Traction engines: history books - overview

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On tmbbooks.com you will find factory workshop manuals, repair manuals from Haynes, Chilton, Clymer and Bentley, as well as parts catalogues, owner’s manuals, and restoration guides.

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Many titles are in English, but books are available only in the language shown in the product description. Free Haynes technical dictionaries are available for download in several languages.

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Steam Traction on the Road - From Trevithick to Sentinel: 150 Years of Design and Development

Anthony Burton | English | hardback | 224 p. | 2018

Traction Engine Album

Malcolm Ranieri | English | hardback | 128 p. | 2005

Traction Engine Rallies - An Appreciation Over Seventy Years, 1950-2019

Malcolm Batten | English | hardback | 192 p. | 2023

Traction Engines

Anthony Coulls | English | paperback | 64 p. | 2017

Traction Engines - Preservation and Power

Paul Stratford | English | hardback | 144 p. | 2011

Aveling & Porter - From the John Crawley Collection

Colin Tyson | English | paperback | 96 p. | 2018

Aveling & Porter- An Illustrated History

James Preston | English | paperback | 96 p. | 2019

Aveling & Porter of Rochester (Traction Engines & Recollections)

Malcolm Ranieri | English | paperback | 48 p. | 2011

Classic Traction Engines

Paul Stratford | English | hardback | 144 p. | 2010

The Traction Engine - Its Use and Abuse - The Classic Traction Engine Handbook from 1900

James H. Maggard | English | paperback | 300 p. | 2011

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Are titles available in other languages?

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Where can I find PDF and digital downloads?

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