An Illustrated History of Trains

Author: Franco Tanel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781446301531
Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description
This title deals with the fascination and excitement of world railway history, from Stephenson's Rocket to the modern age. With splendid illustrations and a sparkling narrative, it charters the fundamental stages and main events of railway history, from the birth of steam locomotion to modern high-speed trains. Divided into six sections, each chapter documents a significant period in the development of the railways and tells the stories of the key men, inventions, challenge and technological breakthroughs.

Train

Author: John Coiley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781282612181
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"Discover the story of railroads--from the age of steam to the high-speed trains of today"--Cover.

George & Robert Stephenson

Author: Clara L. Matéaux
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 156

Book Description

Trains

Author: Franco Tanel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788854008045
Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 319

Book Description

American Steam Locomotives

Author: William L. Withuhn
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253039355
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 738

Book Description
For nearly half of the nation's history, the steam locomotive was the outstanding symbol for progress and power. It was the literal engine of the Industrial Revolution, and it played an instrumental role in putting the United States on the world stage. While the steam locomotive's basic principle of operation is simple, designers and engineers honed these concepts into 100-mph passenger trains and 600-ton behemoths capable of hauling mile-long freight at incredible speeds. American Steam Locomotives is a thorough and engaging history of the invention that captured public imagination like no other, and the people who brought it to life.

Rating Locomotives

Author: H. L. Cole
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 104

Book Description

The Golden Age of Streamlining

Author: Colin Alexander
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445693356
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 174

Book Description
Colin Alexander looks at the interwar period, a high-water mark in industrial design as the benefits of streamlining were realised.

Nothing Like It In the World

Author: Stephen E. Ambrose
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9780743203173
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 468

Book Description
The story of the men who build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's.

High Speed Rail Planning, Policy, and Engineering, Volume I

Author: Terry L. Koglin
Publisher: Momentum Press
ISBN: 1606508369
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 180

Book Description
High Speed Rail Planning, Policy and Engineering looks at the question of where a high-speed passenger rail line would be most productive and how it could be profitable. It investigates the political issues confronting high-speed rail funding and location. This first volume looks at recent achievements in high-speed rail, including record high speeds for trains operating with steel wheels on steel rail. It also covers the history of high-speed rail operations, particularly in the United States. The book examines possible existing routes for development of high-speed rail systems, how right-of-way and terminals might be configured, and the possibilities of track structure. This volume also reviews operating parameters, including the relationship between cost and speed, the issue of security in all aspects as relates to high-speed rail, and different types of high-speed rail systems are evaluated, including true purpose-built high-speed systems, hybrid systems, and what are called blended systems.

The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Steam and Rail

Author: Colin Garrett
Publisher: Southwater
ISBN: 9781780193960
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Over 1500 photographs of locomotives from around the world. A definitive history of locomotive technology from the great steam engines of the 1830s to the electronic speed trains of the present day. Detailed specification boxes given for over 100 key locomotive designs.