In 1839 Henry R. Campbell of Philadelphia designed an eight - wheeled engine ( a swivel truck plus four drivers ) . This wheel - type engine , known as the American - type locomotive , would dominate American locomotive design for the ...
A Clash of Titans: Ambrose Bierce, Collis Huntington, and the 1896 Fight to Refund the Central Pacific's Debt to the...
William Henry Jackson's Rocky Mountain Railroad Album: Steam and Steel Across the Great Divide
Designed to serve the information needs of all levels of both operators and collectors, this essential 'who-to-contact' reference lists more than 2000 sources. Covers all popular model railroading scales from...
Hornsby station was opened on 17 Sept. 1886 and at the time of Whitton's estimate in Oct. 1885 would have been under construction . Whitton appears to have been referring to a location close to Hornsby as “ Pearces Corner " .
BR Steam Southern Finale: 50th Anniversary
Travellers and tourists guide to the areas, towns and cities covered by the scenic railway lines of the Norfolk Broads and Fens.
5006 decorated with flags and bunting . LAUPT opened for service on Sunday , May 7 , 1939 , when SP's Imperial became the first train to arrive at nental line and the main line into Texas . In.
Newcastle 900 Railways: A Celebration of the 900th Anniversary of Newcastle Upon Tyne Promoted by the City Council
In many towns , the railway master was a greatly respected figure in companies built them in a very grand the village or town . He usually lived with style in order to impress people . As well his family in a house next to the station ...
Departmental Coaching Stock
Aylesbury: A County Town and Its Station 1877-1905: An Examination of the Goods Statistics of the Aylesbury Branch of the...
Not the Age of the Train: Alan Williams on British Rail
The Golden Age of Railroading in America's Heartland: The Photography of Otto C. Perry
Railways ran 24-hour passenger and goods ser vices, and to work efficiently they required regular mainten ance. David Hucknall presents an evocative album of period p hotographs of working steam-locomotive sheds around the coun try. '
The book is divided into chapters reflecting the Railtrack zones and shows many of the boxes that were built for the pre-Grouping railway companies, including the Great Western and Great Eastern.
Twilight of Scottish Steam
Canadian National in the West
Canadian National in the West
Canadian National in the West