Jane's World Railways 2007/2008Ken Harris Covers the railway systems in nearly 140 countries and states worldwide. This title includes organizational structures, traffic and revenue statistics, rollingstock fleet data, principal infrastructure details of networks, manufacturers of locomotives and passenger vehicles, diesel engines, and transmission and fueling systems. |
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