Locomotive a vapore - Francia: libri illustrati di storia e guide

Chapelon

Il nome di André Chapelon sarà noto a chiunque si interessi allo sviluppo della locomotiva a vapore. In poche parole, era un genio, di gran lunga superiore a tutti gli altri nel campo della progettazione di locomotive a vapore.
Ciò non significa sminuire le capacità e le competenze di uomini come Churchward, Stanier, Gresley e Bulleid. Quest'ultimo, infatti, riconobbe l'influenza di Chapelon sul suo lavoro.

Nella sua Francia natale, Chapelon trasformò le locomotive a vapore di diverse ferrovie francesi, spesso macchine mediocri, in mezzi dalle prestazioni elevate, superando le capacità di macchine simili utilizzate all'epoca in altri paesi europei. Fu responsabile sia di ricostruzioni che di nuovi progetti.
Il suo lavoro fu interrotto dalla Seconda Guerra Mondiale, ma la sua importanza fu riaffermata nel 1946 con la sua superba locomotiva 4-8-4 n. 242 A 1, capace di produrre una potenza continua di 5.500 CV, un risultato straordinario.

Il libro del colonnello Roger su André Chapelon, pubblicato originariamente nel 1972, è stato difficile da reperire per molti anni. Rimane la biografia migliore e più dettagliata dell'uomo e della sua opera. È una guida scorrevole e accessibile alla vita e ai successi di un uomo che, secondo pochi, fu il più grande ingegnere di locomotive a vapore che il mondo abbia mai conosciuto.

Dettagli

Autore:	H.C.B. Rogers
Formato:	200 pagine, 20 x 13 x 2.3 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	32 bladzijden foto in B&N
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Crecy Publishing (GB, 2022)
ISBN:	9781910809730

Locos vapeur - Chauffeurs et mécanos

The smoky world of steam locomotives, these "warm-blooded beasts" that Jacques Lacarrière spoke of, invaded Bernard Bathiat's childhood dreams. At the end of the 1950s, everything stopped. The black faces of the railway, railway workers, drivers and mechanics, no longer "knit" the magnificent Pacifics of the Compagnie du Nord or the Paris-Orléans...

So all that remains is the memory and the photos yellowed by time. How beautiful these machines are! Bernard Bathiat is a work of memory. Beyond a gallery of unpublished portraits of locomotives and tenders, throughout the pages, we follow the men, their daily work, their strange jargon.

Nostalgia is good and fortunately there are enthusiasts like Bernard Bathiat or these associations that restore old locomotives so that the flame of the "human beast", this infernal couple of man and machine, never goes out.

Dettagli

Autore:	Bernard Bathiat
Formato:	96 pagine, 23 x 16 x 0.6 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	riccamente illustrato
Lingua:	francese
Editore:	Editions Alan Sutton (F, 2005)
ISBN:	9782849103050

Au temps de la vapeur (Tome 1)

Immerse yourself in the world of steam through a selection of the most beautiful images taken from the photographic collections of La Vie du Rail. The particularity of the book is to be printed on postcard paper.
Each photo, printed full-bleed on a 18 X 24 cm format, is detachable.

A short caption specifies the context of the shot and allows you to send by post or collect for yourself these snapshots of the great era of steam, taken for the most part between 1950 and 1960.
This compilation of 100 images focuses on all aspects of railway life: locomotives, railway workers at work, landscapes, depots, stations and passengers evolving in a beautiful atmosphere of black and white plumes.

Dettagli

Formato:	100 pagine, 18 x 13 x 1.3 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	100 foto in B&N
Lingua:	francese
Editore:	La Vie du Rail (F, 2012)
ISBN:	9782918758549

Jean Bazot - Les années vapeurs

Volume XVIII of the famous "Images de Trains" collection is dedicated to the color photographs of Jean Bazot, known for his impressive collection of old postcards made available for many railway publications.
Jean Bazot's photographic collection has remained very little exploited until today. Didier Leroy, known for his many works on railway history, has brought together the most beautiful color images, mainly covering the period from 1956 to 1970.

Highlighted by using large and medium format extensively, they are supported by a caption providing subtle information, which can only invite additional curiosity about these "steam years", on the equipment, buildings, and environment, before the contingencies of time came to erase them.

