Название: Ultimate Train
Издательство: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2000
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 176
Язык: English
Размер: 54.5 MB
This irresistible reference for railroad enthusiast and traveler alike provides a wealth of fascinating information about trains and their evolution. Ultimate Train opens with a comprehensive history of railroads, beginning with profiles of the great 19th century engineers who helped lay the foundations of the first mass transportation network. A specially commissioned photographic gallery of over 50 of the world's most magnificent trains shows each locomotive in lavish detail, with technical drawings and close-up photography to show the working mechanisms of the world's greatest trains.