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Book SynopsisBook 3. Peter and Grandpa extend their farm railway to Yockletts Village for Grandma to do her shopping. They hold the Great Train Race, but who will win? They also find a forgotten engine, hidden in a barn, which they put back to work. 96 pages with 14 pages of simply explained technical diagrams and 30 watercolour pictures. Age 6 to 12 year
Trade Review"Excellent stuff for budding engineers - and for parents fearing tricky questions. Financial Times Brilliant! I love the technical bits and the story is great too. Keep writing them... William, Age 9 With Christmas coming up this would be the ideal gift for the youngster with an interest in trains or one who has a practical mind. Readers of the previous two will love it. Thoroughly recommended. Australian Model Engineer Magazine I love your book and read it to my mum every night. Christopher J, age 7"
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Peter's Railway; Chapter 2 Grandma's Close Shave; Chapter 3 Hit the Brakes!; Chapter 4 Surveying the Yockletts Extension; Chapter 5 The Forgotten Engine; Chapter 6 An Inspector Calls; Chapter 7 Making Tracks; Chapter 8 Building the Yockletts Line; Chapter 9 Full Steam Ahead to Yockletts; Chapter 10 The Great Railway Race; Technical Contents; Brakes - Simple; Automatic Brakes and the Fail-Safe Principle; Traction Engine; Gears and Gear Ratios; Turning Force and Torque; The Boiler - steam and pressure gauge; Drive Belts and Saw Bench; Automatic Speed Governor; Banking, Tilting and Super-Elevation; Piston and Cylinder - Eccentrics; Saving Coal - How to use steam more efficiently.
