Название: Steam Workshops of the Great Western Railway
Автор: Ken Gibbs
Издательство: The History Press
ISBN: 0750959126
Год: 2014
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 208
Размер: 11,4 МБ
Язык: Английский
The nineteenth century was a time of innovation and expansion across the industrial landscape, and nowhere more so than on the railways, as the new age of iron, steel and steam, literally, gathered pace. At the head of the race up was the iconic Great Western Railway. As this mighty corporation grew, it absorbed an astonishing 353 railway companies.