The Train Book: The Definitive Visual History (DK Definitive Transport Guides)

Excellent Christmas gift for our train loving 7 year old grandson! Even though he's not quite old enough to understand a lot of the jargan yet, it is a book that will last him for a lot of years to come!

Bought it for huge (steam) train affectionate, with literally floor to ceiling shelves and shelves of train books from all over the world, so i was understandably nervous gifting this at Christmas time. The recipient loved it and said that it had a lot of new information, some wonderful photos, beautifully photographed and well written, especially when scrutinised by an expert such as my friend. I was told it is to be highly recommended.

Lavishly illustrated book showing the evolution of locomotives over 200 years up to the present day. Special features are made of around 20 of the locos, each with 4 or 6 pages of coverage. Anyone with an interest in trains will find this book a real delight.

The production quality and content of this book is of a very high standard. The book is packed with mainly colour pictures accompanied by informative and detailed text laid out in a very attractive format - ideal for browsing or reading cover to cover. For anyone who is interested in trains this would be a very welcome gift - there are matching volumes for cars, ships and planes too. Recommended.

This book is totally superb. No other description will do. Everything you need or want to know about trains is in this richly illustrated book. I was amazed when it arrived by the quality and size of the contents for such a reasonable price. If you as I do, love locomotives and railways in general.then this is the book for you. You will NOT be disappointed.

This book is very good. It shows the history of the development of trains in the UK including rivals to "The Rocket"It shows pictures and commentary from trains from all round the world.

I always say that DK books are first class, and this is a prime example of that. Brilliant illustrations, lots of information - in every way just what a reference book should be.

Arrived today and it is a beautiful book and will be loved by the train loving reciprocate. 300 pages of in-depth detail and fantastic illustrations. The book is very heavy, well bound and the cover is beautiful. Fantastic value given the rrp is £25, money well spent, thank you