'Crackles and sparks with life like an exploding box of Diwali fireworks' -William Dalrymple'One can only envy Monisha Rajesh as she embarks on this epic journey' -Tim ParksWhen she was a child, Monisha Rajesh's family uprooted to Madras in the hope of making India their home, but soon returned to England with a bitter taste in their mouths.
Auf 14 Zahnradbahnen in Europa können auch heute noch Dampfloks im Einsatz erlebt werden: in Großbritannien, Österreich, der Schweiz, der Slowakei und in Griechenland.
Vom Schienengiganten Wien bis zum Einlinienbetrieb Gmunden stellt dieser Band die Geschichte und Gegenwart des Straßenbahnlands Österreich in seiner ganzen Vielfalt vor.
In 1895, George Whitehouse arrived at the east African post of Mombasa to perform an engineering miracle: the building of the Mombasa-Nairobi-Lake Victoria Railway a 600-mile route that was largely unmapped and barely explored.
This glorious visual celebration of train travel keeps you on the right track with stop-offs at the most important and incredible rail routes from all over the world.
Esta investigación nació como parte de la Estrategia de movilidad en bicicleta y proyectos ejecutivos de infraestructura ciclista de la Ciudad de México que concibió el Gobierno del Distrito Federal (GDF) a través de la Secretaría del Medio Ambiente, y cuyo objetivo es fomentar el uso de la bicicleta para convertirla en un medio efectivo de transporte, y así contribuir a agilizar la movilidad de la población al interior de la ciudad y reducir los efectos no deseados del transporte motorizado.
A visual history of high-speed trainsHop aboard this fascinating journey through the early days of railway trains to the modern day superfast Maglevs which can reach speeds of 600km/h.
Geleitet von unserem Motto "Aus der Praxis für die Praxis" bieten wir Ihnen das deutsch-englische Fachvokabular des Eisenbahnverkehrs, um in der Weltsprache Englisch sicher und fachspezifisch kommunizieren zu können.
The biggest cargo of high iron lore and legend ever hauled in one load, A TREASURY OF RAILROAD FOLKLORE contains over a century of the greatest stories, traditions and songs of the American railroad.
This is the definitive story of the men who built the railways the unknown Victorian labourers who blasted, tunnelled, drank and brawled their way across nineteenth-century England.
Night trains have long fascinated us with the possibilities of their private sleeping compartments, gilded dining cars, champagne bars and wealthy travellers.
Anyone who has watched in anticipation as a powerful steam engine rolled into a station, belching iconic billows of black smoke, or heard the memorable blue note sound of a steam engine whistle will revel in Charles McShanes amazingly detailed exploration of the inner workings of the classic steam engine.
