Train: The Definitive Visual History

Contents 4
Introduction: The Rail Revolution 8
Pioneer: Richard Trevithick 14
A British Invention 16
Profile: Rocket 18
The Liverpool & Manchester Railway 22
Steam for Home and Export 24
Pioneers: The Stephensons 26
World Pioneers 28
Railroad Expansion 30
The US Forges Ahead 36
Profile: Thatcher Perkins 38
Building Great Railroads: Union Pacific 42
Britain Advances 44
Euro Progress 46
Pioneer: Isambard Kingdom Brunel 48
The GWR’s Broad Gauge 50
Mass Movers 52
Building the Tube 54
Nations and Colonies 56
19th-Century Racers 62
London Locals 64
End of the Great Western Broad Gauge 66
Profile: C&PA Snow Plow 68
Delivering to America 72
Building Great Railroads: Canadian Pacific 74
Specialty Steam 76
Profile: Merddin Emrys 78
Shrinking the World 82
Profile: DHR B Class No. 19 84
The First Electric Passenger Train 90
Express Steam for the UK 96
British Evolution 98
Profile: GWR Auto Trailer No. 92 100
Continental Glamour 104
Pioneer: Fulgence Bienvenüe 106
Profile: H&BT Caboose No. 16 108
Rapid Development 112
Profile: VGN Class SA No. 4 114
The New York Elevated Railway 119
On Other Gauges 121
Building Great Railroads: Trans-Siberian Railway 122
Competition From the New Electrics 124
Locomotives for World War I 130
War Machines 132
Fast and Powerful 134
Profile: King Edward II 136
Great Journeys: Orient Express 140
Mixed-Traffic Movers 142
Versatile Engines 144
Freight Shifters 146
Pioneer: Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley 148
Streamlined Steam Around Europe 150
Profile: Mallard 152
The Age of Speed and Style 156
Diesel and Electric Streamliners 158
Practical Diesels and Electrics 160
Profile: Reading MU No. 800 162
World War II Logistics 170
Profile: DR No. 52.8184-5 172
Wartime Service 176
The US Moves into Diesel 178
Postwar US 180
Profile: N&W GP9 Class No. 521 182
Britain Makes the Change 186
Profile: Deltic Prototype 188
Europe Follows the US 192
Great Journeys: The Blue Train 194
Electric Charge 196
Postwar Steam 198
Profile: N&W J Class No. 611 200
World Steam’s Last Stand 204
Profile: Class WP No. 7161 206
Europe’s Last Steam 210
Profile: Beyer-Garratt No. 138 212
Moving People and Goods 216
Freight and Passenger Accelerates 222
Profile: Modified DR V100 224
High-speed Pioneers 228
The Bullet Train 230
Profile: DR No. 18.201 232
Technology in Transition 236
Great Journeys: Indian Pacific 238
Traveling in Style 240
High Speed Goes Global 246
Building Great Railroads: Eurostar 248
Diesel’s Next Generation 250
A New Wave of Electrics 252
Profile: Palace on Wheels 254
Urban Rail Solutions 260
Universal Applications 266
Historic Railways 268
Profile: Clan Line & Belmond British Pullman 270
High Speed—The New Generation 278
Spectacular Stations 280
Faster and Faster 282
Profile: Javelin No. 395 017 284
Dubai Metro 290
Into the Future 292
How Tracks Work 296
How Wheels Work 297
How Signals Work 298
Radstock North Signal Tower 300
How Steam Locomotives Work 302
How Diesel Locomotives Work 304
How Electric Locomotives Work 306
GLOSSARY 308
INDEX/ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 312