Locomotives of the Victorian Railway: The Early Days of Steam
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In the quarter of a century between 1830 and 1855, the railway locomotive developed from the small sisters of Rocketto the broad gauge monsters of Daniel Gooch, with a boiler pressure nearly three times that of Rocketand weighing in at nearly 40 tons (eight times the weight of Rocket). There was a marked increase in loads, speeds and reliability as the railways spread across the country from their cradle in the North West, with several thousands of...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:144567761X
ISBN13:9781445677613
Release Date:May 2019
Publisher:Amberley Publishing
Length:96 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.3" x 9.1"
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