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Locomotives of the Victorian Railway - The Early Days of Steam (Paperback)
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Locomotives of the Victorian Railway - The Early Days of Steam (Paperback)
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List price R474
Loot Price R385
Discovery Miles 3 850
You Save R89 (19%)
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In the quarter of a century between 1830 and 1855, the railway
locomotive developed from the small sisters of Rocketto the broad
gauge monsters of Daniel Gooch, with a boiler pressure nearly three
times that of Rocketand weighing in at nearly 40 tons (eight times
the weight of Rocket). There was a marked increase in loads, speeds
and reliability as the railways spread across the country from
their cradle in the North West, with several thousands of miles of
track being laid. In this book, Anthony Dawson charts the rise and
development of the steam locomotive in this crucial period in the
development of the railways. Drawing on first-hand accounts, and
using case studies based on specific classes of locomotive and
their working replicas, he charts the development of the locomotive
from Rocket, through the Planet and Patentee classes of Robert
Stephenson, Edward Bury's 'coppernobs' and finally Firefly and Iron
Duke on Brunel's broad gauge. This is a fascinating and
well-illustrated insight into a period of engineering ingenuity and
genius.
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