The Victorian Railway and How It Evolved

Ransom, P. J. G.

ISBN 10: 0434980838 / ISBN 13: 9780434980833

Editore: Heinemann, 1990

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1st edition, 1990. From the personal library of a railway book collector, with his shelf number taped onto the spine, and his neat name stamp on the flyleaf. Original pictorial dustjacket VG. Black cloth very clean. Pages slightly age-browned at the edges, but clean & tight. Illustrated. 276 pages including a bibliography and a detailed index. Codice articolo ABE-12120184214

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Titolo: The Victorian Railway and How It Evolved

Casa editrice: Heinemann

Data di pubblicazione: 1990

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: Very Good

Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good

Edizione: 1st Edition

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An account of the period when railways in Britain were a boom industry. The author traces the development of the railway system and recounts the successful opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830 which led to the construction of the first great trunk lines, and in turn the rapid expansion of the system following the "railway mania" of 1845. In addition, locomotives rolling stock, track and signalling and their development throughout the period are described, together with buildings and civil engineering works - many of which remain in use today.