The Train - Softcover

Glancey, Jonathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184442345X ISBN 13: 9781844423453

Publisher: Carlton Publishing Group, 2005

Synopsis

The train changed the face of the world. From slow beginnings in the coalmines of England at the start of the nineteenth century, it was possible by the 1840s to cover vast distances at unprecedented speed, changing modern communications forever. Much more than a collection of models through the ages, The Train offers insight into the ways in which trains have made an impact upon the modern age. Admire some of the world's greatest trains from the New York Centrals sleek Twentieth Century Limited to the high-speed TGV of France, or Japan's Shinkansen "bullet train." Wonder at the splendid architecture of the world's great train stations, from the original Penn Station of Washington DC. Consider the role of trains in film, from Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train to Billy Wilder's Some Like it Hot.

About this title

About the Author:

Jonathan Glancey is the architecture and design editor of The Guardian.

About this edition

• Publisher: Carlton Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 184442345X
• ISBN 13: 9781844423453
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256