O. S. Nock (1905–1994)
Autor/a de World Atlas of Railways
Sobre l'autor
Crèdit de la imatge: Oswald Stevens Nock
Sèrie
Obres de O. S. Nock
Great Western Railway GWR Stars, Castles and Kings: Part 1 & Part 2 in One Volume (Locomotive Monograph): 0 (1980) 23 exemplars
Railways in the transition from steam, 1940-1965, (Railways of the world in color) (1974) 18 exemplars
Two miles a minute: The story behind the conception and operation of Britain's high speed and advanced passenger trains (1980) 16 exemplars
British Steam Engines: The Ultimate Guide to the Greatest Steam Engines (Picture This) (2010) 16 exemplars
O. S. Nock's Pocket Encyclopedia of British Steam Railways & Locomotives (Transport) (1986) 9 exemplars
Steam Locomotive : The unfinished story of steam locomotives and steam locomotive men on the railways of Great Britain (1968) 6 exemplars
British trains, past and present 6 exemplars
Britain's new railway : electrification of the London-Midland main lines from Euston to Birmingham,… (1966) 4 exemplars
Tales of the Great Western Railway: Informal Recollections of a Near-Lifetime's Association With the Line (1984) 3 exemplars
The Pocket Encyclopaedia of British Locomotives 2 exemplars
The Settle and Carlisle Railway: A Personal Story of Britain's Most Spectacular Main Line (1992) 2 exemplars
Locomotives of the premier line in pictures : a reprint of the illustrations from "The premier line," a history of LNWR… (1955) 2 exemplars
Railways of Dacorum 1 exemplars
The World Railways 1800-1850 1 exemplars
British Trains 1 exemplars
The Great Days of the Southern Railway 1 exemplars
Locomotives of the LNER [London & North Eastern Railway]. Standardisation and Renumbering (1947) 1 exemplars
Jowett's railway atlas of Great Britain and Ireland : from pre-grouping to the present day 1 exemplars
Fifty Years of Western Express Running 1 exemplars
The Great Western Railway : an appreciation 1 exemplars
Railway holiday in Austria 1 exemplars
British Railways in Action 1 exemplars
The Locomotives of R.E.L. Maunsell 1 exemplars
British Locomotives from the Footplate 1 exemplars
Historical Steam Locomotives 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Nock, Oswald Stevens
- Data de naixement
- 1905-01-21
- Data de defunció
- 1994-09-21
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- UK
- Lloc de naixement
- Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England, UK
- Lloc de defunció
- Bath, Somerset, England, UK
- Llocs de residència
- Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, UK
Batheaston, Bath, UK
Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, UK - Educació
- Giggleswick School, Yorkshire
Imperial College, London (Mech. Eng.) - Professions
- engineer (mechanical)
engineer (steam locomotive)
journalist - Organitzacions
- Westinghouse
- Premis i honors
- President, Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (1969-70)
Membres
Ressenyes
Potser també t'agrada
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 146
- Membres
- 1,287
- Popularitat
- #19,916
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 6
- ISBN
- 164
- Llengües
- 3
The series is worthwhile in that it provides a sweeping history of world railways, from the idiosyncratic viewpoint of the prolific O S Nock. His opening essay summarises the period well, and it is always interesting to see the carriages, locomotives, wagons and signalling apparatus chosen from around the world. The previous title in this series was "Railways in the Years of Pre-eminance". By the interwar period road vehicles had begun to challenge railways. O S Nock shows how the railways in many parts of the world responded by becoming more competitive through seeking ways of speeding up services. American locomotive design emphasised simplicity and low cost running, while in Britain increasing speed was emphasised, and greater thermal efficiency to save fuel.
The mighty Santa Fe 3771 represent the 'Zenith' of high speed US locomotives designed to haul "The Chief" and "The Fast Mail" long distances with low servicing. Oddly this volume doesn't include the famous A4 Pacific introduced as part of the competition in Britain to provide the fastest passenger service to Scotland, and setting speed records in the process. It does include the "Princess" and "Duchess" classes, of which Nock considers the latter "the finest express passenger locomotive to run in Great Britain.
My own New Zealand is well represented, with the ubiquitous Ab, Wab, K and J classes represented along with the 56" passenger cars only just removed from charter service with Kiwirail. An enjoyable book to browse through.… (més)