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Author: Bruce LaFontaine
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2005-05-31
Total Pages: 35
ISBN-13: 0486440095
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThirty drawings depict such famous trains as Europe's Orient Express, the observation lounge on the Burlington Zephyr, and a sleeping compartment on New York Central's 20th Century Limited.
Author: Lonely Planet
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Published: 2018-10-01
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 1788682025
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExperience 60 of the worlds greatest and most unforgettable train journeys, from classic long-distance trips like Western Canadas Rocky Mountaineer and Darwin to Adelaides The Ghan, to little-known gems on regular commuting lines. Weve always had a soft spot for trains. We know the moment a train pulls out of a station bound for somewhere fantastic is when the adventure truly starts. Amazing Train Journeys is the culmination of asking more than 200 travel writers for their absolute favourites. Some are epic international adventures, others short suburban routes along stunning coastline. There are incredible feats of engineering, trains that snake their way through mountain peaks, and even those which have achieved Unesco World Heritage status. Each profile contains practical information including ticket options, timetables and stops, plus inspiring photos and illustrated maps. Journeys include: Africa & the Middle East: Johannesburg to Cape Town (South Africa) Andimeshk to Dorud (Iran) Bulawayo to Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe) The Americas: The California Zephyr (USA) Perurails Lake Titicaca Railway (Peru) The Serra Verde Express (Brazil) Asia: The Darjeeling Toy Train (India) The Reunification Express (Vietnam) Beijing to Shanghai by High-Speed Rail (China) Europe: The Glacier Express (Switzerland) Belgrade-to-Bar Railway (Serbia & Montenegro) London to Fort William on the Caledonian Sleeper (UK) Oceania: South Coast Line (Australia) The TranzAlpine (New Zealand) The Northern Explorer (New Zealand) About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the worlds number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, weve printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. Youll also find our content online, on mobile, video and in 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.
Author: Andrew Roden
Publisher: Aurum Press
Published: 2017-03-14
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781781316139
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe incredible biography of the most famous steam locomotive in the world. Think of the Golden Age of Steam and one train leaps to mind above all others: the Flying Scotsman, Nigel Gresley’s elegant masterpiece of a locomotive. She broke the world speed record in 1934 and has enthralled millions with her beauty and power. Uniquely, her post-war career has been even more varied and exciting than her early triumphs. Now Andrew Roden tells the Scotsman’s remarkable story, from her construction and the glory days between the wars through the decline of steam and her rollercoaster fortunes in the subsequent years: nearly abandoned on a tour of the United States after the money ran out, crossing the Australian interior, then put up for sale yet again when the company that owned her went bankrupt in 2003. A massive public campaign saved her for the nation and the Flying Scotsman’s restoration began in 2005 at the National Railway Museum. With the aid of numerous interviews with those involved with the Scotsman over the years, Roden brings her story memorably to life. Above all, he asks: why do grown men risk their life savings to own her? Why do thousands of people still line the trackside when she’s due to race past? And just what is the eternal appeal of the Flying Scotsman?
Author: Sarah Tieck
Publisher: ABDO Publishing Company
Published: 2010-09-01
Total Pages: 26
ISBN-13: 1617859591
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes design and uses of trains in easy to understand terms.
Author: Thomas Estler
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780764344473
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Outlines the history of high speed locomotives from more than 20 countries."--Back cover.
Author: Mark Wegman
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Published: 2008-11-15
Total Pages: 162
ISBN-13: 1616731443
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe period from the 1890s to the mid-1950s is generally considered the “golden era� of passenger rail travel in America. It was a time of celebrated locomotives and luxurious passenger service, a time when rail technology saw its greatest advances and railroads became the nation’s favored mode of transportation. These glory years come alive in American Passenger Trains and Locomotives Illustrated, 1889–1971. For this volume, author and illustrator Mark Wegman has researched original railroad drawings and in some cases even paint chips to render more than 160 profiles, front and top views, and interior layouts depicting the steam, diesel, and electric locomotives, along with passenger cars, of three dozen of the nation’s most celebrated trains of the golden age. Accompanying the author’s drawings are histories of each train, period photographs, postcards, menus, luggage stickers, vintage print ads, and detailed captions. The book is a lavishly appointed journey back in time to the bygone heyday of passenger-train travel.
Author: Gerry Souter
Publisher: Motorbooks International
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 95
ISBN-13: 9780760311387
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom 1900 through the late-1950s, Lionel went from a wooden cheese box on wheels to expensive toy trains that flew off shelves at the height of the Great Depression to one of the world's most recognizable brand names. In the 1960s, the company found itself in a fight for its life; only a buyout from General Mills would save the name from relegation to the dust heap of time. More than 80 modern color photographs help break Lionel's "classic" rags-to-riches-to-rags period into five distinct eras, and a fascinating history examines the design and marketing of the company's most significant -- and dubious -- products, placing them in the context of contemporary competition, real-life railroads, and world affairs.
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Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780517528075
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ray Hamilton
Publisher: Summersdale
Published: 2015-06-11
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 1783725508
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhether you pine for the romantic age of the steam engine, thrill at the speeds of today’s superfast trains, this book offers a fantastic, whistle-stop tour of train travel.
