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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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Wedi'i Gadw mewn:
Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Prif Awdur: Simmons, Jack
Awduron Eraill: Jack Simmons; Gordon Biddle
Iaith:Undetermined
English
Cyhoeddwyd: Oxford,New York Oxford University Press 1997
Pynciau:
Tagiau: Ychwanegu Tag
Dim Tagiau, Byddwch y cyntaf i dagio'r cofnod hwn!
Thư viện lưu trữ: Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh
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Crynodeb: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
Disgrifiad Corfforoll:xv, 591 p.
ill., maps
26 cm
ISBN:0192116975
9780192116970