Author: Rajiv Ranjan Jaruhar
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789353339951
Category : Indian Railways
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Autobiographical reminiscences of a railways officer of repute between 2005-2007.
Railway Man
Author: Rajiv Ranjan Jaruhar
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789353339951
Category : Indian Railways
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Autobiographical reminiscences of a railways officer of repute between 2005-2007.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789353339951
Category : Indian Railways
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Autobiographical reminiscences of a railways officer of repute between 2005-2007.
The Life and Times of a Locomotive Engineer
Author: Charles F. Steffes
Publisher: Old World Pub
ISBN: 9781880365137
Category : Locomotive engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Publisher: Old World Pub
ISBN: 9781880365137
Category : Locomotive engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Professional Memoirs, Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1146
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1146
Book Description
Memoirs and Addresses of Two Decades
Author: John Alexander Low Waddell
Publisher: Easton, Pa. : Mack Printing
ISBN:
Category : Bridges
Languages : en
Pages : 1198
Book Description
Publisher: Easton, Pa. : Mack Printing
ISBN:
Category : Bridges
Languages : en
Pages : 1198
Book Description
Practical Railway Engineering
Author: Clifford F. Bonnett
Publisher: Imperial College Press
ISBN: 1860945155
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
This textbook covers the very wide spectrum of all aspects of railway engineering for all engineering disciplines, in a 'broad brush' way giving a good overall knowledge of what is involved in planning, designing, constructing and maintaining a railway. It covers all types of railway systems including light rail and metro as well as main line. The first edition has proved very popular both with students new to railways and with practicing engineers who need to work in this newly expanding area.In the second edition, the illustrations have been improved and brought up to date, particularly with the introduction of 30 colour pages which include many newly taken photographs. The text has been reviewed for present day accuracy and, where necessary, has been modified or expanded to include reference to recent trends or developments. New topics include automatic train control, level crossings, dot matrix indicators, measures for the mobility impaired, reinforced earth structures, air conditioning, etc. Recent railway experience, both technical and political, has also been reflected in the commentary.
Publisher: Imperial College Press
ISBN: 1860945155
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
This textbook covers the very wide spectrum of all aspects of railway engineering for all engineering disciplines, in a 'broad brush' way giving a good overall knowledge of what is involved in planning, designing, constructing and maintaining a railway. It covers all types of railway systems including light rail and metro as well as main line. The first edition has proved very popular both with students new to railways and with practicing engineers who need to work in this newly expanding area.In the second edition, the illustrations have been improved and brought up to date, particularly with the introduction of 30 colour pages which include many newly taken photographs. The text has been reviewed for present day accuracy and, where necessary, has been modified or expanded to include reference to recent trends or developments. New topics include automatic train control, level crossings, dot matrix indicators, measures for the mobility impaired, reinforced earth structures, air conditioning, etc. Recent railway experience, both technical and political, has also been reflected in the commentary.
The Railway Man
Author: Eric Lomax
Publisher: Charnwood
ISBN: 9781444819854
Category : Large type books
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
During the Second World War, Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway, and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio. Left emotionally scarred, and unable to form relationships, Lomax suffered for years - until, with the help of the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, he came to terms with what had happened. Almost 50 years after the war his life was changed by the discovery that his interrogator, the Japanese interpreter, was still alive; their reconciliation is the culmination of this extraordinary story.
Publisher: Charnwood
ISBN: 9781444819854
Category : Large type books
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
During the Second World War, Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway, and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio. Left emotionally scarred, and unable to form relationships, Lomax suffered for years - until, with the help of the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, he came to terms with what had happened. Almost 50 years after the war his life was changed by the discovery that his interrogator, the Japanese interpreter, was still alive; their reconciliation is the culmination of this extraordinary story.
Memoirs
Author: China. Di zhi diao cha ju
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
Train
Author: Tom Zoellner
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698151399
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
An epic and revelatory narrative of the most important transportation technology of the modern world In his wide-ranging and entertaining new book, Tom Zoellner—coauthor of the New York Times–bestselling An Ordinary Man—travels the globe to tell the story of the sociological and economic impact of the railway technology that transformed the world—and could very well change it again. From the frigid trans-Siberian railroad to the antiquated Indian Railways to the Japanese-style bullet trains, Zoellner offers a stirring story of this most indispensable form of travel. A masterful narrative history, Train also explores the sleek elegance of railroads and their hypnotizing rhythms, and explains how locomotives became living symbols of sex, death, power, and romance.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698151399
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
An epic and revelatory narrative of the most important transportation technology of the modern world In his wide-ranging and entertaining new book, Tom Zoellner—coauthor of the New York Times–bestselling An Ordinary Man—travels the globe to tell the story of the sociological and economic impact of the railway technology that transformed the world—and could very well change it again. From the frigid trans-Siberian railroad to the antiquated Indian Railways to the Japanese-style bullet trains, Zoellner offers a stirring story of this most indispensable form of travel. A masterful narrative history, Train also explores the sleek elegance of railroads and their hypnotizing rhythms, and explains how locomotives became living symbols of sex, death, power, and romance.
Memoirs of the Life of Williams Collins, 1
Author: Wilkie Collins
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Memoirs, Letters and Speeches, with Other Papers Illustrating His Life. Ed. by William Dougal Christie
Author: Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftesbury
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description