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This is the first encyclopedia to chart the progress of Britain's railway development. It begins with primitive 17th-century wagonways, fully considers the eras of horse, steam, diesel, and electric traction, and then charts the change from private to public ownership. Finally, it describes in...

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Autor principal: Simmons, Jack
Altres autors: Jack Simmons; Gordon Biddle
Idioma:Undetermined
English
Publicat: Oxford,New York Oxford University Press 1997
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Sumari:This is the first encyclopedia to chart the progress of Britain's railway development. It begins with primitive 17th-century wagonways, fully considers the eras of horse, steam, diesel, and electric traction, and then charts the change from private to public ownership. Finally, it describes in detail the privatizations of the late 1990s. Over six hundred entries by eighty-eight expert contributors provide a comprehensive and unique reference to all aspects of railways
Descripció física:xv, 591 p.
ill., maps
26 cm
ISBN:0192116975
9780192116970