AuthorHerring, Peter
TitleUltimate train / Peter Herring
Imprint London : Dorling Kindersley Book, c2000
Descript 168 p. : ill. ; 29 cm

CONTENT

History of trains -- Ultimate trains: 1800-1840: Britain leads and the world follows ; 1840-1870: North America comes to the fore ; 1870-1900: Trains diversity and link the world ; 1900-1920: Age of luxury cut short by war ; 1920-1940: Pursuit of speed and elegance ; 1940-1970: New power generation ; 1970-2000: Fast forward into the future -- Railway innovators


SUBJECT

  1. Railroads -- History
  2. Locomotives -- History

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