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Author : R. Ramaer
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Steam Locomotives of the East African Railways written by R. Ramaer and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Miller
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1784972711
Total Pages : 910 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (849 download)
Download or read book The Lunatic Express written by Charles Miller and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1895, George Whitehouse arrived at the east African post of Mombasa to perform an engineering miracle: the building of the Mombasa-Nairobi-Lake Victoria Railway – a 600-mile route that was largely unmapped and barely explored. Behind Mombasa lay a scorched, waterless desert. Beyond, a horizonless scrub country climbed toward a jagged volcanic region bisected by the Great Rift Valley. A hundred miles of sponge-like quagmire marked the railway's last lap. The entire right of way bristled with hostile tribes, teemed with lions and breathed malaria. What was the purpose of this 'giant folly' and whom would it benefit? Was it to exploit the rumoured wealth of little-known central African kingdoms? Was it to destroy the slave trade? To encourage commerce and settlement? THE LUNATIC EXPRESS explores the building of this great railway in an earlier Africa of slave and ivory empires, of tribal monarchs and the vast lands that they ruled. Above all, it is the story of the white intruders whose combination of avarice, honour and tenacious courage made them a breed apart.
Author : R. Ramaer
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ISBN 13 : 9789172661721
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (617 download)
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Author : Gordon Edgar
Publisher : Artist's and Photographers' Press
ISBN 13 : 9781904332800
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (328 download)
Download or read book China written by Gordon Edgar and published by Artist's and Photographers' Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China was the last country in the world to build steam locomotives. The final main line engines emerged from Datong workshops in December 1988 and production of steam locomotives for industrial use continued until 1999. The final few steam locomotives were withdrawn from service in 2003, making China the last country to use steam on its main lines. Total eradication of China's steam programme is set to coincide with the Olympic games in 2008. When this happens, it will be the end of the last mecca for fans of real steam. This is a photo essay detailing the end of this era.
Author : Brian Floca
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442485221
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (424 download)
Download or read book Locomotive written by Brian Floca and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Caldecott Medal Winner, Sibert Honor Book, and New York Times bestseller Locomotive is a rich and detailed sensory exploration of America’s early railroads, from the creator of the “stunning” (Booklist) Moonshot. It is the summer of 1869, and trains, crews, and family are traveling together, riding America’s brand-new transcontinental railroad. These pages come alive with descriptive details of the journey: the sounds, speed, and strength of the mighty locomotives; the work that keeps them moving; and the thrill of travel from plains to mountain to ocean. Come sit inside the caboose, feel the heat of the engine, watch the landscape race by. Come ride the rails, come cross the young country!
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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004393307
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Technology, Violence, and War written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-02-11 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the importance of technology in war, and to the study of warfare. Dr. Guilmartin’s former students explore how technology from the medieval to the modern era, and across several continents, was integral to warfare and to the outcomes of wars. Authors discuss the interactions between politics, grand strategy, war, technology, and the socio-cultural implementation of new technologies in different contexts. They explore how and why belligerents chose to employ new technologies, the intended and unintended consequences of doing so, the feedback loops driving these consequences, and how the warring powers came to grips with the new technologies they unleashed. This work is particularly useful for military historians, military professionals, and policymakers who study and face analogous situations. Contributors are Alan Beyerchen, Robert H. Clemm, Edward Coss, Sebastian Cox, Daniel P. M. Curzon, Sarah K. Douglas, Robert S. Ehlers, Jr., Andrew de la Garza, John F. Guilmartin, Jr., Matthew Hurley, Peter Mansoor, Edward B. McCaul, Jr., Michael Pavelec, William Roberts, Robyn Rodriguez, Clifford J. Rogers, William Waddell, and Corbin Williamson.
Author : Dan Free
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462907210
Total Pages : 781 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)
Download or read book Early Japanese Railways 1853-1914 written by Dan Free and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 781 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early Japanese Railways 1853-1914 is a cultural and engineering history of railway building in Japan during the Meiji era. The importance of early railways in the industrialization of the United States and Europe is a fact all of us are familiar with. To witness the amazing parallel development of the railways in Japan, happening at much the same time as America was connecting its vast hinterland to the East and West coasts, is an eye-opening realization. Early Japanese Railways, tells the fascinating story of the rise of Japanese rail amidst a period of rapid modernization during Japan's Meiji era. Leaving behind centuries of stagnation and isolation, Japan would emerge into the 20th century as a leading modern industrialized state. The development of the railways was a significant factor in the cultural and technological development of Japan during this pivotal period. Free's rare photographic and historical materials concerning Japan's early railways, including a print showing the miniature steam engine brought to Japan by Admiral Perry aboard his "Black Ships" to demonstrate American superiority, combine to form a richly detailed account that will appeal to students of Japanese history and railway buffs alike. This one-of-a-kind book, Early Japanese Railways 1853-1914, illuminates for non-Japanese-speaking readers the early history of Japanese railroads and in the process the fascinating story of Japan's prewar industrial modernization. Anyone interested in train history or model trains will find this book a fascinating read.
