Britain was the pioneering force behind the birth of the steam locomotive. This authoritative visual reference spans over 150 years of railway history, featuring 85 class profiles, a comprehensive glossary and over 200 photographs.

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Excerpt from British Locomotives: Their History, Construction, and Modern Development Again, there may be other people who would like to know more about locomotives without caring to go minutely into details of construction. The author hopes that to such persons the historical chapters, and those on modern engines, may prove interesting. In them the reader assisted by illustrations entirely of a pictorial character will be able to trace the history of the locomotive from the commencement of its career down to the latest creations of the most celebrated engineers of the present day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.