Book Number: 21 667

Ramaer, R.

THE RAILWAYS OF THAILAND

The Railways of Thailand describes a century of rail transportation development (1893-1993) in Thailand. The political and economic conditions in what was then Siam that persuaded the government to open up the country, the development of the rail network itself, and the locomotives and rolling stock that ran, and run today, on the system all are described in detail.

This volume considers, in addition to history and the present railway scene, future planning of the State Railway of Thailand. Private lines, among them the very first railway in the country, are treated. The text is supported by several maps, 60 diagrams, and over 130 largely unpublished photographs, many of them of considerable historical interest. An earlier book by the author of the locomotives of Thailand has been carefully and extensively rewritten to make this the most comprehensive book on the subject available.

(Bangkok 1994)

ISBN 974-8495-01-5

190 pp., illus., 210 x 295 mm

50.- US-Dollar

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