"Some things that humans make transcend their function; instruments can be magical. That explosive, rhythmic sound we call says more to us about getting under way, about departure, than a can ever do; perhaps it has something close to the beat of our pulse. Even if we were using up and heating the earth too much, and no-one knew that at the time, it would have been worth making an exception for steam engines. They were beautiful machines; the most beautiful machines produced in the ."
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Eric Lomax
(30 May 1919 – 8 October 2012) was a Scottish railway enthusiast and British Army officer who was a of the Japanese from 1942 to 1945. His autobiography, ‘’’’ (1995), won the 1996 .
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