epub |eng | | Author:James Hamilton-Paterson [Hamilton-Paterson, James]

The skeletal remains in northern France of Britain’s R101 in October 1930. Known as the ‘socialist’ ship for having been built at state expense, it was overburdened with complex technology. ...

epub |eng | 2012-06-19 | Author:Bradshaw, George [Bradshaw, George]

epub |eng | 2011-07-15 | Author:Tom Chesshyre

CHAPTER NINE MARSEILLES: ‘ON THE SNOW TRAIN TO THE MED’ Forget erratic ticket machines and queues at Caffé Nero. There’s snow on the high-speed lines, and there is nothing short ...

epub |eng | 2009-04-20 | Author:David Wragg

The Growing Station The new suburban lines, the continued growth on the earlier lines and a growing business to and from the holiday resorts and market towns of East Anglia, ...

epub, mobi |eng | 1984-01-01 | Author:Ted Conover [Conover, Ted]

“Sonny, open this up for me, wouldya?” asked the old cowboy, handing me a new jar of instant coffee. “Sure, Pete.” I bent forward from my seat on an old ...

epub |eng | 2018-07-31 | Author:Randal O'Toole

FRANCE: ONE PROFITABLE TRAIN The Turin-Lyon route is currently served by French trains operating at conventional speeds. France is often credited with having the first high-speed trains in Europe, but ...

azw3 |eng | 2009-10-14 | Author:Margaret Laplante

epub |eng | | Author:Michael Williams

Chapter Nine Goodbye to the toy train Who could forget the delightful little Lynton & Barnstaple narrow-gauge railway which once traversed Exmoor through the Switzerland of England? Certainly not the ...

epub |eng | 2012-03-20 | Author:Michael Frewston [Frewston, Michael]

China already can boast of the highest speeds anywhere in the world in commercial service (i.e. higher than the 320 km/h currently to be seen in France and Spain, although ...

epub |eng | 2012-02-27 | Author:Michael Frewston [Frewston, Michael]

Ukraine’s railways today encompass 22 000 km of route distance, all to 1520 mm gauge, of which 10 000 km are electrified. But that does not mean that Ukraine has ...

epub |eng | 2012-01-18 | Author:Michael Frewston [Frewston, Michael]

The automatic gauge changing facilities are installed wherever the high speed lines interface with the rest of the railway network. It has been reported that the whole of Spain’s 12 ...

epub |eng | 2012-01-01 | Author:Michael Frewston [Frewston, Michael]

By the spring of 1942, Hitler had converted many other lines in Russia to Standard gauge, including the important line to Kiev, in the Ukraine. It was however the line ...

epub |eng | 2012-04-19 | Author:Michael Frewston [Frewston, Michael]

Western Australia however was not devoid of Standard gauge railways in the State’s early years after the formation of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. The newly formed federal government ...

epub |eng | 2012-09-23 | Author:Michael Frewston [Frewston, Michael]

Quite a few states (e.g. New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Ohio, Indiana) had two gauges within their borders, while Pennsylvania had three – 1435 mm, 1473 mm and 1829 ...

epub |eng | 2003-05-07 | Author:Robert L MacDonald [MacDonald, Robert L]

Fire destroyed the enginehouse at Wiscasset in December 1931, leaving the two Baldwin locomotives charred and unserviceable. Note that engine No. 6 has an outside Southern valve gear. Applied in ...