Author : Peter Herring
Publisher : Southwater Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,96 MB
Release : 2013-03-16
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781780191638
Britain was the pioneering force behind the birth of the steam locomotive. This authoritative visual reference spans over 150 years of railway history, featuring 85 class profiles, a comprehensive glossary and over 200 photographs.
Author : William Rosen
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 36,46 MB
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0226726347
"The Most Powerful Idea in the World argues that the very notion of intellectual property drove not only the invention of the steam engine but also the entire Industrial Revolution." -- Back cover.
Author : Hugh Longworth
Publisher :
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 21,42 MB
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Steam locomotives
ISBN : 9780860936602
An exhaustive and monumental listing of every steam locomotive operated by British Railways from Nationalisation until the end of steam in 1968, now brought completely up to date in a second edition.
Author : David Mather
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 43,67 MB
Release : 2020-09-30
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1526770202
The first steam locomotives used on any British railway, worked in industry. The use of new and second hand former main line locomotives, was once a widespread aspect of the railways of Britain. This volume covers many of the once numerous manufacturers who constructed steam locomotives for industry and contractors from the 19th to the mid 20th centuries. David Mather has spent many years researching and collecting photographs across Britain, of most of the different locomotive types that once worked in industry. This book is designed to be both a record of these various manufacturers and a useful guide to those researching and modelling industrial steam.
Author : Keith Langston
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 19,79 MB
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1845631463
After WWII the existing railway companies were all put into the control of the newly formed British Transport Commission and that government organization spawned British Railways, which came into being on 1st January 1948. The railway infrastructure had suffered badly during the war years and most of the steam locomotives were 'tired' and badly maintained and or life expired. Although the management of British Railways was already planning to replace steam power with diesel and electric engines/units they still took a decision to build more steam locomotives (as a stop gap). Some 999 (yes just 1 short) Standard locomotives were built in 12 classes ranging from super powerful express and freight engine to suburban tank locomotives. The locomotives were mainly in good order when the order came in 1968 to end steam, some only 8 years old.There still exists a fleet of 46 preserved Standards of which 75% are in working order in and around the UKs preserved railways, furthermore 3 new build standard locomotives are proposed. Steam fans who were around in the 1960s all remember the 'Standards'.
Author : Igloo Books
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,28 MB
Release : 2010-09
Category : Steam locomotives
ISBN : 9780857342584
Author : Mirco De Cet
Publisher : Lorenz Books
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 27,85 MB
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780754831334
An overview of the different locomotives from British Heritage lines across the country.
Author : Gerard Tellis
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 46,26 MB
Release : 2018-05-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1783087951
Over the last 2,000 years, critical innovations have transformed small regions into global powers. But these powers have faded when they did not embrace the next big innovation. Gerard J. Tellis and Stav Rosenzweig argue that openness to new ideas and people, empowerment of individuals and competition are key drivers in the development and adoption of transformative innovations. These innovations, in turn, fuel economic growth, national dominance and global leadership. In How Transformative Innovations Shaped the Rise of Nations, Tellis and Rosenzweig examine the transformative qualities of concrete in Rome; swift equine warfare in Mongolia; critical navigational innovations in the golden ages of Chinese, Venetian, Portuguese and Dutch empires; the patent system and steam engine in Britain; and mass production in the United States of America.
Author : O. S. Nock
Publisher : Bounty Books
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 29,91 MB
Release : 2013-12-04
Category :
ISBN : 9780753726341
Author : John Walford
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,2 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Locomotives
ISBN : 9780901115959
John Walford and Paul Harrison present the complete story of the powerful and successful Class 9Fs. Enthusiasts will find this book a delight as the engines were allocated to more than 60 depots and worked nationwide. Full details of each engine's construction, allocation and use, modification and disposal and a chapter on the 9 preserved engines is included .
