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Title Early Railways : A Guide for the Modeller / Peter Chatham.
Author Chatham, Peter, author.
Publication Info. [Place of publication not identified] : Pen & Sword Books, [2019]
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Description 1 online resource (192 pages)
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Summary "History, references, and resources for modeling the earliest decades of British rail travel. This is a guide to the earliest period of railway history, from the very beginnings of steam traction at the start of the nineteenth century, up to about 1880. Over these few decades the railways evolved from something that at the start was markedly different, into a scene that any present-day railwayman would recognize. It is a time with much to commend it from a modeler's point of view. The trains were much shorter and therefore easier to fit into the limited space most of us have available as, correspondingly, were the station layouts, especially at the beginning of the period. Covering infrastructure, locomotives, carriages, and wagons, this is an invaluable resource for those who want to explore the modeling possibilities of nineteenth-century railways."-- Provided by Freading.
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Subject CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Model Railroading.
Genre Electronic books.
Added Author Weston, Stephen, author.
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ISBN 9781526700193 (pdf)
Standard No. 9781526700193