It takes the average reader 2 hours and 40 minutes to read British Railways in the 1960s by Geoff Plumb
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
After the Second War, Britain's railways were rundown and worn out, requiring massive investment and modernization. The Big Four railway companies were nationalized from 1948, and the newly formed British Railways embarked on a program of building new Standard steam locomotives to replace older types. These started to come on stream from 1951. This program was superseded by the 1955 scheme to dieselize and electrify many lines and so the last loco of the Standard types was built in 1960 and the steam locomotives had been swept entirely from the BR network by 1968. This series of books, The...
British Railways in the 1960s by Geoff Plumb is 160 pages long, and a total of 40,000 words.
This makes it 54% the length of the average book. It also has 49% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 38 minutes to read British Railways in the 1960s aloud.
British Railways in the 1960s is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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