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Irish Broad Gauge Carriages. A pictorial introduction

Door Desmond Coakham

Categorie
Treinen, Trams, Autobussen & Openbaar Vervoer
Boeknummer
#197627
Titel
Irish Broad Gauge Carriages. A pictorial introduction
Auteur
Coakham, Desmond
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Crecy Publishing
Jaar van uitgave
2004
ISBN10
185780175X
ISBN13
9781857801750
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting
One aspect of Irish railway history which has received scant attention over the years is that of the carriages which ran on the country's broad gauge tracks. Desmond Coakham was one of the few who, in the 1950s and 1960s, photographed what the locomotive was pulling. Drawing on his own extensive collection and on the work of others, he has produced a superb pictorial introduction to the subject. Starting with survivors from as early as the 1840s and 1850s, he describes and illustrates a wide range of carriages, vehicles representing virtually every Irish railway company, up to the present day. The book will fascinate all those interested in the development of the railway carriage over the decades. It will also be a wonderful reference source for railway modellers as well as opening a windo... (Lees verder)w on a neglected but intriguing aspect of the railway history of these islands.
Pagina's
128
Conditie
Nieuw
Prijs
€ 10,00

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