On the Rails: Two Centuries of Railways: Two Centuries of Railways 1804-2004 - Rilegato

Burton, Anthony

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ISBN 10: 1854109812 ISBN 13: 9781854109811

Casa editrice: Aurum Pr Ltd, 2004

Riassunto

March 2004 marked two centuries since the ?Penydarren Engine,” designed by the great engineer Richard Trevithick, hauled a 10-ton load over 9.5 miles of track in South Wales, making it the world’s first railway locomotive. This photo-filled history traces the early development of the railways and their subsequent spread over five continents during the course of the 19th century. It then goes on to chart the quest for greater speed and luxury in the first half of the 20th century and the demise of steam, culminating in today’s high-speed trains, like France’s TGV and Shanghai’s mag-lev train. On the Rails also includes chapters on the visionary 19th-century railway contractors, the lives of the working railwaymen, the great luxury trains, the epic feats of engineering that made possible the likes of America’s transcontinental system, and the future prospects of the modern railway.

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• Editore: Aurum Pr Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1854109812
• ISBN 13: 9781854109811
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 208