Railway technology, engineering & trades
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Railway technology, engineering & trades
Hardcover. Presents the most significant civil-engineering project in Britain in more than a century. Profusely illustrated with stunning photography, including archival images and dramatic construction shots, 'Work' covers all aspects of the project, from design and planning to construction and opening by Her Majesty The Queen. Num Pages: 224 pages, 500 Ill. BIC Classification: 1QSG; TNC; TRF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 296 x 261 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1712.
- Publisher
- Merrell Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781858943985
- ISBN
- 9781858943985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.15
€ 51.99
€ 43.15
Hardback. Num Pages: 117 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNGT; TRF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634630030
- ISBN
- 9781634630030
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.91€ 129.44
€ 189.91
€ 129.44
Paperback. When the "Railway Magazine" of January 2000 published the results of its Millennium Poll, Sir Vincent Raven gained a 42nd place, along with Thomas Newcomen and Arthur Peppercorn. This is the biography of this engineer, illustrated with contemporary archive photographs, portraits and ephemera. Num Pages: 224 pages, 85. BIC Classification: BGT; TRF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752439242
- ISBN
- 9780752439242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.26
€ 26.99
€ 23.26
Hardcover. This text presents a holistic, systems approach to vehicle powertrain systems design. It provides students with the basic knowledge and understanding required to undertake an optimal design process, while at the same time identifying the real-world constraints involved in this process such as emissions, noise, and fuel economy. Num Pages: 558 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TRF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 174 x 31. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470666029
- ISBN
- 9780470666029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.39
€ 101.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 135 pages, 97 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: TGBN; TRF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 210 x 7. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1983
- Number of pages
- 135
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764311728
- ISBN
- 9783764311728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.46€ 47.00
€ 50.46
€ 47.00
Hardback. Contains the results of the Paris symposium in May 1999, hosted by the International Union of Railways. The meeting was organized within the framework of the Brite/Euram project TRANSAERO, which considers the time-dependent effects of sidewind forces, train passing and pressure waves in tunnels. Editor(s): Schulte-Werning, Burkhard; Gregoire, Remi; Malfatti, Antonio; Matschke, Gerd. Series: Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design. Num Pages: 392 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TBC; TGMF1; TRF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540433163
- ISBN
- 9783540433163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 246.27
€ 246.27
Paperback. Introductory text and concise history of the railroads in North America. Briefly covers virtually every conceivable aspect of railroading from "Hand, Flag and Lantern Signals" to the impact of NAFTA, and the electrification of the northeast corridor. Num Pages: 280 pages, 176 b&w photos, 11 figures, 7 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KB; TRF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 14. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253214119
- ISBN
- 9780253214119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.18
€ 34.99
€ 31.18
Hardcover. Editor(s): Xia, H. Num Pages: 347 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: TNC; TRF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 255 x 185 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1034.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 347
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626182400
- ISBN
- 9781626182400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 292.98€ 199.04
€ 292.98
€ 199.04
hardcover. This book shows how railway technology, travel, and infrastructure became increasingly and inextricably woven into everyday life in colonial South Asia. Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBTQ; KNGT; TRF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107084216
- ISBN
- 9781107084216
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.84
€ 83.84
Hardcover. A standard track gauge - the distance between the two rails - enables connecting railway lines to exchange traffic. This book offers a global history of railway track gauges, examining early choices and the dynamic process of diversity and standardization that resulted. Num Pages: 320 pages, 21 line drawings, 14 tables. BIC Classification: KNGT; TRF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226685090
- ISBN
- 9780226685090
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.48€ 58.45
€ 69.48
€ 58.45
Hardcover. One of seven proceedings texts from the Railtech Conference '98, this volume covers the future of the train industry. Num Pages: 144 pages, index. BIC Classification: KNGT; TRF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860581878
- ISBN
- 9781860581878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.45
€ 165.45
The Wheels That Drove New York. A History of the New York City Transit...
Roess, Roger P.; Sansone, Gene
paperback. This book tells the fascinating story of how the development of a public transportation system helped transform a small trading community at the southern tip of Manhattan Island into a world financial capital that is today home to more than 8,000,000 people. Series: Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic. Num Pages: 452 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; RPT; TRF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 452
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642435690
- ISBN
- 9783642435690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 123.44
€ 123.44
hardcover. This book examines the complex and changing relationship between the U.S. Army and American railroads during the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 376 pages, 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JW; TRF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804742399
- ISBN
- 9780804742399
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.80
€ 96.80
Hardback. This is the first book in English on the subject, and is essential reading for those interested in Industrial History, Ottoman Studies and the geopolitics of the Middle East before World War I. Series: Library of Ottoman Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 bw integrated, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDT; HBJF1; HBLW; TRF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780763644
- ISBN
- 9781780763644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.55€ 133.93
€ 150.55
€ 133.93
Hardcover. A renaissance in railways and the formal recognition of environmental priorities are both features of the last quarter of the twentieth century, but relatively little has been published about the individual and collective environmental impacts of railways. There is an urgent need to address the subject comprehensively. Num Pages: 394 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; KNGT; RNF; TRF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 236 x 169 x 29. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471948285
- ISBN
- 9780471948285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 335.97
€ 335.97
Hardcover. The Priority Programme SPP 1015, supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), had the goal of better understanding of the dynamic interaction of vehicle and track, and the long-term behavior of the components of the system. This text contains the scientific results of the programme. Editor(s): Popp, Karl; Schiehlen, Werner. Series: Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics. Num Pages: 507 pages, 439 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: TRF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 924.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540438922
- ISBN
- 9783540438922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 358.81
€ 358.81
System Dynamics and Long-Term Behaviour of Railway Vehicles, Track and...
. Ed(S): Popp, Karl; Schiehlen, Werner
Paperback. Editor(s): Popp, Karl; Schiehlen, Werner. Series: Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics. Num Pages: 507 pages, 439 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: TRF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 689.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 507
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642078644
- ISBN
- 9783642078644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 357.16
€ 357.16
Paperback. Series: European Handbooks. Num Pages: 224 pages, 104. BIC Classification: TRF; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 211 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Platform 5 Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 4th Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909431232
- ISBN
- 9781909431232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.33
€ 34.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTK; TRF; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894759205
- ISBN
- 9781894759205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.44
€ 15.99
€ 12.44
Paperback. Series: Oakwood Library of Railway History. Num Pages: 168 pages, 150ill. BIC Classification: BGH; TRF; WG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- The Oakwood Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853615767
- ISBN
- 9780853615767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.96
€ 15.99
€ 15.96