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Title: Broad Gauge Railways
Condition: New
Author: Tim Bryan
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 1784422770
EAN: 9781784422776
ISBN: 9781784422776
Publisher: Shire Publications
Genre: Travel & Transport
Release Date: 31/05/2018
Description: Isambard Kingdom Brunel considered the Great Western Railway the ‘finest work in England’ and he contributed many groundbreaking features, none so unorthodox as the decision not to adopt the ‘standard’ track gauge of 4ft 8½in and instead introduce the new ‘broad gauge’ of 7ft ¼in. Describing the rationale behind the choice of broad gauge, and also the unique track and locomotives used, this beautifully illustrated introduction to broad gauge railways chronicles the building of the original GWR between Bristol and London, and the expansion of that original 112-mile main line into a network stretching across the West of England, Wales and the Midlands. It describes how the clash between broad and narrow led to the ‘Battle of the Gauges’ and also provides a list of places to visit where broad gauge artefacts still survive.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 210mm
Item Length: 149mm
Item Weight: 147g
Book Series: Shire Library
Release Year: 2018

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