From the historic moment in September 1830 when the first train ran between Liverpool and Manchester, to the high speed trains bulleting across Asia and Europe, The Iron Road: An Illustrated History of the Railroad looks at how railroads have changed the world.Photographs, maps, paintings, and illustrations bring events and locations to life, adding a unique visual quality to the stories of great invention, feats of mind-boggling engineering, groundbreaking changes in trade and commerce, and tales of adventurers, visionaries, and rogues.The Iron Road is the third title in DK's successful illustrated histories format, which combines text-rich narratives with beautiful visual design.

    He is exposed to all kinds of worldly experiences, no holds barred. This is the story of how he emerges into a mature and responsible person, groomed to take on the world, and build a career for himself. He meets a girl and falls in love… that transforms his life. The book is a tribute to the great institute, the Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, which was the catalyst of his metamorphosis. The book has been written in a lucid and simple language and is spiced by day to day events and incidents of hostel life in a typical residential institute in India.

    It is remarkable to note that at that early date steam locomotives were used, filling the tunnels with smoke and soot; the first electric trains were introduced in 1890. Colourfully presented in Haynes's famous Owners' Workshop Manual livery, this book provides an accessible and well illustrated introduction to the history and workings of the world's oldest underground railway.