The iron road : an illustrated history of the railroad
(2014)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
385.09/WOLMAR,C
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York, New York : DK Publishing, 2014
©2014
©2014
EDITION
First American edition
DESCRIPTION
400 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
1465419535, 9781465419538, 9781465419538, 1465419535 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Includes index
From the early steam trains to the high-speed bullet trains of today, 'The Iron Road' tells the hidden stories of railway history - the inspired engineering, blood, sweat and tears that went into the construction of the railways. Uncover the compelling tales of bold vision, invention and error, and social change behind the history of trains and railways, with famous railways such as the Transsiberian fully explored