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An edition of Giants of steam (2012)

Giants of steam

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Jonathan Glancey is a lifelong steam enthusiast who has oiled, fired and driven, as well as watched and listened to, steam locomotives around the world. In Giants of Steam, he turns his enthusiastic and knowledgeable attention to the thrilling story of the last, and greatest, generation of steam railway locomotives in regular main line service. Designed and built chiefly by the railways and workshops of Britain, France, Germany and the United States, these powerful and beautifully designed machines would take steam locomotive technology to new heights set against a backdrop of the political upheavals and military conflicts of the mid twentieth century.

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Atlantic Books
Language
English
Pages
376

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Subjects

Steam locomotives, Locomotive engineers, History
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Cover of: Giants of Steam
Giants of Steam: The Great Men and Machines of Rail's Golden Age
2014, Atlantic Books, Limited
in English
Cover of: Giants of steam
Giants of steam: the great men and machines of rail's golden age
2013, Atlantic Books
in English
Cover of: Giants of steam
Giants of steam
2012, Atlantic Books
in English

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Table of Contents

Preface: The old straight track
Introduction: Raisong steam
1. Great Britain: steady progress and racing certainties
2. Germany: strength through standardization
3. France: [André] Chapelon, vous avez fait quelque chose' [Chapelon, you have made something]
4. The United States [of America]: big boys, bright lights, and dream tickets
5. Around the world: red stars, southern lights, and eastern promise
6. Experimentation: reinventing the [George Stephenson's] Rocket
7. The future: keeping the faith.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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London
Other Titles
Gaints of steam :

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
625.26109
Library of Congress
TJ603 .G53 2012, TJ603 .G63 2012

The Physical Object

Pagination
376 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
376

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL32101925M
Internet Archive
giantsofsteam0000glan
ISBN 10
1843547694
ISBN 13
9781843547693
OCLC/WorldCat
809132976, 809908360

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Work ID
OL21540012W

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