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The first railroads : atlas of early railroads / Derek Hayes.

by Hayes, Derek, 1947- author.

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Buffalo, New York : Firefly Books, 2017.

Railroads -- History.

Locomotives -- History.

9780228100096 (paperback) :

0228100097 (paperback)

272 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm

The ubiquitous railway -- The earliest guideways -- Wooden rails -- The impellent force of fire -- Iron rails. The iron plateways ; Stone rails ; The iron edge railways -- Rope and chain, the inclined plane -- A travelling engine -- The first working locomotive -- Wylam Billies and dillies -- Legs, chains and elephants -- Stephenson and Killingworth -- An all-mechanical line -- The visionaries -- The Stockton & Darlington railway -- A southern enterprise -- The first modern railway -- Railways, railways -- Beginnings of a network -- The first commuter railway -- Transfer of technology. The United States ; First Continental.

"A highly illustrated volume tracing the emergence of modern railways. In this book, Derek Hayes compiles archival maps and illustrations, many never before published, showing the locations and routes of the world's early railways, as well as the locomotive and rail technology that was key to the development of those railroads. In addition to maps, the illustrations include photos of most of the surviving first locomotives from collections around the world and of replicas too, where they exist"--Amazon.com.

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