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Born in 1816 by 1840 Sturrock was involved with Brunel and Gooch in establishing the Great Western Railway s works at Paddington and new town at Swindon. On Brunel s recommendation Sturrock was appointed locomotive engineer for Great Northern Railway and he designed... Lees meer.

After a decade in broadcasting Riddell quit to pursue a passion he had inherited from his grandfather who was a conductor on the Chesapeake Ohio railroad. Now he has a quarter century of his own tales to tell from his beginning on the Seaboard Coast Line to his cur... 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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Ken Gibbs tells the history of the engineering triumph that is a steam locomotive from the 1800s to the 1960s showing how each development changed the course of history. Books on railway history invariably start with the Stephenson s or with Richard Trevithick s loco... Lees meer.

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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