The Love of Trains

Steam and Diesel Locomotives in Action Around the World

Auteurs

• Victor Hand
• Harold A. Edmonson

Paramètres

• 104 pages
• 4 heures de lecture

• Locomotives
• Nonfiction
• Thème historique

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) The Water Level Route: the New York Central Railroad in New York State -- 2.) Union Pacific Railroad: trunk line across Wyoming -- 3.) The North American passenger train -- 4.) Rio Grande narrow gauge: remnant of another era -- 5.) The big show recreated: North American steam in excursion service -- 6.) Mexican Main Line: big engines south of the border -- 7.) Andean spectacular: the Belgrano Railway in northern Argentina -- 8.) Coal for the mills of Volta Redonda: Estrada de Ferro Dona Teresa Christina -- 9.) Le Mans -- 10.) The canyon of the Rio Jalon -- 11.) Crossroads of Britain: Carlisle, Shap and Beattock -- 12.) Up the escarpment: South African Railways climbs to the Highveld -- 13.) Empties uphill, ore down: the Swaziland Railway -- 14.) The Great Karroo -- 15.) The Lootsberg Pass -- 16.) Arthur's Pass: crossing New Zealand's southern alps -- 17.) Steaming to Sydney: modern steam power in New South Wales -- 18.) Java: motive power miscellany -- 19.) Hokkaido: Japanese steam in the snow.

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• Pages manquantes/détachées
• Déchirure importante

• Année de publication: 1974
• Reliure: (rigide),
• État du livre: Abîmé
• Prix: 5,66 €