Two Centuries of Railway Signalling

Kichenside, Geoffrey, and Williams, Alan

ISBN 10: 0860935418 / ISBN 13: 9780860935414

Published by Oxford Publishing Co, Shepperton, 1999

About this Item

248pp. 248 pp; illustrated in colour and black and white. Orig pub. 1998.

Seller Inventory # L848

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Two Centuries of Railway Signalling
• Publisher: Oxford Publishing Co, Shepperton
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0860935418
• ISBN 13: 9780860935414
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: reprint
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: V.g.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Transport

About this title

Synopsis

An inspired, new and fully updated revised second edition of this definitive overview of Britain's railway signalling history.

Synopsis

This history of railway signalling describes its development. The book illustrates and describes the signalling systems of the different railway companies, the effect of accidents and the standards set. It also includes: how block systems and automatic train control work; the development of signal boxes and panel boxes; illustrations of the signalling equipment used by Britain's railways; and illustrations of the different types of signal used in Great Britain and abroad.