The most trusted nonfiction series on the market, Eyewitness Books provide an in-depth, comprehensive look at their subjects with a unique integration of words and pictures. Eyewitness Train is DK's classic look at railroads and the trains that move along them, now reissued with a CD and wall chart.
This is a great book, giving an overview of the history of the steam engine, some detail, and factual mechanics. The illustrations are fabulous, the writing and diction is readable and correct. great value for money as a starter book, and cross-reference to other books.