Svět na kolejích – Adams Tom (2025)

End boarding and alighting! The train to the nineteenth century departs from platform three! It will take you on a fascinating journey through world-famous stations and along iconic routes such as the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Orient Express. This book, filled with stunning facts and colorful illustrations, will guide you through the history of railways; from the first horse-drawn railways to the invention of the locomotive, the golden age of steam to the present day with modern autonomous and maglev trains. You will learn about the role railways played in wars and social movements. You will explore these fascinating machines inside and out and understand how they work and how and why they are constantly improving. You will meet railway heroes and pioneers like George Stephenson, Mary Elizabeth Walton, and Hideo Shima, as well as the inventions that etched their names in history. You will discover many interesting facts about records and explore new technologies like monorails and maglevs. However, Tom Adams' new book also focuses on the impact railways have had on our modern world – how industry and commerce have evolved and how our everyday lives have changed. It also examines the social changes that have occurred and the growing role of women and minority groups in the railway industry.