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| Author | : Andrew Martin |
| Publisher | : Profile Books |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2021-04-29 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 1782834893 |
'A delightful book ... the perfect companion as you wait for the 8.10 from Hove' Observer After the Beeching cuts of the 1960s, many railways were gradually shut down. Rural communities were isolated and steam trains slowly gave way to diesel and electric traction. But some people were not prepared to let the romance of train travel die. Thanks to their efforts, many lines passed into community ownership and are now booming with new armies of dedicated volunteers. Andrew Martin meets these volunteer enthusiasts, finding out just what it is about preserved railways that makes people so devoted. From the inspiration for Thomas the Tank Engine to John Betjeman's battle against encroaching modernity, Steam Trains Today will take you on a heart-warming journey across Britain from Aviemore to Epping.
| Author | : Colin Garratt |
| Publisher | : Holiday House |
| Total Pages | : 264 |
| Release | : 1987 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 9780671086428 |
From the British Isles and the Middle East, from Russia and China and the Ocean Islands of Australasia, pictures of the highest quality have been included to present a lavish illustration of living steam. Here are facts and tales about the lines operating today, the landscapes they cross and the cargoes they haul. Here also are detailed commentaries on the world's magnificent engines, documented with a clear guide as to where throughout the world they can be found.
| 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 | : Sherri Duskey Rinker |
| Publisher | : Chronicle Books |
| Total Pages | : 37 |
| Release | : 2013-04-16 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1452127956 |
The team behind the #1 New York Times bestseller Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site returns with another fabulous book for bedtime! The dream train pulls into the station, and one by one the train cars are loaded: polar bears pack the reefer car with ice cream, elephants fill the tanker cars with paints, tortoises stock the auto rack with race cars, bouncy kangaroos stuff the hopper car with balls. Sweet and silly dreams are guaranteed for any budding train enthusiasts! Plus, this is the fixed format version, which will look almost identical to the print version. Additionally for devices that support audio, this ebook includes a read-along setting.
| Author | : Brianna Caplan Sayres |
| Publisher | : Random House Books for Young Readers |
| Total Pages | : 26 |
| Release | : 2017-06-27 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0553521004 |
Take the train to dreamland with this board book version of the chugging bedtime tale, the perfect companion to Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night? and Where Do Jet Planes Sleep at Night? Have you ever wondered what little trains do when it’s time for bed? Same things you do! Steam trains, freight trains, subways—and more!—wash up, have a snack, load their teddies for storytime, and get rocked to sleep by mommy and daddy trains beneath a blanket of stars. Little one-track-mind train lovers will be tickled to see how bedtime is just the same for their favorite vehicles as it is for them. “Train lovers will be sure to take this bedtime read for a ride.” —School Library Journal
| Author | : Stephen Dupont |
| Publisher | : Dewi Lewis Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 104 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
Photographs by Stephen Dupont Introduction by Mark Tully This is an extraordinary photographic record of the last steam trains in India that captures not only the fascination of the steam engine but also the sense of past which will never be revisited. It is not, however, simply a book for railway enthusiasts; these are images of great emotional power that embrace not only just the magnificence of steam but also portrays the dignity of a workforce in an industry on the verge of extinction. 70 duotone plates.
| Author | : Andrew Martin |
| Publisher | : Profile Books |
| Total Pages | : 320 |
| Release | : 2012-04-26 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1847658075 |
Why is the Victoria Line so hot? What is an Electrical Multiple Unit? Is it really possible to ride from King's Cross to King's Cross on the Circle line? The London Underground is the oldest, most sprawling and illogical metropolitan transport system in the world, the result of a series of botch-jobs and improvisations.Yet it transports over one billion passengers every year - and this figure is rising. It is iconic, recognised the world over, and loved and despised by Londoners in equal measure. Blending reportage, humour and personal encounters, Andrew Martin embarks on a wonderfully engaging social history of London's underground railway system (which despite its name, is in fact fifty-five per cent overground). Underground, Overground is a highly enjoyable, witty and informative history of everything you need to know about the Tube.
| Author | : Brian Solomon |
| Publisher | : Voyageur Press |
| Total Pages | : 160 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 9780760303368 |
A powerful collection of yesterdays iron workhorses captured in a variety of nostalgic photographs. Solomon's thoroughly-researched text details the origins, development and growth of the steam locomotive from its earliest days right up to its final futile battles to compete with the diesel. Witness the intimate workings of old steam engines that used 20,000 gallons of water per hour! And look inside fireboxes large enough to host a dinner for 12! See these iron behemoths inside and out, in photographs of them on the tracks, as well as in shots of them being rebuilt. An action-packed profile of the mighty steam trains that once ruled the tracks.
| Author | : Peter Lorie |
| Publisher | : Crescent |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1996 |
| Genre | : Locomotives |
| ISBN | : 9780517159699 |
A completely original tour de force of photography and text displaying living steam locomotion at its most dramatic.
| Author | : Colin Garratt |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2011-05 |
| Genre | : Locomotives |
| ISBN | : 9780754823636 |
Two perfect books for train enthusiasts, with a historical reference book spanning nearly two centuries of locomotive development, and an enthralling illustrated guide to the world's greatest railway journeys of all timme
