Ultimate Train

Type

Book

Authors

Peter Herring

ISBN 10

0789446103

ISBN 13

9780789446107

Tags

History, Pictorial

Description

This irresistible reference for railroad enthusiast and traveler alike provides a wealth of fascinating information about trains and their evolution. Ultimate Train opens with a comprehensive history of railroads, beginning with profiles of the great 19th century engineers who helped lay the foundations of the first mass transportation network. A specially commissioned photographic gallery of over 50 of the world's most magnificent trains shows each locomotive in lavish detail, with technical drawings and close-up photography to show the working mechanisms of the world's greatest trains. - from Amzon

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