article_snippet: A Victorian book detailing plans to build a railway in Burma that was found in the personal library of Eric Lomax, the Scots army officer who became known as the Railway Man, is being sold along with photographs of West Africa's Gold Coast Railway being constructed.
article_snippet: Book detailing plans to build a railway in Burma was found in Eric Lomax library along with hundreds of black-and-white photos and postcards showing the construction of the Gold Coast Railway in West Africa, which Eric Lomax worked on later in Eric Lomax life.
article_snippet: a Victorian book that details plans to build a railway in Burma predates Eric Lomax time there by 54 years .
article_snippet: The photos, postcards and the book, Railway Connexion of Burmah and China, are now being sold by Eric Lomax family at auction in London.
article_snippet: The photographs and books were found in Eric Lomax's study and provide a fascinating insight into Colonial engineering .
article_snippet: Last year Patti Lomax sold at auction an extensive collection of books relating to military history and the railways in the Far East which Patti Lomax late husband used for research on her late husband autobiography.
highlights_snippet: Book detailing plans to build a railway in Burma found in the personal library of Eric Lomax is being auctioned .
  