Steam Trains Today

Author: Andrew Martin
Publisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 1782834893
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
'A delightful book ... the perfect companion as you wait for the 8.10 from Hove' Observer After the Beeching cuts of the 1960s, many railways were gradually shut down. Rural communities were isolated and steam trains slowly gave way to diesel and electric traction. But some people were not prepared to let the romance of train travel die. Thanks to their efforts, many lines passed into community ownership and are now booming with new armies of dedicated volunteers. Andrew Martin meets these volunteer enthusiasts, finding out just what it is about preserved railways that makes people so devoted. From the inspiration for Thomas the Tank Engine to John Betjeman's battle against encroaching modernity, Steam Trains Today will take you on a heart-warming journey across Britain from Aviemore to Epping.

Steam Train, Dream Train 1-2-3

Author: Sherri Duskey Rinker
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452154570
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 23

Book Description
Cuddle up with the beloved animal friends from the bestselling Steam Train, Dream Train and count on lots of fun! Little train enthusiasts will love counting from one to ten along with the dreamy train cars!

Where Do Steam Trains Sleep at Night?

Author: Brianna Caplan Sayres
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0553521004
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26

Book Description
Take the train to dreamland with this board book version of the chugging bedtime tale, the perfect companion to Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night? and Where Do Jet Planes Sleep at Night? Have you ever wondered what little trains do when it’s time for bed? Same things you do! Steam trains, freight trains, subways—and more!—wash up, have a snack, load their teddies for storytime, and get rocked to sleep by mommy and daddy trains beneath a blanket of stars. Little one-track-mind train lovers will be tickled to see how bedtime is just the same for their favorite vehicles as it is for them. “Train lovers will be sure to take this bedtime read for a ride.” —School Library Journal

Steam Trains

Author: James P. Bell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510756906
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description
For train enthusiasts, model railroaders, and history buffs, hop aboard this tour of North American railroads, both great and obscure. Few images speak as clearly of a time and a place as a dramatic black-and-white photograph of an American steam locomotive powering through that storied era of railroad history. All the new photographs in this beautiful book meticulously recreate that original style, capturing the bygone age of steam rail against the settings of its heyday, including period architecture and other details. The result is the crisp, stunning quality of contemporary photography of the iconic locomotives of yesteryear. Featured trains include the Milwaukee Road; the Cumbres and Toltec snowplow runs; the Cotton Belt 819 in Arkansas, Missouri, and Illinois; the Savannah and Atlanta No. 750; the Frisco 1522 in Missouri; the Norfolk and Western 611 and 1218 in Georgia and Tennessee; the Union Pacific 3985 in Wyoming, Nebraska and Arkansas—these are just some of the historic runs and routes Steam Trains brings this era to life with its evocative photographs and accompanying narrative accounts of the locomotives that are still cherished today. This fantastic photographic gallery features twenty-three preserved steam railroad lines and events covering a twenty-five year period. Perfect for train enthusiasts, model railroaders, and history buffs alike, North American railroads, both great and obscure, are highlighted in Steam Trains.

Steam Trains of the World

Author: Colin Garratt
Publisher: Holiday House
ISBN: 9780671086428
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 264

Book Description
From the British Isles and the Middle East, from Russia and China and the Ocean Islands of Australasia, pictures of the highest quality have been included to present a lavish illustration of living steam. Here are facts and tales about the lines operating today, the landscapes they cross and the cargoes they haul. Here also are detailed commentaries on the world's magnificent engines, documented with a clear guide as to where throughout the world they can be found.

American Steam Locomotive

Author: Brian Solomon
Publisher: Voyageur Press
ISBN: 9780760303368
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
A powerful collection of yesterdays iron workhorses captured in a variety of nostalgic photographs. Solomon's thoroughly-researched text details the origins, development and growth of the steam locomotive from its earliest days right up to its final futile battles to compete with the diesel. Witness the intimate workings of old steam engines that used 20,000 gallons of water per hour! And look inside fireboxes large enough to host a dinner for 12! See these iron behemoths inside and out, in photographs of them on the tracks, as well as in shots of them being rebuilt. An action-packed profile of the mighty steam trains that once ruled the tracks.

Underground, Overground

Author: Andrew Martin
Publisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 1847658075
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description
Why is the Victoria Line so hot? What is an Electrical Multiple Unit? Is it really possible to ride from King's Cross to King's Cross on the Circle line? The London Underground is the oldest, most sprawling and illogical metropolitan transport system in the world, the result of a series of botch-jobs and improvisations.Yet it transports over one billion passengers every year - and this figure is rising. It is iconic, recognised the world over, and loved and despised by Londoners in equal measure. Blending reportage, humour and personal encounters, Andrew Martin embarks on a wonderfully engaging social history of London's underground railway system (which despite its name, is in fact fifty-five per cent overground). Underground, Overground is a highly enjoyable, witty and informative history of everything you need to know about the Tube.

The Steam Locomotive

Author: Ken Gibbs
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445624257
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 440

Book Description
Ken Gibbs tells the history of the engineering triumph that is a steam locomotive from the 1800s to the 1960s showing how each development changed the course of history.

Working Steam

Author: Hans Halberstadt
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 1567997767
Category : Steam locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 136

Book Description
This useful guide contains first-hand accounts of the engineers of vintage trains, points out historic sites, and features more than 100 color photos of restored working steam trains from all over North America.

Steam Trains

Author: Frederic Winkowski
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781405475952
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 104

Book Description