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When the Railway Magazine of January 2000 published the results of its Millennium Poll Sir Vincent Raven gained a 42nd place along with Thomas Newcomen and Arthur Peppercorn. This is the biography of this engineer illustrated with contemporary archive photographs... Lees meer.

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Since the appearance of this book in its original form some seventeen years since the construction of Railways has continued to make extraordinary progress. Although Great Britain first in the field had then after about twenty-five years work expended nearly 300... Lees meer.

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A young lad stands alongside the tracks in his small town and dreams of becoming a steam locomotive engineer. Follow Richard Petersen through 42 years in engine service for The Milwaukee Road and the Soo Line where he rises from number 225 on the seniority list to nu... Lees meer.

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According to Wikipedia. Samuel Smiles 23 December 1812 16 April 1904 was a Scottish author and reformer. ... Smiles is best known today as the writer of books extolling virtues of self help and biographies lauding the achievements of heroic engineers. Smiles se... Lees meer.

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