Describes the locomotives, cars, tunnels, stations, and functions of such trains as freight trains, channel tunnel trains, bullet trains, mountain trains, and snow trains.
The essential guide to the world's trains. More than 460 locomotives and trains Global coverage Special features, subtypes, and history Detailed and up-to-date technical specifications Passenger, freight, high speed, special duties, and commuter systems The perfect identification guide
The classic tale of a very determined little engine that, despite its diminutive size, makes it over a big mountain. Color illustrations accompany the text.
A baby train named Tootle attends "Train School" so that he can grow up to be a fast-moving locomotive. Tootle really wants to do well in school, but he is constantly tempted by his desire to explore the world beyond the train tracks. What will happen when Tootle's habit is discovered? Color illustrations accompany the text.
"Superpower" tells, with beauty and precision, the story of how the most powerful steam locomotive ever built, the famous "Berkshire," was designed and constructed in the 1920s at the great "Loco" works in Lima, Ohio. Through the eyes of a young apprentice we follow the locomotive from the designer's blueprints through the foundry to the erecting ...
Important and beautifully illustrated volume chronicles the explosive growth of the American locomotive from British imports to grand ten-wheelers of the 1870s. Over 240 vintage photographs, drawings, and diagrams tell the exciting tale.
These new additions to DK's best-selling Ultimate Stickers series focus on three exciting subjects. Each sticker book contains more than 60 full-color stickers and a fact-packed 8-page booklet for special insight into the sticker subjects.
The fascinating history and development of steam locomotives in North America. Tells the stories behind the locomotives, includes rosters, and explains wheel arrangements, streamlining, and more with photographs, summaries, and specifications for hundreds of locomotives. By George H. Drury. 8 1/4 x 5 1/2; 448 pgs.; 400+ b&w photos; softcover.
Alphabetically organized, fully cross-referenced, and densely illustrated, The Encyclopedia of Trains & Locomotives was written by noted tram historian C.J. Riley to be the perfect handbook for any train enthusiast. Included in the pages of this comprehensive volume are the most significant innovations in locomotive technology as well as the most ...
Carolyn Hart calls this tale of mistaken identity, barking lizards, multiple beaus and murder on a trans-Australia railroad trip one of her five favorite mysteries. The only book the authors set in their native country. First published in 1944.
Click-clack, clicketty-clack, whoo ...eee! Disaster! The fast rain to Pebblecombe has broken down. Everyone on the train wants to get to the fair and enjoy a great day out but now they're all stuck on the tracks. It is up to the Little Red Train and Duffy Driver to save the day. Do the little Red Train speeds up and is determined to get her ...
From October 6 through 14, 1829, in a small village just outside Liverpool, England, ten thousand spectators gathered to witness one of the most remarkable events of the Industrial Age: a battle among locomotives that became known as the Rainhill Trials. Five machines were entered in the competition: the horse-powered Cycloped attained a top ...
Join a wacky animal trio on a terrific journ ey by train as they whizz along the track, slow down for a l evel crossing, rumble through a tunnel and pull up finally a t the station in this picture story book for the youngest of readers. '
An era ended in 1960, when the major railroads in the United States dieselized. Having served the continent for more than a century, North America's most visible symbol of industrial supremacy was obsolete. In railroad yards everywhere, thousands of steam engines stood gathering rust or waiting silently for a call to service that never came; still ...
This superb book is devoted to trains past and present, all over the world. It is superbly illustrated with numerous magnificent photographs of locomotives then and now. The history of railways is comprehensively covered, from horse-drawn streetcars and George Stephenson's steam-powered 'Rocket' of 1829, through the glory days of steam, the ...
In 1835, there were 175 steam locomotives in service in the USA. By 1900, that number had increased to 37,663. In this book, railroad historian John H. White, Jr, chronicles the explosive growth and development of the steam locomotive in America, from the first British imports to the New York elevated locomotives of the 1880s. This revised and ...
This highly illustrated, all-color reference guide to more than 170 years of trains on both sides of the Atlantic gives railfans and modelers scores of beautifully drawn color plates complemented by hundreds of photographs. Interestingly written entries provide a wealth of information, including technical specifications, design evolution, service ...
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