Free for a few days anyway
"original, light-hearted fiction based solidly on the reality of life on the
railways in the early 20th century."
All these from one small press, "see all" below for other freebies.
Steaming into History: Footplate Tales of the Last Days of Western Steam by
Michael Clutterbuck
Western as in Great Western and later Western Region of BR
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00JMFOI5C/
A collection of short stories that tell the tale of some of the North West's
footplatemen following the Second World War, as the railways undergo a
series of dramatic changes due to nationalisation, the introduction of
diesel engines, and the slow but steady demise of the Age of Steam.
The previous book is also free (previously £2.99)
Steaming into the Firing Line: Tales of the Footplate in Wartime Britain by
Michael Clutterbuck
an insight into the Second World War from an unusual and interesting vantage point.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00967Z7M4/
Also
Steaming into the North West: Tales of the Premier Line by Michael
Clutterbuck
into the heart of the London and North Western Railway in its heyday, before
the outbreak of the First World War.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00V8L14DC/
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