Author: Stephen Dupont
Publisher: Dewi Lewis Publishing
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Photographs by Stephen Dupont Introduction by Mark Tully This is an extraordinary photographic record of the last steam trains in India that captures not only the fascination of the steam engine but also the sense of past which will never be revisited. It is not, however, simply a book for railway enthusiasts; these are images of great emotional power that embrace not only just the magnificence of steam but also portrays the dignity of a workforce in an industry on the verge of extinction. 70 duotone plates.
Steam
Author: Stephen Dupont
Publisher: Dewi Lewis Publishing
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Photographs by Stephen Dupont Introduction by Mark Tully This is an extraordinary photographic record of the last steam trains in India that captures not only the fascination of the steam engine but also the sense of past which will never be revisited. It is not, however, simply a book for railway enthusiasts; these are images of great emotional power that embrace not only just the magnificence of steam but also portrays the dignity of a workforce in an industry on the verge of extinction. 70 duotone plates.
Publisher: Dewi Lewis Publishing
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Photographs by Stephen Dupont Introduction by Mark Tully This is an extraordinary photographic record of the last steam trains in India that captures not only the fascination of the steam engine but also the sense of past which will never be revisited. It is not, however, simply a book for railway enthusiasts; these are images of great emotional power that embrace not only just the magnificence of steam but also portrays the dignity of a workforce in an industry on the verge of extinction. 70 duotone plates.
China
Author: Gordon Edgar
Publisher: Artist's and Photographers' Press
ISBN: 9781904332800
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
China was the last country in the world to build steam locomotives. The final main line engines emerged from Datong workshops in December 1988 and production of steam locomotives for industrial use continued until 1999. The final few steam locomotives were withdrawn from service in 2003, making China the last country to use steam on its main lines. Total eradication of China's steam programme is set to coincide with the Olympic games in 2008. When this happens, it will be the end of the last mecca for fans of real steam. This is a photo essay detailing the end of this era.
Publisher: Artist's and Photographers' Press
ISBN: 9781904332800
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
China was the last country in the world to build steam locomotives. The final main line engines emerged from Datong workshops in December 1988 and production of steam locomotives for industrial use continued until 1999. The final few steam locomotives were withdrawn from service in 2003, making China the last country to use steam on its main lines. Total eradication of China's steam programme is set to coincide with the Olympic games in 2008. When this happens, it will be the end of the last mecca for fans of real steam. This is a photo essay detailing the end of this era.
The Last Steam Railways
Author: Robert D. Turner
Publisher: Last Fire Within
ISBN: 9781550179910
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A spectacular, historical perspective and photographic gallery of the last working steam railways in China--the world's largest major concentration of steam locomotives in the 21st Century. In the last half of the 1900s, China built ten thousand coal-burning steam locomotives across the country. These powerful engines ran in a variety of settings, from an open cast coal mine near the Siberian border to the semi-tropical remote hills of Sichuan, powering passenger trains that stretched one thousand kilometres across Inner Mongolia and pulling the local trains on forestry railways in the countryside of northern China. Then, in 2001, Chinese Railways retired almost all its steam locomotives. Nonetheless, some regional, local and industrial operations continued using steam for another decade or more. The photographs and photo essays in this book are a result of visits to dozens of these often-remote railways where steam was still being used. They highlight the skills of workers as they overhauled and maintained the locomotives and reflect on the lives of the people who depended upon them in a rapidly changing world. The Last Steam Railways: Volume One chronicles the last two decades of China's fascinating and picturesque steam railways in a visually dramatic and authoritative presentation. This is the first of three volumes that take the story of the last steam railways across Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. With over five hundred original colour photographs, graphics, maps and tables, this is a spectacular addition to any history collection.
Publisher: Last Fire Within
ISBN: 9781550179910
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A spectacular, historical perspective and photographic gallery of the last working steam railways in China--the world's largest major concentration of steam locomotives in the 21st Century. In the last half of the 1900s, China built ten thousand coal-burning steam locomotives across the country. These powerful engines ran in a variety of settings, from an open cast coal mine near the Siberian border to the semi-tropical remote hills of Sichuan, powering passenger trains that stretched one thousand kilometres across Inner Mongolia and pulling the local trains on forestry railways in the countryside of northern China. Then, in 2001, Chinese Railways retired almost all its steam locomotives. Nonetheless, some regional, local and industrial operations continued using steam for another decade or more. The photographs and photo essays in this book are a result of visits to dozens of these often-remote railways where steam was still being used. They highlight the skills of workers as they overhauled and maintained the locomotives and reflect on the lives of the people who depended upon them in a rapidly changing world. The Last Steam Railways: Volume One chronicles the last two decades of China's fascinating and picturesque steam railways in a visually dramatic and authoritative presentation. This is the first of three volumes that take the story of the last steam railways across Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. With over five hundred original colour photographs, graphics, maps and tables, this is a spectacular addition to any history collection.
The Steam Locomotive
Author: Ken Gibbs
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445624257
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Ken Gibbs tells the history of the engineering triumph that is a steam locomotive from the 1800s to the 1960s showing how each development changed the course of history.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445624257
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Ken Gibbs tells the history of the engineering triumph that is a steam locomotive from the 1800s to the 1960s showing how each development changed the course of history.
The Last Steam Railroad in America
Author: Thomas H. Garver
Publisher: ABRAMS
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Photographs and text introduce the reader to the people and places associated with the Norfolk and Western Railway which in the 1950s was the last American railroad to utilize steam engines.
Publisher: ABRAMS
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Photographs and text introduce the reader to the people and places associated with the Norfolk and Western Railway which in the 1950s was the last American railroad to utilize steam engines.
Turkish Steam Railways
Author: Mick Pope
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781445687827
Category : Steam locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Explores superb and previously unpublished photographs of the final years of steam on Turkey's railways.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781445687827
Category : Steam locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Explores superb and previously unpublished photographs of the final years of steam on Turkey's railways.
The Complete Visual History of Steam and Rail
Author: Colin Garratt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780754823636
Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Two perfect books for train enthusiasts, with a historical reference book spanning nearly two centuries of locomotive development, and an enthralling illustrated guide to the world's greatest railway journeys of all timme
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780754823636
Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Two perfect books for train enthusiasts, with a historical reference book spanning nearly two centuries of locomotive development, and an enthralling illustrated guide to the world's greatest railway journeys of all timme
The Steam Locomotive in America
Author: Alfred W. Bruce
Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
An Illustrated History of 18 Inch Gauge Steam Railways
Author: Mark Smithers
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780860934998
Category : Narrow gauge railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780860934998
Category : Narrow gauge railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Steam, Steel & Stars
Author: Tim Hensley
Publisher: Abradale Press
ISBN: 9780810981850
Category : Night photography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ninety photographs with captions present the activities of the Norfolk and Western Railway, the last major railroad in America to use steam power. Most of the photographs were taken at night, and Thomas H. Garver's afterword includes description of Link's methods of flash photography.
Publisher: Abradale Press
ISBN: 9780810981850
Category : Night photography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ninety photographs with captions present the activities of the Norfolk and Western Railway, the last major railroad in America to use steam power. Most of the photographs were taken at night, and Thomas H. Garver's afterword includes description of Link's methods of flash photography.