My Best Book of Trains
Author(s): Richard Balkwill
Provides information on trains including: the early railways, the age of steam, the building of rail tunnels and bridges, and high-speed trains. This book is useful for people interested in locomotives.
General Information
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- : Pan Macmillan
- : Kingfisher Books Ltd
- : 01 January 2008
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Richard Balkwill
- : Paperback
- : 385.36
- : 32
- : colour illustrations
More About The Product
Richard Balkwill is a lecturer in Publishing Studies at the City University, London, and an associate consultant in the Centre of International Publishing Studies at Oxford Brookes University, UK. In his spare time, Richard writes about trains, and is fascinated by all things locomotive.
4-5 The first railways; 6-7 A faster way to travel; 8-9 Crossing a continent; 10-11 Steam engines; 12-13 Luxury travel; 14-15 Powered by diesel; 16-17 Pulling a load; 18-19 Electric trains; 20-21 Staying on track; 22-23 Mountain railways; 24-25 Tunnels and bridges; 26-27 High-speed trains; 28-29 City railways; 30 Mavlev trains; 31 Glossary; 32 Index.
