Download or read book 101 Classic Toy Trains written by Roger Carp and published by Kalmbach Books. This book was released on 2010-10-19 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the popular “Collectible Classics” column from Classic Toy Trains magazine, 101 Classic Toy Trains surveys the most collectible toy train accessories, locomotives, and rolling stock. This book is very helpful to those who have found an old train collection and are looking for the value of it, as well as for those who just want a better idea of what they should buy next for their layout.
Download or read book The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By written by Georges Simenon and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant new translation of one of Simenon's best loved masterpieces. 'A certain furtive, almost shameful emotion ... disturbed him whenever he saw a train go by, a night train especially, its blinds drawn down on the mystery of its passengers' Kees Popinga is a respectable Dutch citizen and family man. Then he discovers that his boss has bankrupted the shipping firm he works for - and something snaps. Kees used to watch the trains go by to exciting destinations. Now, on some dark impulse, he boards one at random, and begins a new life of recklessness and violence. This chilling portrayal of a man who breaks from society and goes on the run asks who we are, and what we are capable of. 'Classic Simenon ... extraordinary in its evocative power' Independent 'What emerges is the bare human animal' John Gray 'Read him at your peril, avoid him at your loss' Sunday Times
Download or read book Train written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This glorious visual celebration of train travel keeps you on the right track with stop-offs at the most important and incredible rail routes from all over the world. Your first stop in The Train Book is the groundbreaking steam locomotives of the 19th century and your final destination is the high-speed bullet trains of today. From the Union-Pacific Railroad to the Trans-Siberian Railway, you'll cross the continents to experience epic journeys and staggering scenery. You'll pick a seat on the most iconic locomotives, including the Orient Express, the Blue Train, and the Eurostar. You can also inspect the engines of famous British trains, such as Rocket, Mallard, and Javelin, and international trains, such as India's Palace on Wheels and America's Thatcher Perkins. You'll meet the true pioneers of train and track, including "Father of the Railways" George Stephenson, engineering legend Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and Métro maestro Fulgence Bienvenüe. For train-spotters and transport enthusiasts everywhere, this is your trip of a lifetime.
Download or read book American Steam Locomotives written by William L. Withuhn and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly half of the nation's history, the steam locomotive was the outstanding symbol for progress and power. It was the literal engine of the Industrial Revolution, and it played an instrumental role in putting the United States on the world stage. While the steam locomotive's basic principle of operation is simple, designers and engineers honed these concepts into 100-mph passenger trains and 600-ton behemoths capable of hauling mile-long freight at incredible speeds. American Steam Locomotives is a thorough and engaging history of the invention that captured public imagination like no other, and the people who brought it to life.
Download or read book The Pictorial Treasury of Classic Steam Trains written by Nils Huxtable and published by BDD Promotional Books Company. This book was released on 1989-10-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the evolution of a machine that today is considered a blending of technology and art, covering still in service and recently retired steam locomotives from Wyoming to China
Download or read book The LEGO Trains Book written by Holger Matthes and published by No Starch Press. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the model-making process from start to finish, including the best ways to choose scale, wheels, motors, and track layout. Get advice for building steam engines, locomotives, and passenger cars, and discover fresh ideas and inspiration for your own LEGO train designs. Inside you'll find: -A historical tour of LEGO trains -Step-by-step building instructions for models of the German Inter-City Express (ICE), the Swiss “Crocodile,” and a vintage passenger car -Tips for controlling your trains with transformers, receivers, and motors -Advice on advanced building techniques like SNOT (studs not on top), microstriping, creating textures, and making offset connections -Case studies of the design process -Ways to use older LEGO pieces in modern designs For ages 10+
Download or read book The Book of Classic Trains written by Elizabeth Clemons and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to classic trains. Take a trip to the classification yard where freight is loaded and new trains are put together. Easy-to-follow diagrams will introduce all the parts of a locomotive and show what makes a locomotive run. Types of train cars and train signals are also shown and defined.
Download or read book Classic Trains written by Nicholas Faith and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 1997 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boken gir en gjennomgang av jernbanenes utvikling i England, fra den spede begynnelse, frem til dagens utvikling av hurtigtogene. Det ses særlig på de årene hvor jernbaneselskapene var privat eid, dette var også en tid da utvikligen av togtrafikken gikk raskt fremover. Boken gir også et innblikk iden industrielle utvikligen i England, dessuten omhandler boken et av verdens travleste kommunikasjonssystemer, nemlig undergrunnen i London. Gjennomillustrert. 144 s. Tverrformat. Utkommer primo feb. Innb.
Download or read book Some Classic Trains written by Arthur Detmers Dubin and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book This Train written by Paul Collicutt and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-06-21 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A board book edition of THIS TRAIN, a favorite of Paul Collicutt's vehicle series books.
Download or read book Closely Watched Trains written by Bohumil Hrabal and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Book of Classic Trains written by Elizabeth Clemons and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to classic trains. Take a trip to the classification yard where freight is loaded and new trains are put together. Easy-to-follow diagrams will introduce all the parts of a locomotive and show what makes a locomotive run. Types of train cars and train signals are also shown and defined.
Download or read book Classic Trains written by Hans Halberstadt and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Passenger Trains and Locomotives Illustrated written by Mark Wegman and published by Voyageur Press (MN). This book was released on 2008-11-17 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated look at the glory years of travel by rail, with over 160 profiles, front and top views, and interior layouts depicting three dozen of the nation’s most celebrated trains of the golden age.
Download or read book Classic Toy Trains written by Gerry Souter and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text and photographs present a history of toy trains.
Download or read book High Iron written by Lucius Morris Beebe and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Railroad Photography of Donald W Furler written by Scott Lothes and published by . This book was released on 2020-09 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Railroad Photography of Donald W. Furler showcases the black-and-white imagery of a master of the craft. Furler (1917-1994) grew up in New Jersey and helped pioneer the "action shot" to show trains at speed. He faithfully and dramatically documented the final decade of steam operations in the northeastern United States with technically-superior and often creative images portraying the trains in their environments. While his work appeared frequently in early issues of Trains magazine in the 1940s and 1950s, it has rarely been seen since. As someone who helped write the rules for railroad action photography, an examination of Furler's photography is long overdue.
