Peter's Railway - Racing Trains
Published on 30. November 2019
Book
Hardback
128 pages
978-1-908897-09-1 (ISBN)
Description
Book 6 in the hardback series - Racing Trains
Peter's Railway is a story about a young boy who lives at Grandpa's farm. After building a miniature railway across the farm and then completing an amazing 5 mile extension to the line, Peter is ready for some more thrilling adventures.
As their engineering skills progress the children are given more responsibility on the railway, and are delighted when they are given the task of completing a model Stirling Single locomotive - a perfect project for the summer!
After watching the mainline train thunder past their miniature railway, the children were asking how fast was it travelling, and how fast could Fiery Fox go? Peter, always one for tinkering and creating things, comes up with just the ticket to measure speed - a computer-powered speedometer
This leads to all sorts of adventures and the inevitable races along the track to test out Peter's new invention and to find out how fast trains can go!
As in the previous books in the series, there is technical information and diagrams at the end of relevant chapters. In this book the topics explored are: how wheel size affects speed, pistons speed, work, power, computer programs, boilers, and much more...
Peter's Railway is a story about a young boy who lives at Grandpa's farm. After building a miniature railway across the farm and then completing an amazing 5 mile extension to the line, Peter is ready for some more thrilling adventures.
As their engineering skills progress the children are given more responsibility on the railway, and are delighted when they are given the task of completing a model Stirling Single locomotive - a perfect project for the summer!
After watching the mainline train thunder past their miniature railway, the children were asking how fast was it travelling, and how fast could Fiery Fox go? Peter, always one for tinkering and creating things, comes up with just the ticket to measure speed - a computer-powered speedometer
This leads to all sorts of adventures and the inevitable races along the track to test out Peter's new invention and to find out how fast trains can go!
As in the previous books in the series, there is technical information and diagrams at the end of relevant chapters. In this book the topics explored are: how wheel size affects speed, pistons speed, work, power, computer programs, boilers, and much more...
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bridge of Weir
United Kingdom
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Children/juvenile
Illustrations
45 colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 170 mm
Width: 240 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
700 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-908897-09-1 (9781908897091)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Christopher Vine has always been fascinated by all things mechanical and electrical. In fact his first words were "Turn it on" and "Turn it off" which just about covered everything of interest.
He started making things early on with his first working go-kart at the age of seven. It had a car battery and starter motor as motive power and a morse key as the switch. The next dangerous device was a motor bike made from a tiny child's bicycle and a lawn mower engine. The drive involved a large and vital pulley from his mother's washing machine. So started a lifetime of making things.
The only thing he wanted for his eleventh birthday was a lathe. An old one was found for GBP20 which although worn out did, produce a small stationary steam engine, a Stuart Turner No. 10.
Whilst he is a Chartered Engineer, his great interest has always been railways, steam engines and, in particular, model engineering.
He started making things early on with his first working go-kart at the age of seven. It had a car battery and starter motor as motive power and a morse key as the switch. The next dangerous device was a motor bike made from a tiny child's bicycle and a lawn mower engine. The drive involved a large and vital pulley from his mother's washing machine. So started a lifetime of making things.
The only thing he wanted for his eleventh birthday was a lathe. An old one was found for GBP20 which although worn out did, produce a small stationary steam engine, a Stuart Turner No. 10.
Whilst he is a Chartered Engineer, his great interest has always been railways, steam engines and, in particular, model engineering.
Content
Chapter 1 Fast Running
Chapter 2 The Eight Foot Stirling Singles
Chapter 3 Old No. 1 Arrives
Chapter 4 A Computer-Powered Speedometer
Chapter 5 Smoke Fire Water
Chapter 6 Fiery Fox Flat Out
Chapter 7 Speed and Power
Chapter 8 The Duchess Express
Chapter 9 Come on Baby!
Chapter 10 Faraday at Full Speed
Chapter 11 Painting the Old Lady
Chapter 12 Slow Motion
Chapter 2 The Eight Foot Stirling Singles
Chapter 3 Old No. 1 Arrives
Chapter 4 A Computer-Powered Speedometer
Chapter 5 Smoke Fire Water
Chapter 6 Fiery Fox Flat Out
Chapter 7 Speed and Power
Chapter 8 The Duchess Express
Chapter 9 Come on Baby!
Chapter 10 Faraday at Full Speed
Chapter 11 Painting the Old Lady
Chapter 12 Slow Motion