The Train Book

Steam gives way to diesel and then to electric traction across these pages, with photography carrying the story as much as the captions do. The Train Book tracks how railways were built, who built them and what they changed. Coverage runs from the earliest locomotives through to modern electric services, taking in famous named trains such as the Orient Express and the Palace on Wheels along the way. Great routes get their own treatment, from the Union Pacific to the Trans-Siberian, and the engineers behind them appear too, among them George Stephenson, Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Fulgence Bienvenue. Social and political context sits alongside the technical detail, so the railway reads as a human project rather than a parade of machines. Who it suits and why: • Enthusiasts who want named locomotives profiled with large photographs • History readers curious about how railways reshaped trade, cities and borders • Gift buyers after a large-format illustrated volume with double-page spreads • Readers tracing rail development across England, Europe, America and Japan Aimed at train enthusiasts, history readers and anyone shopping for an illustrated reference gift. Available in English at Boipoka.