Books on railway history invariably start with the Stephenson's or
with Richard Trevithick's locomotive of 1804., but the story begins
much earlier with the development of steam engines for pumping out
deep mines. Ken Gibbs, a retired engineer who served his
apprenticeship in the Swindon Works of British Railways, takes a
more practical approach to railway history, using its engineering
developments to tell the story of the railways. From the first
ideas to the development of better metals, manufacturing,
technology in wheel casting, improved boilers and valve gears, his
book is a refreshingly different approach to the plethora of
picture books showing branch lines in days past. Ken's engineering
background and love of railway technology gives us a book suited to
the layman and engineer alike, explaining how each development made
the railways better, faster or safer. It took over 150 years to
develop the steam locomotive from a basic boiler on wheels weighing
a couple of tons to the magnificent express passenger and freight
locomotives weighing in excess of 100 tons and capable of speeds
over 120mph. Read how the steam locomotive developed from those
early days to the last days of steam.
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