Original Warne Observer's Book number:23 (Railways Locomotives of Britain, 1955; British Steam Locomotives, 1974) Pages:192pp. Printer:William Clowes Ltd Price:£3.95 Image and information courtesy of Paul Lickiss N 18 Series No.:N 18 ...
Circus, Amusement Park and Coastal Attractions, together with a cornucopia of World War Two Lorries, Buses and Coaches, and images of Steam Road Locomotives and Heavy Vehicles RIP –‘Rust in Peace’. This section of the library was opened in response to the many requests received...
This volume represents a welcome return to mainline book publication by the British Newcomen Society (after confining its attention for many years to its exemplary annual Transactions ), a noteworthy event in the historiography [End Page 207] of technology. It has been well produced, with an ...
the year after the first passage of the Atlantic completed under steam. It is to be remarked that even these first steamers covered the distance in only about thrice the time taken by the swiftest modern vessels, while the speed of George Stephenson's locomotive has hardly even been ...
It and several other WC 38's have been working on the former BC Rail for the last four years. 2001 was seen outside Woodcrest shops on the 20th. It is being tested in yard service at Markham, and will likely return to service in British Columbia in late September. In faded and ...
The combination of a focus on Won-jin’s existential dilemma between betraying his friend and saving his girl, combined with the considerable onscreen presence of period steam locomotives and rolling stock would make this a great first half of a double bill with Jean Renoir’s French classic ...
skyrocketed from 1 in 1783, 266 in 1820, 702 in 1840, to 1,371 in 1860. European capital also helped to build American infrastructure. By 1844, one British traveler declared that “the prosperity of America, her railroads, canals, steam navigation, and banks, are the fruit of English ...
there is probably less known tod ay about Mexico than of almost any Other country claiming to be civil ize d ; certainly not as much as concerning Egypt, Palestine, or the leading states of British India ; and not any more than concerning the outlying provinces of Turkey, the states of ...
A British Sharp Stewart Steam Locomotive that once ran between Shinbashi and Yokohama. German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once said that “Architecture is frozen music.” This seems to mean that the beauty of music fades after it is played, while architecture gives that beauty a lasting sh...