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The quest for greater speed on the rails is almost as old as the railroad itself. In the 19th and in the first half of the 20th centuries, notable things were being done under the slogan "Speed is the key: " the famous Rainhill Trials of 1829; the 1903 speed test run, when an electric three-phase express railcar reached a sensational speed of 130.61 mph; the German "Rail Zeppelin" of 1931 and their high-speed railway network of the mid-1930s. In 1955,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0764344471
ISBN13:9780764344473
Release Date:September 2013
Publisher:Schiffer Publishing
Length:144 Pages
Weight:2.25 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 8.7" x 11.0"
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