Horizon Book Of Railways By Paul Hamlyn Dust Jacket

$8.38

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There can be few boys who have not at some time felt the fascination of railways - and wanted to know more about them and the way that they are run.

The Horizon Book of Railways provides a wealth of information on this ever-popular subject. There are some 18o diagrams, drawings and photographs, many of them in colour.

Contributors include:

CECIL J. ALLEN on Tunnels and Bridges, Stations, Royal Trains and The Future of Railways

J. R. DAY on Mountain Railways, Monorails and Miniature Railways

WALKDEN FISHER on Laying the Track, Signals and Signalling, Track Control, Repairs and Maintenance

P.RANSOME-WALLIS on the Locomotives of Today

LT/COL. T. M. SIMMONS, A. M. I. Mech. E. on the Early History of Railways

DEREK WALDREN on Railway Modelling

A. J. F. WROTTESLEY on Underground Railways

The book also contains many short features. Subjects covered range front Early Locomotives to a Footplate Journey and from Running a Marshalling Yard to the Building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

WITH 32 FULL COLOUR plates

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