curve, in the Sutton Coldfield rail crash. Nineteen people were killed and 64 were injured. [24] Report on the Accident at Bletchley on 13th October 1939:: The Railways Archive". www.railwaysarchive.co.uk . Retrieved 22 July 2017.Cook, A.F. (1999). Raising Steam on the LMS. Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. ISBN 0-901115-85-1.

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Gerard, Malcolm; Hamilton, J. A. B. (1981) [1967]. Trains to Nowhere. London: George Allen & Unwin. ISBN 0-04-385084-7. This book is a must read for anyone that likes Sci-Fi, trains, London and architecture. Or just enjoys a good mind twisting read. I won’t go on about the different types of fonts and design used as it seems every other reviewer has done this better than I could, but I will say as someone who is forced to work in the construction industry, I did enjoy the CAD drawings and in-depth discussions on architectural detail. Mr Hughes is a man who knows his architectural stuff. See, for example, David Hunt, Bob Essery and Fred James with David Jennison and David Clarke, LMS Locomotive Profiles (three volumes, with pictorial supplements). [ full citation needed] built at Crewe in 1938, would be the last built for five years. During the early stages of the Second World War, the priority was for heavy freight engines, and the closely related 8Fs were produced in large numbers. See details and commentary at Heritage Railway Magazine on-line Archived 17 May 2014 at archive.today.The first was the absolute uncontrolled design departments in the LMS where very influential people previously with the Midland Railway dictated what went on, to weak design leaders and effectively prevented advancement of locomotive performance within the LMS. Much has been written about this situation and any book on LMS locomotives will include the arguments. Rian Hughe's books are hard to describe using words. They're beautiful, weird, unsettling, GORGEOUS and unlike anything I have ever come across. You have to get hard copies of Hughe's work because reading it is an experience and you need to really see the design to understand that. He takes us to the Box Tunnel near Bath, that runs beneath Box Hill and MOD Corsham, and then tells us that Churchill used to pop out for a drink from here to a pub in Dorking, which is actually beside a completely different Box Hill, the one in Surrey. We explore beyond, now, two hatches, within one character’s POV, amid proportions, portholes, orientation, corridors, Corinthian helmet, short sword, half-arrows, and “balconies without balustrades that went nowhere”…