Locomotives From The National Collection - Hardcover

Waller, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0711033404 ISBN 13: 9780711033405

Verlag: Ian Allan Publishing, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, responsible for the conservation and interpretation of the British national collection of historically significant railway vehicles and other artefacts. The Museum contains an unrivalled collection of locomotives, rolling stock, railway equipment, documents and records. While many of the exhibits are displayed at York, the NRM selected Shildon as a site to house the reserve collection of railway vehicles and establish a National Rail Collections Centre, and called the new site Locomotion. This ensures that historically important railway vehicles are held in secure and weather proof premises and moreover, are accessible to the public for the first time. Other exhibits which are deemed of national importance and are part of the Collection are also on display or working at other sites around the country. In this impressive new album over 85 stunning colour illustrations depict the great variety of locomotive which form the National Collection and are owned by the National Railway Museum. Whilst some of the views, particularly of the oldest exhibits, portray the locomotives in static condition, the vast majority record the locomotives in operation either before they were secured for preservation or under the aegis of the NRM. Detailed captions throughout provide the reader with a comprehensive history of each of the locomotives featured. Britain has always been proud to possess one of the world's greatest national collections of railway locomotives, covering the full history of traction from the earliest days of steam through to the most modern. This colourful exploration of the National Railway Museum's comprehensive collection will appeal to all those who have visited the museum and other sites which are home to exhibits, as well as all those wishing for a vivid pictorial tribute to Britain's spectacular railway and engineering heritage.

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Brought up in Bradford, Peter Waller grew up as the city's trolleybus network gradually declined. In 1986 he commenced a career in publishing working for a number of years as Ian Allan Ltd publishing books, where he oversaw the commissioning and publication of a wide range of books. The first book he wrote was British and Irish Tramway Systems since 1945, in 1992. Since then he has written a number of transport books, moving to Shropshire where he is a director and secretary of the Online Transport Archive, vice-chairman of the West Shropshire Talking Newspaper, a committee member of the National Railway Heritage Awards and a past president of Rotary Club of Shrewsbury. He became a Council member of the National Transport Trust in 2020.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Ian Allan Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0711033404
• ISBN 13: 9780711033405
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 80
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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