How steam locomotives really work

The technology underlying steam trains was one of the foundations of the industrial revolution in the nineteenth century, and although it has since been replaced, steam trains can still be found all over the world, in preserved railways and museums. In How Steam Locomotives Really Work, Peter Semmens and Alan Goldfinch provide a comprehensive guide to the workings of steam locomotives, describing how they work, and exploring their development over the past 150 years, not just in the United Kingdom but across the whole world.