Author: David Jenkinson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780906899649
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 80

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Author: R. M. Tufnell
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Category : Railroad motor-cars
Languages : en
Pages : 104

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Author: P. Ransome-Wallis
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486142760
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 518

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Authoritative international survey reviews everything from standard steam engines, diesels and gas turbines to subways and electric motor coaches. Includes details of construction, problems of operation, and building methods. More than 300 illustrations, photographs.

Author: Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476667608
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 214

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Featuring 256 drawings, this history of military trains and railways from 1853 through 1953 describes how the railroad transformed the nature of warfare. Transport and logistics are discussed for armored trains, rail-borne artillery and armored combat vehicles, medical evacuation trains and draisines (light auxiliary vehicles such as handcars). The railroad's role in establishing European colonial empires in Asia and Africa is examined. Conflicts covered include the Boer Wars, the American Civil War, the Austro-Prussian War, the Franco-Prussian War, the Russo-Turkish War, World War I, the Finnish Civil War, the Spanish Civil War, World War II and the French Indochina War.

Author: Brian Morrison
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780711023840
Category : Diesel locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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Category : Aeronautics, Commercial
Languages : en
Pages : 758

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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 688

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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 300

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Category : Diesel locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 732

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Author: Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1849089582
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 49

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First seen during the American Civil War and later appearing in the Franco-Prussian War and the Anglo-Boer Wars, the armored train came to prominence on the Eastern Front during World War I. It was also deployed during the Russian Civil War and the technology traveled east into the Chinese Civil War, and the subsequent war with Japan. It saw service on the Russian Front in World War II, but was increasingly sidelined because of its vulnerability to air attack. Steven J Zaloga examines the origins and development of the armored train, focusing equally on the technical detail and on the fascinating story of how armored trains were actually used in combat. This title will appeal to armor, military history and railroad enthusiasts alike.