Road Locomotives and Tractors

From the Golden Age of Steam Power

E. H. Sawford (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

192 Seiten

1999
Sutton Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7509-2113-8 (ISBN)

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Featuring over 200 photographs of surviving road locomotives and tractors, the author provides concise information about the companies that made them, giving insight into the ingenuity of their designers and builders. Illustrated in black and white.

Steam-driven locomotives played a major role in the 19th century where they took over the heavy haulage tasks from horses and ushered a new era in the history of transport. This book celebrates the many remarkable examples of these vehicles. It features over 200 photographs of surviving road locomotives and tractors. The commercial owners are identified and the author recalls the multitude of tasks these engines undertook. He also provides information about the companies that made them and traces the evolving designs of the many types that were constructed. The first section of the book is devoted to magnificent showmen's engines. The body of the book illustrates the huge road locomotives which were used for heavy haulage. Also described are smaller road locomotives, ideal for general haulage.

Showmen's road locomotives; showmen's tractors; road locomotives; steam tractors.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.8.1999
Zusatzinfo	200 b&w illustrations
Verlagsort	Stroud
Sprache	englisch
Maße	172 x 244 mm
Gewicht	300 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe
	Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
ISBN-10	0-7509-2113-7 / 0750921137
ISBN-13	978-0-7509-2113-8 / 9780750921138
Zustand	Neuware