Illustrated Directory of Trains of the World
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Book Overview
An excellent history of (chiefly) passenger power. Hollingsworth features those engines that introduced technical advances. He necessarily deals mostly with Britain and the U.S. (Hundreds of lucid... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0760308918
ISBN13:9780760308912
Release Date:January 2000
Publisher:Voyageur Press (MN)
Length:480 Pages
Weight:1.35 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 4.5" x 8.4"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
An amazing "catalogue" of trains from the early days to the modern era
Published by Boskov01 , 6 days ago
I bought this book over 20 years ago, back when it was still fresh and new on the shelves and as a kid who loved trains both then and now, it was just the book I had been looking for! A book that listed so many trains from throughout history. It's been a favorite of mine for decades. It doesn't have every single train ever built but it has a very respectable amount of engines, stopping around the early 2000s when the book was published.
All Aboard!!!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
Part of the The Illustrated Directory Of series, this book is a real hoot!Following a reasonable timeline, some of our most importaint locomotives in the history of Railways are covered, Steam, Electric, Diesel and GasTurbine.All regions are covered but the U.K., Europe and North America get the most coverage as the need to create communications in these large land mass areas saw the most development in locomotive technology.The contentious issue of who built the first Pacific type (4-6-2)locomotve is settled with Baldwin winning by a couple of weeks with their order from the New Zealand Government Railways for that country's Q class locomotives in 1899-1900.Other magnificent feats of engineering are covered, the mighty Big Boys, the sleek GG1s, the Hudsons, F7 Diesels etc and the modern locomotives and High Speed passenger trains of today all get a look in. Relevent data is included for those who want to know, other than that, what a great read.
Dynamite book about various locomotives
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
If you want to know what different locomotives in different countries looked like, then this is a great source of information. Set up almost like an encyclopedia of locomotives and trains, you can find what you are looking for here.
A Superb Pictorial Survey Of Locomotives
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
This wonderful book covers over 150 locomotives starting from the very early steam to present day high speed trains. Steam,Diesel and Electric traction are all covered with fairly good descriptions on each locomotive.Though majority of entries are from from US and UK, other countries are covered aswell. Locomotives which brought technological innovations and also ones which performed well are all included.Interesting historical information on each locomotive is also provided.The book contains beautiful color photographs and some superb highly detailed color line drawings.Though without an index this book is very informative and covers the most important locomotives of the past aswell as the present.
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