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Peter Herring (ISBN 10 – 0195414950)
Hardcover
168 pages
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Ultimate Train
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This ultimate guide to the locomotive from Stephenson’s Rocket to the Magalev describes the history of railways celebrating the great diversity of design and engineering over 200 years of train travel. It features urban, industrial, freight and military trains and shows examples of electric, steam and diesel locomotives with driver’s eye-views, performance statistics and a profile of the key figures who have changed the face of train travel around the world.
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