Engineering & Technology / Railways & Railway Memorabilia / Railways For All by J F Gairns J Kenneth Taylor

• Book Title: Railways For All
• Author: J F Gairns J Kenneth Taylor
• ISBN: MW001284319
• Publisher: Ward Lock
• Year Published: undated c 1946
• Our Price: £30.80 GBP ($46.51 USD)
• Description: Ward Lock and Co Ltd fourth edition, undated but with ownership inscription dated 1946: Brown cloth hardcover with black lettering to front and spine: approximately 6 x 8.25 inches tall: 320 pages including index: approximately 100 black and white illustrations, diagrams, tables, and charts. Synopsis: A comprehensive and detailed survey of the1940 railways at home and abroad, including railway definition, ( edge railways, timber and stone ways, flanged railways, edge railways, switchback railways, gravity and cable railways, mono rail suspended and horse-drawn railways, rack railways etc) ; The early days of rail including broad gauge railways; The first locomotives; How a locomotive works- its appliances and fittings ; British locomotives; Locomotives of the Empire (Canada, South Africa, the Cape to Cairo, India, Australia, New Zealand); Locomotives in other lands (Continental, European, Easton, American, South American); Flexible locomotives; Famous expresses of all countries; Knights of the footplate; The works of the great Railways; Railway carriages, ancient and modern; Railway wagons; Semaphore and other signals; Signals and points; Working the train's-the railwayman's Bradshaw; Electric traction; The influences of the railway on the world; Railway building; Bridge building; Tunnel building; World tunnels and stations; The influences of the railway on the Great War. etc etc. Condition: Used: some marks and rubbed edges to cover: endpapers and page edging foxed: ownership inscription and small ink inscription dated 1946 to front endpaper: hinge Division II pages 64 -- 65: Contents very clean: overall acceptable and collectable.
• Condition: Collectable- Acceptable
• Dustcover: No
• Binding: Hardback
• Type: Used Books

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