Comprising 168 pages and 226 photographs, the book unfolds starting with the ex-PO lines around Ussel and Montluçon, followed by Paris and then those of different SNCF Regions. A certain number of secondary and industrial networks constitute the second part of this work, which ends with an evocation of steam in Spain and Portugal, so much do these emotionally charged images translate, in these sixties, a world tinged with the 19th century.

Dettagli

Autore:	Didier Leroy
Formato:	168 pagine, 32.5 x 24.5 x 1.8 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	226 foto in colori
Lingua:	francese
Editore:	La Vie du Rail (F, 2010)
Collana:	Images de trains (18)
ISBN:	9782918758112

Le dépôt vapeur du Mans (1854-1974)

This work, rich in anecdotes, testimonies, facsimiles, photos and documents on the types of locomotives, bears witness to the great history of this depot, a true railway hub of the West, in the era of steam.
Many former railway agents contributed to its writing, with a moving spontaneity in making available the documents in their possession.

The joy of sharing the wealth of their personal archives as well as a not so distant experience, that was their deep motivations. Retracing with precision, on a daily basis, the life of a large depot like that of Le Mans, where joys, sorrows, heroism, solidarity, and team spirit rubbed shoulders, was for the author, S. G. Morin, the fruit of nearly four years of research and friendly contacts.

This book is therefore aimed at "lovers" of the railway, as well as at each resident of Le Mans wishing to rediscover a part of the history of their railway heritage.

Dettagli

Autore:	Serge Georges Morin
Formato:	208 pagine, 30.5 x 22 x 1.6 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	riccamente illustrato
Lingua:	francese
Editore:	La Vie du Rail (F, 2008)
ISBN:	9782915034929

Les 140 - Les consolidations françaises

The Consolidation locomotives, often overlooked despite their importance, are highlighted in an illustrated book on French locomotives. Designed as multi-purpose type 140 machines, suitable for mixed passenger and freight services, they were widely deployed on all French railway networks.
Appearing in 1901 at the Compagnie du Midi, these locomotives quickly conquered other networks such as the East, the PO, the West, the PLM, the North and the State.

Bernard Collardey, a specialist in French power units, explores the eventful history of these locomotives in a 312-page book. Richly illustrated in black and white and in color, including diagrams and numerous summary tables, the book offers an in-depth analysis of these servants of the railway.

Dettagli

Autore:	Bernard Collardey
Formato:	312 pagine, 29.5 x 21 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	riccamente illustrato con foto in B&N e in colori
Lingua:	francese
Editore:	La Vie du Rail (F, 2010)
ISBN:	9782918758075

Les 141 TB, ces locomotives en or

Locomotives without a history, transporting generations of suburbanites, condemned twice by electrification, some survived at the time on secondary railways to pull freight trains...
Preserved, the 141 TB locomotives still arouse interest, even among the youngest who did not know the era of steam. We will thus recall the existence of this series by this modest contribution of texts, photos, tables and documents, most of them unpublished.

Dettagli

Autore:	Christian Fonnet
Formato:	128 pagine, 23.5 x 16 x 0.7 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	riccamente illustrato
Lingua:	francese
Editore:	La Vie du Rail (F, 2006)
ISBN:	9782915034370

Les Chapelon du dépôt de Calais

Chapelon... A name that shines on the roll of honour of steam locomotives. These machines, the most famous in France, are the result of the transformation of Pacific-type locomotives that belonged to the Paris-Orléans company (P.O.).
For the Compagnie du chemin de fer du Nord and the Calais depot, they were the undisputed stars of the glorious era of steam, from the immediate post-war period to the end of the 1960s.

The Chapelons or the quintessence of steam thanks to their performance: speed, resistance, reliability, coal savings, aesthetics, prestige... The flagship of the Calais depot (now defunct), a true national pride, these powerful locomotives pulled the famous luxury train La Flèche d'Or, made up of Pullman cars.
At the depot, each machine in this prestigious series was assigned to a single team: the mechanic and the driver, designated as permanent employees. This book is also a tribute to these "lords of the rail" who served them valiantly and for whom being a permanent employee at the P.O." was the culmination of a rolling career...

