Steam Trains: The Magnificent History of Britain's Locomotives from Stephenson's Rocket to Br's Evening Star
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Most people are under a misapprehension: the Rocket was not the first steam engine. Quite a few were built before it, but Stephenson's engine was the first successful steam locomotive. Colin Maggs tells the story of the steam engine, from pre-Rocket days, to British Railways building the Evening Star - the last main-line locomotive - through to the preservation movement and the new-build locomotives of extinct classes such as the Tornado. In this...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1445650991
ISBN13:9781445650999
Release Date:October 2015
Publisher:Amberley Publishing
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
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