Description: Excellent condition or better. ----------- 2 ----------- CONTENTS The Birth of the Railway 6 The Golden Age 1900 - 50 56 The 1950s to the Present Day 128 Glossary 250 Index 252 CYL-TO ----------- 2 ----------- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Publishers would like to thank the following for their kind permission to reproduce photographs in this book: A. E. Durrant: pages 36 (bottom left), 38 (br), 233 (m), 236 (m), 238 (ul), 243 (t,m). Howard Ande: page 4. Barnaby's Picture Library: pages 176, 177 (t,b). British Waterways Archive: page 8 (t). Ian D. C. Button: page 207 (b). H. H. Cartwright: 140 (t). Colour Rail: page 64 (b). Roger Crombleholme: page 15 (t,b), 16, 17 (b), 18 (t,b), 19 (b). Richard Gruber: pages 75 (t), 76 (b). Alex Grunbach: pages 48, 49 (t,b), 118, 119, 236 (t), 237, 238 (bottom), 239, 240, 241. John P. Hankey: pages 22 (t,m), 23 (t), 26 (1), 27 (m), 28 (top), 30 (b), 32 (t), 33 (b), 72 (b), 73 (t), 74 (t), 75 (m), 77 (m), 83 (t), 85 (t). Ken Harris: page 201 (d) Maurice Harvey: page 244 (br). Michael Hinckley: page 15 (m). Fred Hornby: pages 102 (t), 103, 106 (t), 108 (br), 109 (t), 110, 111, 187 (m), 190 (t), 192 (t), 196 (b), 205 (b). International Railway Journal: pages 208 (bl), 212, 213 (t,m), 244 (br). Frederick Kerr: page 132 (b). Locomotive Manufacturer's Association: Page 67 (br). Dennis Lovett page 14 (b). Arthur Mace: pages 10 (b), 13 (tr), 63 (t,b) William D. Middleton Collection: pages 44 (b), 45 (t,b). Mitchel Library pages 29 (b), 33 (t,m), 39 (br), 44 (t), 45 (m), 47 (t). 49 (m), 50 (m), 52-3, 117 (t), 121 (m), 124 (b). Alan Pike: pages 37 (b), 50 (t), 98, 99 (b), 100 (b), 101 (b), 102 (b), 104, 105, 178, 179 (t,b), 180 (tm), 181, 182, 183, 184, 185 (t,b), 186, 187 (t,b), 188 (t, bl, 189 (t), 190 (b), 191, 192 (b), 193, 194, 195, 197, 198, 199, 200, 202, 203, 204 (m,b), 205 (t), 209 (tr), 254 (r). Graham Pike: pages 107 (1), 179 (m), 180 (b), 185 (m), 189 (b), 234, 235 (tm). Popperfoto: pages 23 (m), 29 (m), 32 (b), 35, 36 (br), 47 (b), 54 (t,b), 92 (m), 93 (m), 123 (tr). William Sharman: pages 58 (b), 59 (t), 68 (b) 69 (t), 146 (t,b), 147. Brian Solomon: pages 23 (b), 24 (t,b), 28 (m,b), 30 (t), 31 (m,b), 70, 71 (m,b), 72 (t), 73 (m), 74 (b), 76 (t), 80 (t), 84 (b), 85 (m,b), 87 (b), 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159 (t,b), 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166 (b), 167, 168, 169, 170, 171 (b), 253 (br), 255 (b). Richard J. Solomon: pages 71 (t), 73 (b), 77 (b), 80 This paperback edition published in 1999 by Hermes House 27 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011 Hermes House is an imprint of Anness Publishing Inc. M (b), 82, 83 (b), 84 (t), 86 (t, br), 87 (m), 88, (top), 91, 92 (t,b), 93 (tb), 159 (m), 166 (0.171 Gordon Stemp pages 58 (0), 61 (b), 640, 811 (0, 133 (0), 138 (b), 256. Michael Taplin pa 144 229, 230, 231. J. M. Tolson pages 166 , 252 (t), 246 (t), 247 (br). Verkehrsmuseums Number pages 36 (t), 37 (0). 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Printed and bound in Singapore ----------- 3 ----------- The Birth of the Railway The following section looks at the development of the railway, from its very beginnings up to 1900, touching on both the technical changes it underwent and the role it played in societies and industries around the world. The text and photographs provide a comprehensive account of the railway pioneers and the machines and lines they created, while the technical boxes give an at-a-glance record of some of the most influential and innovative locomotives. OPPOSITE Locomotion No. 1 - a working replica built in 1975. The first locomotive built at the Stephensons' Forth Street works, Newcastle upon Tyne, in 1825, it also established the advent of mechanical traction for public railways. The original locomotive survives in Darlington Railway Museum, County Durham, north-east England. TOR ● ABOVE A Puffing Billy-type engine built by William Hedley of Wylam Colliery, Northumberland, in 1813. From a painting by David Weston (born 1936). ----------- 4 ----------- 60 JUPITER The World Encyclopedia of Locomotives Over 700 photographs and illustrations of locomotives from around the world A definitive history of locomotive technology from the 1830s to the present day Detailed specification boxes given for over 100 key locomotive designs ■ Charts the development of locomotive design throughout the world including Britain, the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, India, China, Japan and the Pacific Rim
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Book Title: The World Encyclopedia of Locomotives
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Publication Year: 1999
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Author: Colin Garratt
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