Dettagli

Autore:	Jean Filliette, Philippe Feunteun
Formato:	143 pagine, 27.5 x 23 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	riccamente illustrato
Lingua:	francese
Editore:	La Vie du Rail (F, 2017)
ISBN:	9782370620514

Les locomotives à vapeur d'aujourd'hui

Après les dernières circulations de locomotives à vapeur sur le réseau SNCF en 1974-75, peu auraient imaginé les voir survivre jusqu'au XXIe siècle. Grâce à l'engagement de nombreux bénévoles, une vingtaine de locomotives à vapeur sont aujourd'hui considérées comme actives en France et en Suisse, une douzaine étant simultanément opérationnelles.

Les 140 C et 141 R, témoins de la fin de la vapeur en service régulier, furent les premières à reprendre du service, suivies par les 141 C, 141 TB et TD. La restauration des locomotives de vitesse, réputées pour leur conduite délicate, marqua ensuite une étape significative.
Les "Pacific" 231 G en 1986 et 231 K en 1991, ainsi que les "Mountain" 241 A en 1997 et 241 P en 2006, firent leur retour.

Cet ouvrage, richement illustré par des photographes ferroviaires renommés tels que Michel Costes, Didier Delattre, Fabrice Lanoue, Jean-Louis Poggi, Guillaume Pourageaux, Christian Santiccioli, Georges Turpin, et d'autres, présente en action toutes les locomotives à vapeur d'origine SNCF ayant circulé de 2000 à 2011. Il met en lumière celles qui reprendront bientôt du service, ainsi que les rares incursions de machines étrangères en France.

Dettagli

Formato:	175 pagine, 32 x 24 x 1.7 cm, copertina rigida
Illustrazioni:	riccamente illustrato con foto in B&N e in colori
Lingua:	francese
Editore:	Les Editions du Cabri (F, 2012)
ISBN:	9782914603546

Les machines-tenders de route et de manoeuvres régionales

In this book, the author traces the lives and careers of legendary machines: regional tender locomotives, dealing in a particularly exhaustive manner with road and shunting tender machines.
The author provides a general overview and begins with a summary description of the various series, their typologies and characteristics on each of the major French networks. He traces their early years from their origin to the birth of the SNCF.

The tender locomotives acquired by the former companies primarily provided passenger services, but various categories were also put into service for mixed traffic on rough lines. Others were reserved for freight traffic only, not forgetting those that distinguished themselves by hauling express trains in various regions.

Dettagli

Autore:	Bernard Collardey
Formato:	183 pagine, 29.5 x 21 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	riccamente illustrato
Lingua:	francese
Editore:	La Vie du Rail (F, 2013)
ISBN:	9782918758709

Les Mikado du PLM

In 1914, the PLM put into service "Mikado" locomotives to provide 1300-tonne freight trains as well as courier convoys at a speed of 90 km/h...
A second batch, built in the USA because of the war, was delivered between 1917 and 1919. Finally, from 1921 to 1932, 680 other locomotives were built and distributed in the company's large depots.
Modified and modernized, they earned their letters of nobility by becoming the 141 E and F at the SNCF, while inspiring the 141 P series. The last ones would not disappear until 1969.

This richly illustrated book retraces the history, construction and operation of these famous steam locomotives.

Dettagli

Autore:	Bernard Collardey, André Rasserie
Formato:	200 pagine, 29.5 x 21 cm, copertina rigida
Illustrazioni:	riccamente illustrato con foto in B&N e in colori
Lingua:	francese
Editore:	La Vie du Rail (F, 2006)
ISBN:	9782915034455

Locomotives (1904-1930) - Tome I - Les Photographies Fleury

First illustrated volume on railways from 1904-1930, with photographs from the astonishing collection of photographer Fleury.

Specialists, railway enthusiasts, simple amateurs, your gaze will not remain indifferent in front of these metal monsters which have disappeared forever.

Dettagli

Autore:	Jean-Pierre Rigouard
Formato:	128 pagine, 23 x 16 x 0.7 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	riccamente illustrato con foto in B&N
Lingua:	francese
Editore:	Editions Alan Sutton (F, 2005)
ISBN:	9782842538859

Locomotives (1904-1930) - Tome II - Les Photographies Fleury

The collection of photographs by photographer Fernand Fleury on steam locomotives is so rich that Jean-Pierre Rigouard has dedicated a second and magnificent album to it. Crampton, Forquenot, Engerth, Atlantic, Mikado, Ten Wheel, Mountain and other Pacifics were the French and foreign machines at the head of our trains for more than 144 years!

