Last Steam Locomotives Of The World
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Last Steam Locomotives Of The World
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
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Last Steam Locomotives Of The World
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
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The World S Last Steam Locomotives In Industry The 20th Century
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Author : Gordon Edgar
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2022-01-15
The World S Last Steam Locomotives In Industry The 20th Century written by Gordon Edgar and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-15 with Transportation categories.
A stunning collection of rare photographs documenting the last years of industrial steam around the world. This first volume focuses on scenes captured in the twentieth century.
Steam
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Author : Colin Garratt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Steam written by Colin Garratt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Transportation categories.
"This book is the finest visual tribute to the steam locomotive ever published. Colin Garratt's text and photography reflect his unique odyssey to document in pictures and word the last steam locomotives of the world. With hundreds of matchless photographs, this book vividly portrays real working steam eking out its final moments amid the great landscapes of the world"--Dust jacket.
The World S Last Steam Locomotives In Industry The 21st Century
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Author : Gordon Edgar
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2023-03-15
The World S Last Steam Locomotives In Industry The 21st Century written by Gordon Edgar and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-15 with Transportation categories.
A stunning collection of rare photographs documenting the last years of industrial steam around the world. This first volume focuses on scenes captured in the twenty-first century.
China
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Author : Gordon Edgar
language : en
Publisher: Artist's and Photographers' Press
Release Date : 2008
China written by Gordon Edgar and has been published by Artist's and Photographers' Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Transportation categories.
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.
Twilight Of Steam
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Twilight Of Steam written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Transportation categories.
Steam Soot And Rust
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Author : Colin Garratt
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2015-11-30
Steam Soot And Rust written by Colin Garratt and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-30 with Transportation categories.
The disappearance of the steam locomotive in the land of its birth touched the hearts of millions, but when the government announced the Modernisation Plan for Britain's railways in 1955, under which steam was to be phased out in favour of diesel and electric traction, few people took it seriously. Steam locomotives were an integral part of our daily lives and had been for almost one and a half centuries. Furthermore, they were still being built in large numbers. It was popularly believed that they would see the century out and probably well beyond that. But the reality was that by 1968 a mere thirteen years after the Modernisation Plan steam traction had disappeared from Britain's main line railways. It was harrowing to witness the breaking up of engines, which were the icons of their day, capable of working long-distance inter-city expresses weighing 400 tons on schedules faster than a mile a minute. Top speeds of 100mph were not unknown.This book chronicles the last few years as scrap yards all over Britain went into overtime, cutting up thousands of locomotives and releasing a bounty of more than a million tons of scrap whilst the engines, which remained in service, were a shadow of their former selves; filthy, wheezing and clanking their way to an ignominious end. The pictures in this book are augmented by essays written by Colin Garratt at the time. Although steam disappeared from the main line network it survives in everdwindling numbers on industrial systems such as collieries, ironstone mines, power stations, shipyards, sugar factories, paper mills and docks. In such environments steam traction eked out a further decade and during this time many of the industrial locations closed rendering the locomotives redundant. The British steam locomotive was born amid the coalfields and was destined to die there one and three quarter centuries later.
The World S Last Steam Trains
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Author : Chris Davies
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-07
The World S Last Steam Trains written by Chris Davies and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07 with categories.
China was the last country in the world to manufacture and operate steam locomotives. By the early 1980s, there were an estimated 10,000 operational steam locomotives in the country, but by the 1990s, diesel and electric locomotives started to replace them on the main lines and the number in service reduced substantially as the millennium approached. The last steam locomotives were finally withdrawn from China Rail in 2003. After that, some continued to operate heavy freight trains on local railways for a short while, but most were deployed for use on the country's industrial railways, mainly at coal mines and steel works. This trend continued into the first decade of the 21st century, but subsequently, the number of steam engines in service declined substantially and were confined to just a handful of industrial locations. Steam rail operations in China are now facing extinction. The modernization of the railways with the switch from steam to diesel, the closure of unsafe and loss-making collieries and China's drive to reduce pollution and combat climate change from burning coal, have all conspired towards the demise of the industrial lines operating steam in China. This book looks at the last of the standard-gauge steam operations in China, including Sandaoling, the last steam-worked opencast coal mine in the world; Fuxin, a coal-mining city in Liaoning Province, which until recently, operated the largest surviving fleet of SY locomotives; Baiyin, in Gansu Province, which operated some of the last steam-hauled passenger trains in the world; and Wu Jiu, a remote coal-mining outpost in Inner Mongolia. Beautifully illustrated with over 120 color photographs and a description of the operations, this is a striking portrait of the last of the world's operating steam trains.
Legends Of Steam
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Author : Colin Garratt
language : en
Publisher: Welcome Rain Publishers
Release Date : 1999
Legends Of Steam written by Colin Garratt and has been published by Welcome Rain Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Transportation categories.
Presents a pictorial history of steam locomotives from around the world.