| Edition |
1st Welcome Rain ed. |
| Description |
253 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. |
| Note |
"First published in 1998 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson ... London"--Colophon. |
| Contents |
Centenarians: the oldest steam locomotives -- Finland: Scandanavian stronghold of steam -- Remnants of the Spanish vintage -- Dominant for two decades: the Atlantics -- American classics in Cuba -- The ultimate in American steam -- Legacy of a chequered history -- Supreme for thirty years: classic British 4-4-0s -- Steam on the veldt -- Fireless locomotives -- Riding the iron horse: steam in the blood -- Arteries of industry -- Early American classics: outside cylinder 4-4-0s -- Dramatic industrial performers: slag-tipping engines -- Veteran locomotives of World War I -- Veteran locomotives of World War II -- A 1930s streamlined superstar: the Hiawatha -- Locomotive graveyards -- Charm of the narrow gauge train -- Badges of industry: worksplates -- The demise of Pakistan's Edwardians -- Singularly beautiful: outstanding express engines -- Kaisers of the tracks: Prussian locomotives -- An Indian country railway -- British Mogul locomotives -- A railway reborn: Eritrea -- American staples: Confederations & Santa Fes -- The dragons of Sugar Island -- A lost heritage: London & North Western Railway -- Mountain climbing: rack and pinion railways -- Creating the commuter: suburban trains -- Hard workers for the shunting yard: humpers and bankers -- Rediscovered relics of the Azores -- Building the world's last steam locomotives: Tangshan -- Javan sugar fields -- The 10-wheeler of American folklore -- Sunlight, smoke and shadow: inside a large locomotive depot -- Echoes of the Raj 1903 -- Echoes of the Raj 1920s -- Standard designs of post-war India -- The romance of the night train -- Steam in the snow -- Chinese dragons -- Mikados: a great British export -- The streamlined age -- Working the coalfields of Assam -- The mountains: built for power -- British classics of Uruguay -- Steam trams around the world -- Sunsets and railway photography -- The majestic creations of Karl Goldsdorf: Austria's engineer extraordinaire -- Russia's glorious days of steam: Soviet locomotives -- Sentinels: economical, hardworking and flexible -- The world's most numerous locomotive -- The trusty British drudge: inside-cylinder 0-6-0s -- Workhorse of the logging railways: Shays -- Locomotive repair and restoration -- The ghost that refused to die: Mallet no. 7 -- The fabulous Garratts: evolutionary offshoots -- Shunter locomotive types -- Heavy freight: 2-10-0s -- Tribes, forts and governors: Gold Coast names -- American idea, Russian ideal -- Rivalry across the border -- Express tanks around the world -- The Dehri on Sone Light Railway -- Fireworks in the night sky -- Moving the freight: Consolidations -- The dodo of the Atacama: the last Kitson Meyer -- Disasters, wrecks and mishaps -- American's ubiquitous Moguls -- Turkish delight: home of exotic engines -- The world's last all-steam main line -- Classic world 10-wheelers -- Along the pilgrim route to Mecca -- Les belles machines: French Pacific locomotives -- American superpower -- Scrapyards -- Pensioned off: from main line to industry -- Sankong Bridge -- Phantom engines -- Wheels of industry: industrial locomotives -- German Pacifics: mainstay of expresses -- Birthplace of a locomotive: Datong, China -- Mastodons: America's heavy-duty freight power -- The relics of Sennar Junction -- The growth of the Mallets -- Industrial workhorses of China -- The Mikados: maids of all work. |
| Subject |
Locomotives.
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| ISBN |
1566490359 |
|
9781566490351 |
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