Author: Peter Tatlow
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781906419974
Category : Derrick cars (Railroads)
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
In the first part of a two-volume work, Peter Tatlow provides readers with a historical look at the railway breakdown cranes of Britain.
Railway Breakdown Cranes
Author: Peter Tatlow
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781906419974
Category : Derrick cars (Railroads)
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
In the first part of a two-volume work, Peter Tatlow provides readers with a historical look at the railway breakdown cranes of Britain.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781906419974
Category : Derrick cars (Railroads)
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
In the first part of a two-volume work, Peter Tatlow provides readers with a historical look at the railway breakdown cranes of Britain.
Thomas and the Breakdown Train
Author: Wilbert V. Awdry
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781855910034
Category : Thomas the Tank Engine (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
One of a selection of titles based on the Reverend Awdry's railway stories that form the basis for the TV series Thomas the Tank Engine. Photographs from the series are included.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781855910034
Category : Thomas the Tank Engine (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
One of a selection of titles based on the Reverend Awdry's railway stories that form the basis for the TV series Thomas the Tank Engine. Photographs from the series are included.
Trains, Cranes and Troublesome Trucks (Thomas & Friends)
Author: Rev. W. Awdry
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375986103
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
SMALL ENGINES, medium-sized engines, and large engines—everyone has problems with those Troublesome Trucks. But there are cranes of all sizes, too, and they are always ready and able to be Really Useful and help out!
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375986103
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
SMALL ENGINES, medium-sized engines, and large engines—everyone has problems with those Troublesome Trucks. But there are cranes of all sizes, too, and they are always ready and able to be Really Useful and help out!
A Crack in the Track
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781544408361
Category : JUVENILE FICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A crack in the track brings Thomas the Tank Engine and the entire Island of Sodor Railway to a screeching halt in this rhyming adventure.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781544408361
Category : JUVENILE FICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A crack in the track brings Thomas the Tank Engine and the entire Island of Sodor Railway to a screeching halt in this rhyming adventure.
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.
Closely Watched Trains
Author: Bohumil Hrabal
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 9780810112780
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Hrabal's postwar classic about a young man's coming of age in German-occupied Czechoslovakia is among his most beloved and accessible works. Closely Watched Trains is the subtle and poetic portrait of Milos Hrma, a timid young railroad apprentice who insulates himself with fantasy against a reality filled with cruelty and grief. Day after day as he watches trains fly by, he torments himself with the suspicion that he himself is being watched and with fears of impotency. Hrma finally affirms his manhood and, with a sense of peace and purpose he has never known before, heroically confronts a trainload of Nazis.
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 9780810112780
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Hrabal's postwar classic about a young man's coming of age in German-occupied Czechoslovakia is among his most beloved and accessible works. Closely Watched Trains is the subtle and poetic portrait of Milos Hrma, a timid young railroad apprentice who insulates himself with fantasy against a reality filled with cruelty and grief. Day after day as he watches trains fly by, he torments himself with the suspicion that he himself is being watched and with fears of impotency. Hrma finally affirms his manhood and, with a sense of peace and purpose he has never known before, heroically confronts a trainload of Nazis.
Fast Train, Slow Train (Thomas & Friends)
Author: Rev. W. Awdry
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0385374089
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
The newest Bright and Early Board Book featuring Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends, this sturdy book features a simple train adventure about opposites to share with boys and girls ages 0 to 3.
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0385374089
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
The newest Bright and Early Board Book featuring Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends, this sturdy book features a simple train adventure about opposites to share with boys and girls ages 0 to 3.
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.
Deeds of a Great Railway
Author: G. R. S. Darroch
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
"Deeds of a Great Railway" by G. R. S. Darroch. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
"Deeds of a Great Railway" by G. R. S. Darroch. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Creating Cameo Layouts
Author: Iain Rice
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780953877171
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780953877171
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description