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 - Legendary Trains. a journey in sixteen chapters. Three Volumes.

Title: Legendary Trains. a journey in sixteen chapters. Three Volumes.
Description: First Editions; Post 4to; pp (over 400 slick coloured cards in three volumes, unpaginated), numerous coloured photographs, chronologically arranged by date, each volume bound in its original illustrated ring binder, fine set. with the associated "Guide to The Collection" Southampton; Atlas Editions; 1995 -1998. These cards cover the many and varied elements of rail travel history. The different sorts of locomotives (steam, electric, and diesel engines). how they work and the layout of their mechanical components are the basic essentials of these sheets, and also the railway itself: the tract, gauges, track and signalling infrastructure, etc. Other fundamental data is analysed in detail, such as safety, coupling, braking systems, individual network operating principles, running and signalling.

Keywords: Railway history

Price: AUD 150.00 = appr. US$ 103.78 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 105617