02050nam a2200265 i 4500 20260216150554.0 260216s2025 my ao gr 000 0deng d 9789672639015 RM50.00 paperback PPAK eng PPAK rda 23 388.47209595 388.47209595 VIN G Vincent, L. A., 1950- author. (Louis Anthony), Tales From Malayan Rails / L. A. Vincent Rawang, Selangor : Louis Anthony Vincent, 2025 viii, 436 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 20 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier In days gone by, many would have made long-distance rail travels. Some were going back to boarding schools, other to collage campuses and some were part of the crazy balek kampong rides. In crowded trains, we just stood at the coaches open-end balconies, smoking or telling tales. My earliest train-trip memory was just at KL station, sitting in the coach, wondering where everyone was bound for when the coach window decided to drop on my hand! As the years went by, I accumulated more and more railway memories. For a railway child, there was romance in all-things railway: the people and their behaviour, the language and the games played. Along the way, many railways anecdotes dropped onto my lap. Not many know that our passenger trains had some petty glamorous names. There was the Sappo Express, PnO Mail, Northen Star, Southern Cross, Tren Sombong and Sodthy Express. A lively discussion will ensue when asked where the best food cam from on train travels. Was it from the breakdown train's kitchen ot the mail train's buffet car? And there were scores of other railway stories from my years as a railway-man. Railroads Malaysia History Railroad travel Malaysia Railroads, Local and light Malaysia Transportation Malaysia ddc B 203137 203137