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How to Order | Book Condition | We Want Your Books | About Us | Contact Us Please consult the How-to-Order section before ordering any books. Allen, Geoffrey Freeman The World's Fastest Trains: From the Age of Steam to the TGV, PSL, 2nd edition 1992, pp192. Hb. Fine / Fine. An absorbing account of 100 mph plus rail travel. £4.95 Avery, Derek Modern Locomotives, Wordsworth Editions, 1994, pp96.
Glazed Boards. Fine.
A worldwide survey of diesel and electric motive power
combined with an illustrated story of the development of today's powerful and
efficient locomotives. £1.95 Hand,
Victor and
Edmondson,
Harold
The
Love of
Trains:
Steam and
Diesel
Locomotives
in Action
around the
World,
Octopus
Books,
1974,
pp80.
Very
Large
Format Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Stunning
colour
pictures
from Java,
the Andes,
Japan,
Spain,
America,
South
Africa,
Mexico,
France and
Australia.
£3.95 Harris,
Ken World Electric Locomotives,
Janes, 1981, pp160. Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper. A comprehensive
survey of 140 loco classes from 40 countries, each with a photograph, brief
history and technical details. £5.95 Haut F J G The History of the Electric Locomotive, George Allen and Unwin, 1967, pp147 plus 258 illustrations of electric traction. Large Format Hb. VG/Fair+. Dust wrapper internally re-enforced at the head & base of the spine. A comprehensive history of the development of electric rail traction from the middle of the 19th century. £10.50 Herring, Peter Ultimate Train, Dorling Kindersley, 2000, pp168. Large Format. Glazed boards with dw. Fine/VG. A comprehensive history of the development of rail traction - steam, diesel and electric - throughout the world. Lavishly illustrated throughout. £4.95 Hollingsworth,
Brian and
Cook,
Arthur
The
Great Book
of Trains,
Salamander,
1996,
pp414.
Large
Format Hb.
Fine
in a Fine
dust
wrapper.
A
directory
of the
major
locomotives
from the
1820s to
the
present
day,
well-illustrated
throughout
in both
colour and
black
&
white. The
first half
of the
book deals
with steam
locomotives,
while the
second
half
considers
diesel and
electric
traction.
£3.95 Hollingsworth,
Brian and
Cook,
Arthur
Modern
Locomotives,
Chartwell
Books,
2000,
pp192.
"Fully
illustrated
featuring
150
locomotives
and over
300
photographs
and
illustrations."
Large
Format.
Glazed
Boards.
VG.
Covers
the
development
and
working
histories
of 150 of
the word's
most
famous
diesel and
electric
locomotives.
£4.95 Hughes, Murray Rail 300: The World High Speed Train Race, D&C,
1988, pp192. Hb. VG+
in a VG+
dust
wrapper. High-speed
railway developments in Japan, France, Germany, Italy and elsewhere.
£3.95 Johnston, Howard and Harris, Ken Jane's Train Recognition Guide, Collins, 2005, pp491.
Pb. Very Good+. A worldwide guide to modern
diesel and
electric traction, with a colour
illustration
and brief technical details of each locomotive type. £2.95 Ransome-Wallis
P The Concise Encyclopaedia of
World Railway Locomotives, Hutchison, 1959, pp512 with 16 colour plates and
128 b/w plates. With contributions
by G. Freeman Allen, P. Ransome-Wallis, H. M. Le Fleming, David P. Morgan, J. M.
Doherty; C. R. H. Simpson, S. O. Ell, O. S. Nock and F. J. G. Haut.
Hb. VG/Fair.
Wear to the dust wrapper at the head of the spine, plus three of the
corners have been internally repaired. A
very substantial study of world traction written during the transition period
from steam to diesel and electric traction.
Chapters on: Diesel Railway Traction, Diesel Traction in North America,
Electric Motive Power, The Reciprocating Steam Locomotive, Modern Steam
Locomotives, Testing of Locomotives, The Steam Locomotive in Traffic, The
Organization of a Steam Motive Power Depot, Unconventional Forms of Railway
Motive Power, and The Gas Turbine in Railway Service.
£6.95 Whitelegg, John; Hulten, Staffan and Flink, Torbjorn
High Speed Trains: Fast Tracks to the Future, Leading Edge, 1993,
pp240. Pb.
Very Good+. Analyses and
evaluates the development of high-speed trains in Europe, Japan and the United
States. £3.95 Back To Overseas Railway Book Index
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