Paths to High-Speed Rail

From the first steam-powered records to trains that levitate above the track. This unique and lavish publication charts the almost two-hundred-year-long race for speed – the arrival of motor and electric traction, streamlined experiments, tilting trains and the creation of high-speed lines. It presents the legendary Shinkansen, TGV, ICE, Pendolino and Talgo, commemorates the Czechoslovak and Czech contribution, and guides the reader all the way to maglev, the wheelless railway of the future. The engaging narrative is complemented by hundreds of beautiful illustrations and photographs.