Ultimate Train

168 pp. "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. " CONTENTS: the history of trains; ultimate Trains; Britain leans and the world follows; the first locomotives; rocket europe; great western railway; north America; North America come to the fore; Europe; Crampton; north America; Thatcher Perkins; Union Pacific; Trains Diversify and Link the World; Europe; North America; Early Urban Trains; Canadian Pacific; World Trains; F Class; Mountain Trains; An Age of luxury cut short by war; Passenger trains; paris-orleans pacific; world freight; Trans-Siberian Railway; Early Electrics; Crocodile; World War 1; Special Purpose; The pursuit of speed and elegance; Classic steam; Nord Pacific; Orient Express; Early Diesels; Streamlines Steam; Mallard; Electrics; The New Power Generation; World war 2; Articulated Steam Union Pacific Big Boy; The Blue Train; Diesels; Late Steam; Tokaido Shinkasen; Fast Forward Into the Future; Passenger Dielselds; Indian Pacific; World Freight; High-speed electrics; the Channel tunnel; rapid Transit; Transrapid TR07; Railroad Innovators.