2012, ISBN: 9780486141404

eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), Relive the early days of train travel with this exciting illustrated story of steam locomotion. Working with great love and skill from builders' specificati… More...

eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), Relive the early days of train travel with this exciting illustrated story of steam locomotion. Working with great love and skill from builders' specifications, old engravings, and contemporaneous accounts, author Reed Kinert recreates, in exacting detail, illustrations of the earliest locomotives&#8212;many of which were built and used before the advent of photography.More than 100 illustrations, many in color, portray the venerable &quote;iron horses&quote;&#8212;from the tiny Tom Thumb (which, early in its career, lost a race to a horse-drawn wagon) to vertical &quote;teakettles&quote; and &quote;grasshoppers,&quote; and the streamlined &quote;titans,&quote; outfitted with bells, whistles, and lights. Railroading enthusiasts, model rail hobbyists, and Americana buffs will be delighted with this expert pictorial-guided tour through the early days of the &quote;iron horse.&quote; [PU: Dover Publications], Seiten: 160, Dover Publications, 2012<

ISBN: 9780486141404

Relive the early days of train travel with this exciting illustrated story of steam locomotion. Working with great love and skill from builders' specifications, old engravings, and contem… More...

Relive the early days of train travel with this exciting illustrated story of steam locomotion. Working with great love and skill from builders' specifications, old engravings, and contemporaneous accounts, author Reed Kinert recreates, in exacting detail, illustrations of the earliest locomotives—many of which were built and used before the advent of photography.More than 100 illustrations, many in color, portray the venerable "iron horses"—from the tiny Tom Thumb (which, early in its career, lost a race to a horse-drawn wagon) to vertical "teakettles" and "grasshoppers," and the streamlined "titans," outfitted with bells, whistles, and lights. Railroading enthusiasts, model rail hobbyists, and Americana buffs will be delighted with this expert pictorial-guided tour through the early days of the "iron horse."; EPUB; History & Transport > Transport: general interest > Trains & railways: general interest, Dover Publications<

ISBN: 9780486141404

Relive the early days of train travel with this exciting illustrated story of steam locomotion. Working with great love and skill from builders' specifications, old engravings, and contem… More...

Relive the early days of train travel with this exciting illustrated story of steam locomotion. Working with great love and skill from builders' specifications, old engravings, and contemporaneous accounts, author Reed Kinert recreates, in exacting detail, illustrations of the earliest locomotives—many of which were built and used before the advent of photography.More than 100 illustrations, many in color, portray the venerable iron horses—from the tiny Tom Thumb (which, early in its career, lost a race to a horse-drawn wagon) to vertical teakettles and grasshoppers, and the streamlined titans, outfitted with bells, whistles, and lights. Railroading enthusiasts, model rail hobbyists, and Americana buffs will be delighted with this expert pictorial-guided tour through the early days of the iron horse. Digital Content>E-books>Reference>Transportation Writing>Transp Writing, Dover Publications Digital >16<

ISBN: 9780486141404

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*Early American Steam Locomotives* / epub eBook für 24.49 € / Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Sachthemen & Ratgeber, Fahrzeuge & Verkehr Medien > Bücher nein eBook als epub eBooks > Sachthemen & Ratgeber > Fahrzeuge & Verkehr, Dover Publications<

ISBN: 9780486141404

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