{"product_id":"the-model-railway-men-9780995729117","title":"The Model-Railway Men","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Katherine (University at Buffalo, State University of New York) Zubovich\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Ray Pope Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Ray Pope Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Family - General (see also headings under Social Themes)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark's model-railway was the most important thing in the world to him. It was\u003cbr\u003e not just a toy but a carefully worked out system designed to operate as like the\u003cbr\u003e real thing as possible. And for Mark, of course, the real thing meant the Southern\u003cbr\u003e and L.M.S. railways in the great age of steam. But what Mark did not realise, \u003cbr\u003e until he saw the pullover, was that he and his father were not the only 'steam'\u003cbr\u003e enthusiasts in the house.\u003cbr\u003e The pullover was so small as it lay on a bench at the end of a station platform on\u003cbr\u003e his railway. Old, torn and grubby as it was, and much too tiny even for a doll to\u003cbr\u003e wear, Mark realised at once that it was a real pullover. So he waited motionless, \u003cbr\u003e hardly daring to breathe, for it owner to come and claim it. That was how he met\u003cbr\u003e the first of the model-railway men, Telford.\u003cbr\u003e \"Smoke and steam and the smell of oil\" were what Telford and his sons and\u003cbr\u003e grandsons loved and soon Mark was learning things from them about his railway\u003cbr\u003e that he had never known before. But the railway people were a big responsibility, \u003cbr\u003e too. They had to be kept hidden from his parents. They had to be helped\u003cbr\u003e to get their food and water and replacements for their worn-out clothes. And it\u003cbr\u003e was not always easy to help them for they were fiercely independent and sometimes\u003cbr\u003e rashly brave. There were times too when Mark resented their 'bossing' and\u003cbr\u003e tried--sometimes with disastrous results--to get his own way in spite of them.\u003cbr\u003e But even at the worst, like the night when they had to send out an S.O.S. to save\u003cbr\u003e Gresley's life, knowing them brought Mark that special kind of friendship only\u003cbr\u003e fellow enthusiasts share.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ray Pope Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47890175262871,"sku":"9780995729117","price":739.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780995729117.webp?v=1781179013","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-model-railway-men-9780995729117","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}