1896 RAILROAD Locomotive Engine Trains Railway Engineer Illustrated Stretton



“The Locomotive Engine and its Development,” by Clement Edwin Stretton, traces the evolution of railway engines across the 19th century. As a consulting engineer and author, Stretton compiled his insights from lectures, research, and firsthand experiences, offering an in-depth examination of advancements in locomotive technology. The book emphasizes speed milestones, noting the challenges of achieving certain speeds and refuting some popular claims. Despite its informative content, Strettons works have been both praised and critiqued for some of his claims as well as supposed historical inaccuracies, making him a somewhat controversial figure in railway literature. However, it is this controversial element that has sparked both research and intrigue by prospective readers, thus the remaining demand for his works.



This edition highlights major events like the high-speed race to Aberdeen in 1895 and references growing public interest in locomotive history.



Item number: #41510

Price: $499



STRETTON, Clement E.



The Locomotive Engine and its Development. A Popular Treatise on the Gradual Improvements Made in Railway Engines Between 1803 and 1896.



London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1896.



Details:

Collation: Complete

xii, 252, [4], 48, [4], 16

121 numbered illustrations

Reference(s): Ottley 2837; Michael M. Chrimes, The Civil Engineering of Canals and Railways before 1850

“Between the years 1871-1908, Clement Stretton wrote extensively on railway history, mainly during an uncritical period. The mixture of fact and nonsense which he produced has bedeviled the railway historian ever since, and has misled numerous museums, not excepting the Science Museum. We are indebted to him for saving many relics which otherwise would have been destroyed; we are not indebted to him for his excursions into historical guesswork.” (Chrimes)

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; secure

Red cloth

Size: ~7.5in X 5.25in (19cm x 13cm)



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