Author : Thomas Crump
Publisher : Carroll & Graf Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A Brief History of the Age of Steam written by Thomas Crump and published by Carroll & Graf Publishers. This book was released on 2007-10-26 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1710 an obscure Devon ironmonger Thomas Newcomen invented a machine with a pump driven by coal, used to extract water from mines. Over the next two hundred years the steam engine would be at the heart of the industrial revolution that changed the fortunes of nations. Passionately written and insightful, A Brief History of the Age of Steam reveals not just the lives of the great inventors such as Watts, Stephenson and Brunel but also tells a narrative that reaches from the US to the expansion of China, India, and South America and shows how the steam engine changed the world.
Author : Paul Theroux
Publisher : Emblem Editions
ISBN 13 : 0771085389
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Ghost Train to the Eastern Star written by Paul Theroux and published by Emblem Editions. This book was released on 2009-08-25 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Bestseller In Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Theroux recreates an epic journey he took thirty years ago, a giant loop by train (mostly) through Eastern Europe, Turkey, the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, China, Japan, and Siberia. In short, he traverses all of Asia top to bottom, and end to end. In the three decades since he first travelled this route, Asia has undergone phenomenal change. The Soviet Union has collapsed, China has risen, India booms, Burma slowly smothers, and Vietnam prospers despite the havoc unleashed upon it the last time Theroux passed through. He witnesses all this and more in a 25,000 mile journey, travelling as the locals do, by train, car, bus, and foot. His odyssey takes him from Eastern Europe, still hungover from Communism, through tense but thriving Turkey, into the Caucasus, where Georgia limps back toward feudalism while its neighbour Azerbaijan revels in oil-driven capitalism. As he penetrates deeper into Asia’s heart, his encounters take on an otherworldly cast. The two chapters that follow show us Turkmenistan, a profoundly isolated society at the mercy of an almost comically egotistical dictator, and Uzbekistan, a ruthless authoritarian state. From there, he retraces his steps through India, Mayanmar, China, and Japan, providing his penetrating observations on the changes these countries have undergone. Brilliant, caustic, and totally addictive, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star is Theroux at his very best.
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Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book The Locomotive, Railway Carriage & Wagon Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : A. E. Durrant
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Total Pages : 216 pages
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Download or read book Steam in Africa written by A. E. Durrant and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sarah Hoffman
Publisher : Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN 13 : 0807563749
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Jacob's New Dress written by Sarah Hoffman and published by Albert Whitman & Company. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of 10 Best Indie Picture Books of 2014, ForeWord Reviews Runner-Up, 2014 New England Book Festival: Children's Books 2014 Distinguished List of the Association of Children's Librarians of Northern California CCBC Choices 2015 An affirming story about gender nonconformity. Jacob loves playing dress-up, when he can be anything he wants to be. Some kids at school say he can't wear "girl" clothes, but Jacob wants to wear a dress to school. Can he convince his parents to let him wear what he wants? This heartwarming story speaks to the unique challenges faced by children who don't identify with traditional gender roles.
Author : P. Ransome-Wallis
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486142760
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)
Download or read book Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Railway Locomotives written by P. Ransome-Wallis and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-04-10 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authoritative international survey reviews everything from standard steam engines, diesels and gas turbines to subways and electric motor coaches. Includes details of construction, problems of operation, and building methods. More than 300 illustrations, photographs.
Author : Malcolm Holdsworth
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ISBN 13 : 9780957732438
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (324 download)
Download or read book Fading Steam written by Malcolm Holdsworth and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Up until the mid-1980s there were so many steam locomotives operating around the globe that one could imagine great photo opportunities presenting themselves and flickering out on a second by second basis. At the start of the second decade of the new millennium this potential has been all but extinguished. It is nice to be able to dig back and recapture the way it was. Regular service steam operation occasionally delivered the right loco on the right train to the right place with all other factors - sun, wind, smoke, time of day, light angle, steam leaks - on their best behaviour. Far more often one or more elements didn't co-operate and there was no opportunity to get on the two way radio and call for another runpast. This was a challenge, and so many of these photos are to be regarded as archival photos of days past rather than technically excellent photos.
Author : Robert Wheatley
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ISBN 13 : 9780980687835
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (878 download)
Download or read book Railway Portraits written by Robert Wheatley and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second volume of the popular Railway Portraits includes evocative photographs of the people and locomotives in NSW in the 1960's, and captures the moods, beauty and essence of the steam locomotive.
Author : Theodore Kornweibel
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Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)
Download or read book Railroads in the African American Experience written by Theodore Kornweibel and published by . This book was released on 2010-02-26 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For over a century, railroading provided the most important industrial occupation for blacks. Brakemen, firemen, porters, chefs, mechanics, laborers - African American men and women have been essential to the daily operation and success of American railroads. The connections between railroads and African Americans extend well beyond employment. Civil rights protests beginning in the late 19th century challenged railroad segregation and job discrimination; the major waves of black migration to the North depended almost entirely on railroads; and railroad themes and imagery penetrated deep into black art, literature, drama, folklore, and music."--Page 2 of cover.
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Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (26 download)
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