Contents: The dawn of an era -- Steam across North America -- The steam age in Europe -- Steam in Asia and Australasia -- Articulated locomotives -- Steam revived -- Passenger trains after steam -- Freight trains after steam.
Dr. John Norton Westwood, b.1931, is an honorary member of the Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies at the University of Birmingham, England. He has been an honorary research fellow at Birmingham since 1976.
He has written extensively on Russian and Eurasian issues. He also writes on steam trains and international railway history.