Giants of steam
By: Jonathan Glancey
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9781843547693
Subjects: Steam locomotives; Locomotive engineers; History
Other titles: Gaints of steam :
Description: Jonathan Glancey is a lifelong steam enthusiast who has oiled, fired and driven, as well as watched and listened to, steam locomotives around the world. In Giants of Steam, he turns his enthusiastic and knowledgeable attention to the thrilling story of the last, and greatest, generation of steam railway locomotives in regular main line service. Designed and built chiefly by the railways and workshops of Britain, France, Germany and the United States, these powerful and beautifully designed machines would take steam locomotive technology to new heights set against a backdrop of the political upheavals and military conflicts of the mid twentieth century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface: The old straight track; title: Introduction: Raisong steam; title: 1. Great Britain: steady progress and racing certainties; title: 2. Germany: strength through standardization; title: 3. France: [André] Chapelon, vous avez fait quelque chose' [Chapelon, you have made something]; title: 4. The United States [of America]: big boys, bright lights, and dream tickets; title: 5. Around the world: red stars, southern lights, and eastern promise; title: 6. Experimentation: reinventing the [George Stephenson's] Rocket; title: 7. The future: keeping the faith.