The World The Railways Made: Christian Wolmar's Railway Library Technology its cut and embellishments

its cut and embellishments

Get the colour choice wrong and an entire range can stay on the racks

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up until the end of World War II in 1945

The World The Railways Made: Christian Wolmar's Railway Library Technology its cut and embellishmentsAcross American praries, through Siberian tundra, over Argentinian pampas and deep into the heart of Africa, the modern world began with the arrival of the railway. The shock was sudden and universal: railways carried empire, capitalism and industrialization to every corner of the planet. For some, the 'Iron Road' symbolized the brute horrors of modernity; for others the way toward a brighter future. From 1825, when the first passenger service linked