Publisher's Synopsis
This reference work details developments in high-speed train travel in Britain, Europe, America and the Far East. The book also looks at the effects of 100-mph-plus rail travel and the railways' efforts to present an environmentally acceptable transport system.;It also provides insights into the political forces that have underpinned, and occasionally undermined, th engineers' aspirations not only in motive power but also in rolling stock, trackwork and civil engineering design.
