Illustrated Encylopedia of World Railway Locomotives (Trains) [Paperback]

Ransome-Wallis (Author)

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Paperback: 512 pages
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.; Unabridged edition (29 Nov 2002)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0486412474
ISBN-13: 978-0486412474
Product Dimensions: 28.2 x 21.1 x 2.8 cm
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,404,854 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Authoritative survey reviews wide range of locomotives from around the world - from standard steam engines, diesels, and gas turbines to subways and electric motor coaches. Biographies of locomotive designers, details of construction, problems of operation, and methods used by original builders

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Concise, authoritative, and comprehensive 4 July 2001

By Midwest Book Review - Published on Amazon.com

Format:Paperback

A highly recommended and invaluable addition to any railroad buff's reference shelf, the Illustrated Encyclopedia Of World Railway Locomotives is concise, authoritative, comprehensive, and a thoroughly "reader friendly" compendium surveying and presenting a wide range of modern railway locomotives ranging from standard steam engines and diesels to subway and electric motor cars. here are to be found dual-powered engines, propeller-driven railcars, and other less conventional forms of motive bower. The locomotives are drawn from around the world and include brief biographies of the mechanical engineers who designed them, as well as information on construction details, problems of operation, methods and systems of road testing, and more. More than three hundred photographs, diagrams, and drawings enhance this definitive compendium.

Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Railway Locomotives 18 Sep 2008

By B. R. Munro - Published on Amazon.com

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A concise and lucid technical explanation of how electric, diesel and steam locomotives work. A 2nd edition of the original 1959 publication (which I also have). It is well illustrated with drawings and photographs, although there are no locomotive plans included.

The book has nothing to do with simulators but it is a good prototype resource to have if you're into computer based train simulators, such as Microsoft Train Simulator, and you want a technical book about world railway/railroad MPU types and how they work, then this book is a must have..

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