1968 edition. A comprehensive global history of railways from the first Babylonian rutways to the 10 m.p.h. monorail. The text covers the story of the social impact of railways, the opening up of unpopulated deserts, the revolution in military strategy, its furtherance of the industrial revolution, the development of steam, electricity and diesel locomotives, bridges and viaducts, signalling systems, underground and mountain lines, and railway architecture. Copiously illustrated with over 800 pictures...