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Author | : Peter Herring |
Publisher | : Southwater Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013-03-16 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9781780191638 |
Britain was the pioneering force behind the birth of the steam locomotive. This authoritative visual reference spans over 150 years of railway history, featuring 85 class profiles, a comprehensive glossary and over 200 photographs.
Author | : William Rosen |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 401 |
Release | : 2012-03-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0226726347 |
"The Most Powerful Idea in the World argues that the very notion of intellectual property drove not only the invention of the steam engine but also the entire Industrial Revolution." -- Back cover.
Author | : Hugh Longworth |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2013-01-01 |
Genre | : Steam locomotives |
ISBN | : 9780860936602 |
An exhaustive and monumental listing of every steam locomotive operated by British Railways from Nationalisation until the end of steam in 1968, now brought completely up to date in a second edition.
Author | : Keith Langston |
Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2012-01-01 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1845631463 |
After WWII the existing railway companies were all put into the control of the newly formed British Transport Commission and that government organization spawned British Railways, which came into being on 1st January 1948. The railway infrastructure had suffered badly during the war years and most of the steam locomotives were 'tired' and badly maintained and or life expired. Although the management of British Railways was already planning to replace steam power with diesel and electric engines/units they still took a decision to build more steam locomotives (as a stop gap). Some 999 (yes just 1 short) Standard locomotives were built in 12 classes ranging from super powerful express and freight engine to suburban tank locomotives. The locomotives were mainly in good order when the order came in 1968 to end steam, some only 8 years old.There still exists a fleet of 46 preserved Standards of which 75% are in working order in and around the UKs preserved railways, furthermore 3 new build standard locomotives are proposed. Steam fans who were around in the 1960s all remember the 'Standards'.
Author | : Igloo Books |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010-09 |
Genre | : Steam locomotives |
ISBN | : 9780857342584 |
Author | : Mirco De Cet |
Publisher | : Lorenz Books |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2015-06-01 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780754831334 |
An overview of the different locomotives from British Heritage lines across the country.
Author | : Gerard Tellis |
Publisher | : Anthem Press |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 2018-05-30 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1783087951 |
Over the last 2,000 years, critical innovations have transformed small regions into global powers. But these powers have faded when they did not embrace the next big innovation. Gerard J. Tellis and Stav Rosenzweig argue that openness to new ideas and people, empowerment of individuals and competition are key drivers in the development and adoption of transformative innovations. These innovations, in turn, fuel economic growth, national dominance and global leadership. In How Transformative Innovations Shaped the Rise of Nations, Tellis and Rosenzweig examine the transformative qualities of concrete in Rome; swift equine warfare in Mongolia; critical navigational innovations in the golden ages of Chinese, Venetian, Portuguese and Dutch empires; the patent system and steam engine in Britain; and mass production in the United States of America.
Author | : O. S. Nock |
Publisher | : Bounty Books |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 2013-12-04 |
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ISBN | : 9780753726341 |
Author | : Ken Gibbs |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 2012-12-15 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1445624257 |
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.
Author | : John Walford |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Locomotives |
ISBN | : 9780901115959 |
John Walford and Paul Harrison present the complete story of the powerful and successful Class 9Fs. Enthusiasts will find this book a delight as the engines were allocated to more than 60 depots and worked nationwide. Full details of each engine's construction, allocation and use, modification and disposal and a chapter on the 9 preserved engines is included .