ABANDONED. History, Trains and Transportation. Almost suitable for children. Had "Roll" in the title, and part of the author's name was "Clifford". Read in late 1970s.

[Bill]

I read this in the late 70s. It was a long book of vignettes, trivia, and statistics about trains and transportation. The material was almost suitable for children, with the exception that it got a bit gruesome at times in the descriptions of train accidents or disfiguring injuries of employees.

I believe it had the word "Roll" in the title, and that part of the author's name was "Clifford."

[Daisy]

Bill, have you ruled out the 19 books that come up when you search for "clifford roll" on Goodreads?

[Bill]

Yup. I tried that. But thanks for the advice.

[Tab]

What country were you in when you read this book?
Part of a series?
Any illustrations in the book?

[Bill]

In the USA. It was mostly about US transportation.

I'm sorry, I don't recall if there were any illustrations.

[Capn]

https://www.amazon.com/story-speed-in...

Clifford Parker
The story of speed: From the invention of the wheel to modern-day space travel

An image of the cover (dust jacket) can be seen here: https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pi...
(If you don't want to click, you can do a Google Image search, which is how I found it). Short description: a black or navy background with a space capsule, a Concorde, a fighter jet, an express train, a speed boat, and a horse and jockey, all with coloured streaks of white + a bold colour streaming behind them. All are travelling left to right.

I know "roll" isn't in the title. I couldn't find anything with that combination. I'm hoping it might be a chapter heading you remember that isn't shown? :)


(I also found another - "History Along Roads and Waterways", by Clifford John Lines, but it's based upon transport in Great Britain):
History Along Roads and Waterways

The same British author wrote "People on the Move" as well:
(book has been added - link to author in meantime): Clifford John Lines
https://www.worldcat.org/title/people...

[Bill]

Thanks for the bump, Capn. I've been meaning to get back to this.

You've done a very good job with the scant information I've given you, but my memories of this book are too unclear to say if you've found it. The fault is all mine.

[Capn]

No no, not to worry at all! It happens in this forum, as you can well imagine! :)

Thanks for getting back to us all the same. Could be that your book is still out there, and you'll know it when you see it!

[Kris]

Clifford John Lines also wrote "Looking at Trains". Description on Worldcat.org:

"Photographs and easy-to-read text cover the history of trains and their present-day use."

Subjects: Railroads -- History -- Juvenile literature. Railways, to 1980 - For children.

https://www.worldcat.org/title/lookin...

Here's one cover image of another book in the "Looking at ..." series, on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Looking-At-Mer...

[Kris]

Bill (OP) left the group. Moving to Abandoned folder.