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The Train Driver´s Manual
Colin (Ed) Maggs
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Description for The Train Driver´s Manual
Paperback. How do you drive a steam locomotive? Read this official period manual issued during the great age of steam to find out! Editor(s): Maggs, Colin G. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJC; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 124 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
You want to be a steam engine driver? It's not that simple - it's not just a matter of blowing the whistle, releasing the brakes and opening the regulator. Where is the whistle? Which handle operates the brakes and what is a regulator? And do you really want to be in a locomotive cab where your front will bake and your rear will freeze? Over the years, accidents have occurred on the railways and to prevent a reoccurrence, rules have been made. Do you know them? How are trains kept apart so that you don't strike the one ... Read more
You want to be a steam engine driver? It's not that simple - it's not just a matter of blowing the whistle, releasing the brakes and opening the regulator. Where is the whistle? Which handle operates the brakes and what is a regulator? And do you really want to be in a locomotive cab where your front will bake and your rear will freeze? Over the years, accidents have occurred on the railways and to prevent a reoccurrence, rules have been made. Do you know them? How are trains kept apart so that you don't strike the one ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445616803
SKU
V9781445616803
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Colin (Ed) Maggs
Colin Maggs is one of the country's foremost transport and engineering historians and has written over one hundred books as well as innumerable magazine articles. He has also made several TV and radio appearances. In 1993 he received the MBE for services to railway history. He lives in Bath.
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