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An edition of Fire & steam: a new history of the railways in Britain (2007)

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'Fire & Steam' tells the dramatic story of the people and events that shaped the world's first railway network, one of the most impressive engineering achievements in history.

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Publisher
Atlantic Books
Language
English
Pages
364

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Subjects
History, Railroads, Economic aspects of Railroads, Social aspects of Railroads, Chemins de fer, Social aspects, Aspect social, Histoire, Aspect économique, Economic aspects, Railroads, great britain, history
Places
Great Britain

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Cover of: Fire and Steam
Fire and Steam: A New History of the Railways in Britain
2009, Atlantic Books, Limited
in English
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Fire & steam: a new history of the railways in Britain
2008, ISIS
in English - Large print ed.
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Fire & steam: how the railways transformed Britain
2008, Atlantic Books
in English
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Fire and Steam
September 13, 2007, Atlantic Books
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Fire & steam: a new history of the railways in Britain
2007, Atlantic
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Fire & steam: a new history of the railways in Britain
2007, Atlantic
in English
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Fire & steam: a new history of the railways in Britain
2007, Atlantic
in English
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Table of Contents

The first railway
Getting the railway habit
Joining up Britain
Changing Britain
Railways everywhere
The big companies : great but not necessarily good
The Agatha Christie railway
Danger and exploitation on the tracks
Speeding to danger
The only way to get there
Fighting together
reluctantly
Compromise
the big four
And then there was one
An undeserved reputation
The future is rail.

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Originally published: London: Atlantic, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Titles
Fire and steam

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Dewey Decimal Class
385.0941
Library of Congress
HE3018

The Physical Object

Pagination
xviii, 364 pages
Number of pages
364

ID Numbers

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OL32099184M
Internet Archive
firesteamhowrail0000wolm
ISBN 10
1843546302
ISBN 13
9781843546306
OCLC/WorldCat
370374979

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