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the great men and machines of rail's golden age

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Giants of steam

the great men and machines of rail's golden age

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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
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English

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Steam locomotives, Locomotive engineers, History

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Giants of Steam: The Great Men and Machines of Rail's Golden Age
2014, Atlantic Books, Limited
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Giants of steam: the great men and machines of rail's golden age
2013, Atlantic Books
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
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Giants of steam
2012, Atlantic Books
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat

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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.

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Originally published: 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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London

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Dewey Decimal Class
625.26109

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Pagination
pages cm

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Open Library
OL29217588M
Internet Archive
giantsofsteamgre0000glan
ISBN 10
1843547732
ISBN 13
9781843547730
OCLC/WorldCat
828417343

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