From simple patache to international luxury trains, these beautiful "locos" always left behind an impression of power and majesty...

Dettagli

Autore:	Jean-Pierre Rigouard
Formato:	128 pagine, 23 x 16 x 0.7 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	riccamente illustrato con foto in B&N
Lingua:	francese
Editore:	Editions Alan Sutton (F, 2005)
ISBN:	9782849102251

Locomotives (1904-1930) - Tome III - Les Photographies Fleury

A third illustrated volume was needed for Evelyne and Jean-Pierre Rigouard to reveal the thousand and one secrets of the astonishing collection of the photographer Fleury on the railway.
The locomotives are from another age: the "prehistory" of French railways parades before our eyes to the wild rhythm of the connecting rods and pistons, in the exhausts and the volutes of steam.

We also pay tribute to these men, lords of the railway, who knew how to lead their horses to the right destination. Today, only a few memories remain...
Thanks to the authors for refreshing our memories!

Dettagli

Autore:	Evelyne Rigouard, Jean-Pierre Rigouard
Formato:	160 pagine, 23 x 16 x 0.9 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	riccamente illustrato con foto in B&N
Lingua:	francese
Editore:	Editions Alan Sutton (F, 2009)
ISBN:	9782849109335

Trains de l'Est - Une collection oubliée

Born in 1892, Henri Vial was one of the first generations of railway enthusiasts. He preferred the network serving his region: the East. He tirelessly photographed its steam trains, from the 1910s to the immediate post-war period, with a talent that set him apart from many others.

He also enriched his collection with photographs taken by those who shared his passion, including Pol Gillet and Albert Henri. Thanks to heirs who were aware of the exceptional heritage that this collection represents, a selection of the most beautiful and rarest photographs is now published in volume 9 of "Images de trains". A real hidden treasure that is coming back to light.

Dettagli

Autore:	Henri Vial
Formato:	160 pagine, 33 x 25 x 1.8 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	riccamente illustrato
Lingua:	francese
Editore:	La Vie du Rail (F, 2006)
Collana:	Images de trains (9)
ISBN:	9782915034004

Vapeur sur la Région Est

This volume is dedicated to the formidable collection of photographs by Jacques-Henri Renaud between 1948 and 1962. These 283 black and white photographs were taken, this time, on the Eastern Region of the SNCF at the time of steam.
The photographer had a particular attraction to the Alsace-Lorraine network with its atypical lines and locomotives. The charm of these lines on the antennas and verges, the great diversity of trains and landscapes traveled are perfectly highlighted in this album which gives pride of place to images, captioned by experts in the field.

Dettagli

Autore:	Jacques-Henri Renaud
Formato:	160 pagine, 32.5 x 24.5 x 1.6 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	283 foto in B&N
Lingua:	francese
Editore:	La Vie du Rail (F, 2013)
Collana:	Images de trains (22)
ISBN:	9782918758518

Vapeur sur la Région Nord

This book presents a selection of 295 photographs, among the most characteristic of the railway landscape of the Northern Region of the SNCF in the fifties. It comes from the hundreds of original "North" negatives, taken by Jacques-Henri Renaud from 1947 to 1962. The quality of the shots in this collection, which until then remained confidential, is exceptional, as is its diversity.

The authors of these lines had the opportunity to acquire it, with the desire to make it known and shared, by providing the images, published for a large number in large format, with precise and varied captions combining technique and atmosphere.
The editions of La Vie du Rail, by producing this first volume of photographs signed Jacques-Henri Renaud, pay tribute to one of their former collaborators, who leaves one of the most beautiful collections on a vanished world, but still so alive thanks to the majesty of the steam locomotive.

Dettagli

Autore:	Jacques-Henri Renaud
Formato:	192 pagine, 32.5 x 25 x 1.8 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	295 foto in B&N
Lingua:	francese
Editore:	La Vie du Rail (F, 2011)
Collana:	Images de trains (20)
ISBN:	9782918758327