PAST & PRESENT TRAINS (Travelling Through Time)

by Graham Rosewarne (Drawings), Graham Rosewarne (Drawings), Honor Head (Editor), Neil Morris (Author), Helen James (Designer), Terence Hadler (Illustrator), Terry Hadler (Drawings)

• Used

  Large Print
  1999

  $3.38

  A younger version of the Travelling Through Time series, this book tells the story of trains, from Stephenson's ground-breaking Rocket to today's streamlined Eurostar. It is one of a series which uses simpler vocabulary and a larger typeface, to explore the history of travel and transport from early inventions to today's high-speed vehicles. Each titles takes an in-depth look at a different method of transport , examining the great milestones in its development and its impact on the way we live.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1997

  $9.68

  ` Exploring the history of train travel from the 1800s to the present day, this book which is one of a series, describes the impact trains have had on the way we live. It tells the story of rail travel from the days of the pioneers of steam in 1825, the rail link 45 years later right across North America and the developments in the 1900s of the legendary Trans-Siberian Express which took two weeks to cross Russia. Diesels ended the age of steam in the 1950s. Almost 50 years later rail travel has been transformed by today's high-speed electric trains which can travel at an amazing 300 kilometres an hour.