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The Original Bulleid Pacifics (Haynes Great Locomotives)
The Original Bulleid Pacifics (Haynes Great Locomotives)
by John Scott-morgan
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Echoing the format and character of the Haynes Great Cars Series, this new, highly detailed, colorful series dealing with individual and important classes of steam locomotive. This is it to be the ultimate book for lovers of these iconic locos with... (read more)

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Memories of Steam: The Final Years
Memories of Steam: The Final Years
by Roger Siviter
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Roger Siviter has gathered together a collection of top-quality photographs that illustrate the last three years of steam traction on Britain's railways. Drawing on his own vast archive, as well as those of other equally talented railway photographers... (read more)

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Rail, Steam, and Speed: The "Rocket" and the Birth of Steam Locomotion
Rail, Steam, and Speed: The "Rocket" and the Birth of Steam Locomotion
by Christopher Mcgowan
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From October 6 through 14, 1829, in a small village just outside Liverpool, England, ten thousand spectators gathered to witness one of the most remarkable events of the Industrial Age: a battle among locomotives that became known as the Rainhill Trials.... (read more)

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The Glorious Years
The Glorious Years
by Steam Railway Magazi
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The Glorious Years is a collection of the best photographs to have graced the pages of Steam Railway magazine in recent years.   Steam locomotives are intensely photogenic subjects, and this superb collection of over 150 images, taken before the... (read more)

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The Railway: Art in the Age of Steam
The Railway: Art in the Age of Steam
by Ian Kennedy and Julian Treuherz
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Steam locomotives gripped the imagination when they first appeared in 19th-century Europe and America. Aboard these great machines, passengers traveled at faster speeds than ever before while watching the scenery transform itself and take on new forms... (read more)

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The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust Tornado Owners' Workshop Manual: New Peppercorn Class A1, 2008 Onwards: An Insight Into the Construction, Maintenance an (Haynes Owners Workshop Manuals)
The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust Tornado Owners' Workshop Manual: New Peppercorn Class A1, 2008 Onwards: An Insight Into the Construction, Maintenance an (Haynes Owners Workshop Manuals)
by Geoff Smith
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This is a manual about the construction of 60163 Tornado, the new steam locomotive that has been making its first public runs in recent months. The locomotive has been built by the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, a charitable trust founded in 1990 to build... (read more)

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The Age of Steam
The Age of Steam
by Lucius Beebe
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One glance at this classic portrait gallery will transport you to a time not so very long ago, when the railroad ruled America and trains steaming across the landscape were the ultimate in modernity. More than 500 illustrations capture this golden age of... (read more)

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London Underground Steam
London Underground Steam
by Kevin Mccormack
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From its origins in the 1960s, the future London Underground network was a significant user of steam traction; it was only with the development of electric traction that the deep level tube network became practical and eventually steam traction became... (read more)

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The Golden Age of Steam (Golden Age of Transport)
The Golden Age of Steam (Golden Age of Transport)
by Dean Server
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Steam power expanded the world and launched a revolution in transportation that propelled us into the twentieth century. Here, document with 90 outstanding period illustrations, is the story of the successes, setbacks and grand experiments of this... (read more)

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Requiem for Steam: The Railroad Photographs of David Plowden
Requiem for Steam: The Railroad Photographs of David Plowden
by David (pht) Plowden
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As a child, David Plowden was given a box camera, and before long he began to photograph railroad trains. As he matured and started on what would become a lifetime in photography, trains—specifically steam locomotives—became one of his... (read more)

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Ultimate Encyclopedia of Steam & Rail
Ultimate Encyclopedia of Steam & Rail
by Colin Garratt
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This comprehensive book charts the history of trains.... (read more)

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Tweetsie Country
Tweetsie Country
by Mallory Hop Ferrell
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Tweetsie Country can be roughly defined as being bound on the north by the Great Depression, on the east by the state of North Carolina, on the west by Tennessee, and on the south by hope and determination. Here is all the color and charm of the Tweetsie,... (read more)

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100 Years of Classic Steam
100 Years of Classic Steam
by Colin Garratt
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This book looks back over a century of locomotive production around the world, capturing engines on plantations, in heavy industry and on the main lines. With 200 photographs from four continents, author and photographer Colin Garratt's memorable scenes... (read more)

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The Heritage of North American Steam Railroads (Reader's Digest)
The Heritage of North American Steam Railroads (Reader's Digest)
by Brian Solomon
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The complete, riveting history of the Iron Horse and the glory days of train travel featuring firsthand accounts from passengers and workers, specially commissioned maps of the most significant lines, and a listing of heritage locomotives still in action... (read more)

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Steam: Tales from the Footplate
Steam: Tales from the Footplate
by Colin G Maggs
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Golden Age of Steam Locomotive Building
Golden Age of Steam Locomotive Building
by Philip Atkins
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Trails of the Iron Horse:  An Informal History by the Western Writers of America
Trails of the Iron Horse: An Informal History by the Western Writers of America
by Don Russell
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The pathfinders / Tom Curry--The Union Pacific / Nellie Snyder Yost--"Everywhere west": the Burlington / Edith Thompson Hall--Building the impossible / Todhunter Ballard--The wedding of the rails / Nellie Snyder Yost--Cinderella of the prairie: the... (read more)

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Steam in Africa
Steam in Africa
by A E Durrant
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 205) and index.... (read more)

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Steam railways of the world
Steam railways of the world
by Patrick Whithouse
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 256) and index.... (read more)

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Railway & Steam Enthusiasts Handbook No 6
Railway & Steam Enthusiasts Handbook No 6
by David & Charles
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