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Title: The Encyclopedia of Trains & Locomotives by C.J. Riley ISBN: 1-56799-982-4 Publisher: Metro Books Pub. Date: 31 December, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.98 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Great for all levels
Comment: The Encyclopedia of Trains & Locomotives is a great source of information for novices and experts alike. It also includes some very detailed appendices that are unequaled. Overall, it is a wonderful reference for the price
Rating: 5
Summary: Locomotives, trains, and railroads, all in one book
Comment: Of all the Christmas gifts I have received, this book has to be one of my favorites. A great many old and new photos and illustrations. Rather than grouped by category, entries are alphabetized as in a standard encyclopedia. A great variety of subjects are covered: the very first steam engine inventors, steam, diesel, and electric building companies, their founders and the engines they built, various car types, track gauges, some famous railroads in North America and other parts of the world, well-known railroad and engineering feats, and more. Appendices list production figures for General Motors/EMD, Alco, and General Electric (what, no Baldwin?), as well as railroad mergers, all up to around 1992 or so. The entry I found most interesting was that on Australia, with its haphazard lack of any coherent rail development, resulting in several different track gauges that proved a real headache in later years.
While not comprehensive (and not claiming to be so), this encyclopedia is a well researched and written reference work, and is certainly a bargain as well. --- Paul H!
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Title: The Illustrated Directory of Trains of the World by Brian Hollingsworth, J. B. Hollingsworth, Arthur Cook ISBN: 0760308918 Publisher: MBI Publishing Pub. Date: June, 2000 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: The Encyclopedia of Trains and Locomotives: The Comprehensive Guide to Over 900 Steam, Diesel, and Electric Locomotives from 1825 to the Present Day by David Ross, David Brown, Colin Boocock ISBN: 1571459715 Publisher: Thunder Bay Press Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $34.98 |
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Title: A Field Guide to Trains of North America by Gerald L. Foster ISBN: 0395701120 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 15 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Great Book of Trains by Brian Hollingsworth, Arthur Cook, J. B. Hollingsworth ISBN: 0760311935 Publisher: MBI Publishing Pub. Date: October, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Big Book Of Trains by Christine Heap ISBN: 0789434369 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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