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Ultimate Train by Peter Herring w dust jacket History of Trains, photo gallery
Ultimate Train by Peter Herring
Hard Cover w/ dust jacket
168 pages
Copyright 2000
CONTENTS
PART ONE THE HISTORY OF TRAINS 6-25
PART TWO ULTIMATE TRAINS 26-141
1800-1840 BRITAIN LEADS AND THE WORLD FOLLOWS 28-39
THE FIRST LOCOMOTIVES 30
ROCKET 32
EUROPE 34
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY 36
NORTH AMERICA 38
1840-1870 NORTH AMERICA COMES TO THE FORE 40-51
EUROPE 42
CRAMPTON 44
NORTH AMERICA 46
THATCHER PERKINS 48
UNION PACIFIC 50
1870-1900 TRAINS DIVERSIFY AND LINK THE WORLD 52-67
EUROPE 54
NORTH AMERICA 56
EARLY URBAN TRAINS 58
CANADIAN PACIFIC 60
WORLD TRAINS 62
F CLASS 0-6-0 64
MOUNTAIN TRAINS 66
1900-1920 AN AGE OF LUXURY CUT SHORT BY WAR 68-85
PASSENGER TRAINS 70
PARIS-ORLEANS PACIFIC 72
WORLD FREIGHT 74
TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY 76
EARLY ELECTRICS 78
CROCODILE 80
WORLD WAR I 82
SPECIAL PURPOSE 84
1920-1940 THE PURSUIT OF SPEED AND ELEGANCE 86-101
CLASSIC STEAM 88
NORD PACIFIC 90
ORIENT EXPRESS 92
EARLY DIESELS 94
STREAMLINED STEAM 96
MALLARD 98
ELECTRICS 100
1940-1970 THE NEW POWER GENERATION 102-123
WORLD WAR II 104
ARTICULATED STEAM 106
UNION PACIFIC BIG BOY 108
THE BLUE TRAIN 112
DIESELS 114
DELTIC 116
LATE STEAM 118
ELECTRICS 120
TOKAIDO SHINKANSEN 122
1970-2000 FAST-FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE 124-141
PASSENGER DIESELS 126
INDIAN PACIFIC 128
WORLD FREIGHT 130
SD-45 FREIGHT DIESEL 132
HIGH-SPEED ELECTRICS 134
THE CHANNEL TUNNEL 136
RAPID TRANSIT 138
TRANSRAPID TROT 140
PART THREE RAILROAD INNOVATORS 142-161
GLOSSARY 162
INDEX 164
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 168
ULTIMATE TRAIN IS AN INVALUABLE SOURCE OF REFERENCE FOR THE SEASONED RAILROAD ENTHUSIAST AND THE CURIOUS TRAVELER ALIKE, PACKED WITH A WEALTH OF FASCINATING INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVOLUTION OF TRAINS AND LOCOMOTIVES.
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