THE PICTORIAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RAILWAYS BY HAMILTON ELLIS IN INDIA

THE PICTORIAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RAILWAYS by Hamilton Ellis. Published by Hamlyn, SECOND PUBLICATION . A remarkable complete photo history of RAILWAYS AND TRAINS for collectors. ISBN . With 830 B&W photographs of Trains, Tracks, Bridges, Railway Signal Stations and short descriptions of all of them. A remarkable collectors book on World Railways. Contents: Introduction: Primeval Steam; Victorian Steam; Railway Conquest; Railway buildings; Carriage design; Steam Locomotives of 20 th Century; Tracks, Bridges and Viaducts; Electric Main lines; Mountain Railways; [passenger and freight handling; City Railways; Main line Diesels; Railway miscellany;   Signals and Telegraphs; Acknowledgments; Index. Hard binding which looks worn with a little of spine inside loose. Otherwise the whole book is very beautiful from start to ending. Size – 6 ¼” x pages on beautiful art paper. Weight grams.