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Ultimate Encyclopedia of Steam & Rail Garratt & Wade-Matthews The Golden Age
The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Steam & Rail Garratt & Wade-Matthews The Golden Age of Steam, the Landmark Engines, the Railway Pioneers, The Great Train Journeys. Updated 1999.
512 pages. Indexed.
The World Encyclopedia of Locomotives
Birth of the railway
Golden age 1900-1950
The 1950s to present
Great Railway Journeys of the World
Canada
USA
Mexico & South America
Ireland
United Kingdom
Europe
Great Journeys of the East
North Africa
South Africa
Russia
Europe- Asia
Pakistan
India
Sri Lanka
North Korea
China
Japan
Malaysia & Thailand
Indonesia
Australia
New Zealand
Since the birth of the railroads in the early Industrial Age, people across the world have been fascinated by the locomotive as a powerful symbol of advanced technology and an exciting means of transport. From the early beginnings of steam power to today's awe-inspiring high-speed passenger trains, The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Steam & Rail spans nearly two centuries of locomotive and railway development.
Divided into five sections, the book documents developments and innovations in an easy-to-use format that will appeal to every railway enthusiast. The Birth of the Railways charts the very beginnings of locomotive design up to 1900. The Golden Age of Steam details the development of steam power from Britain and the United States to India and Latin America. The 1950s to the Present Day explains the transition from steam to diesel and electric power and how these changes transformed the locomotive into a superior passenger and freight-pulling machine.
The final two sections of the book describe 95 outstanding railway journeys in all parts of the globe. In Great Journeys of the West there are accounts of short journeys steeped in history, such as Stephensons' 27-km (17-mile) line from Bedford to Bletchley, as well as the transcontinental line in Canada and the European Orient Express, which both cover thousands of kilometres. In Great Journeys of the East, the luxury and romance of the "Palace on Wheels" in Rajasthan and the Trans-Siberian Railway from Moscow to Vladivostock are both eloquently described.
Written by world experts in the field and illustrated with over 1,500 photographs, The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Steam & Rail is an exhaustive reference work to the world's most remarkable locomotive engines and railways, and is a book to inspire rail enthusiast and armchair traveller alike.
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