Train The definitive visual history
Book - 2023
"Packed with stunning photography, Train catalogues the development of trains from early steam to diesel engines and electric locomotives, explores in detail iconic trains such as the Palace on Wheels and the Orient Express, and chronicles the social, political, and cultural backdrop against which railways were built the world over. Profiling the best loved railways and rail journeys of all time - from the Union-Pacific Railroad to the Trans-Siberian Railway - and the pioneers of train and track - from "Father of the Railways" George Stephenson to engineering legend Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Métro-maestro Fulgence Bienvenüe - Train is perfect for anyone with an interest in trains, locomotives, and the history of the rail...way"--
- Subjects
- Genres
- History
Illustrated works
Pictorial works - Published
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New York, NY :
DK Publishing
2023.
- Language
- English
- Edition
- Second edition. New edition. American edition
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- 320 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
- ISBN
- 9780744077506
- 1804-1838: The iron horse
- 1839-1869: Building nations
- 1870-1894: A world of steam
- 1895-1913: Golden age
- 1914-1939: Steam's zenith
- 1940-1959: War and peace
- 1960-1979: Built for speed
- 1980-1999: Changing tracks
- After 2000: Rail revival
- How railways work: Engines and tracks.