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Category : London and North Eastern Railway
Languages : en
Pages : 6
Book Description
Author: Geoffrey HughesThe Locomotives of Sir Nigel Gresley
Author: O. S. NockPublisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 147338740X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
A book perfect for train enthusiasts, Gresley is one of Britain's greatest steam locomotive engineers of all time and here are some of the masterpieces he designed and built.
Author: Eric Bannister
Author: O. S. Nock
Author: Oswald Stevens Nock
Author: Julian Riddick
Author: TIM. HILLIER-GRAVES
Author: William BethamMallard
Author: Don HalePublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750992913
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
Just over eighty years ago on the East Coast main line, the streamlined A4 Pacific locomotive Mallard reached a top speed of 126mph – a world record for steam locomotives that still stands. Since then, millions have seen this famous locomotive, resplendent in her blue livery, on display at the National Railway Museum in York. Here, Don Hale tells the full story of how the record was broken: from the nineteenth-century London–Scotland speed race and, surprisingly, traces Mallard's futuristic design back to the Bugatti car and the influence of Germany's nascent Third Reich, which propelled the train into an instrument of national prestige. He also celebrates Mallard's designer, Sir Nigel Gresley, one of Britain's most gifted engineers. Mallard is a wonderful tribute to one of British technology's finest hours.
