My Best Book Of Trains

Author: Richard Balkwill

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Price : 10.99 AUD
ISBN : 9780753415887
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Imprint : Kingfisher Books Ltd
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Publication date : 01 January 2008
Produced in : United Kingdom
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Author : Richard Balkwill
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Provides information on trains including: the early railways, the age of steam, the building of rail tunnels and bridges, and high-speed trains. This book is useful for people interested in locomotives.

Author description

Richard Balkwill is a lecturer in Publishing Studies at the City University, London, and an associate consultant in the Centre of International Publishing Studies at Oxford Brookes University, UK. In his spare time, Richard writes about trains, and is fascinated by all things locomotive.

4-5 The first railways; 6-7 A faster way to travel; 8-9 Crossing a continent; 10-11 Steam engines; 12-13 Luxury travel; 14-15 Powered by diesel; 16-17 Pulling a load; 18-19 Electric trains; 20-21 Staying on track; 22-23 Mountain railways; 24-25 Tunnels and bridges; 26-27 High-speed trains; 28-29 City railways; 30 Mavlev trains; 31 Glossary; 32 Index.

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