Exploring Indian Railways

Download or read book Exploring Indian Railways written by Bill Aitken and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1994 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This very entertaining personal account of the Indian railways focuses on the experience of the passenger and is packed with lively anecdotes. But it goes much beyond that, taking in every imaginable aspect of the railways' history and current practices. Little escapes the author's fond, acerbic, and searching eye, as it ranges from station bookshops and ministry bureaucracy to locomotive types and tracks, from the technical aspects of railway administration to the broader issues of the effects of the railways upon Indian culture and their vital contribution to the economy.