{"product_id":"apt-a-promise-unfulfilled-9780711014749","title":"APT: A Promise Unfulfilled","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Advanced Passenger Train concept was born out of a programme of research into the fundamental dynamics of railway vehicles carried out in the late 1960s at the Railway Technical Centre in Derby. What made the concept unique was not APT's proposed maximum speed of 150mph but its ability to run at that speed on existing track and within the limits of existing signalling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHugh Williams' position as APT-E Train Supervisor has given him first-hand engineering experience of the project and he describes the development of APT from the initial concept, through the building and testing of APT-E to the problems encountered by the prototype trains. The reader is drawn into the story, to experience the exhilaration of the 150mph runs and the frustrations of the delays to the programme at the hands of the Government, management and unions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eComparisons are drawn between BR's approach to the problems of high speed rail travel and the solutions adopted by the Japanese and the French with their successful Hikari and TGV trains. Finally the prospects for the next generation of trains are considered as BR continues in its attempt to turn a brilliant concept into an engineering reality. APT - A Promise Unfulfilled is an incisive account of the misfortunes and achievements of Britain's fastest train.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback, 18x24cm, 112 pages, black \u0026amp; white photographs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Good\/Very Good\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ian Allan","offers":[{"title":"Secondhand (275)","offer_id":58117476221311,"sku":"9780711014749","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1910\/7111\/files\/9780711014749.jpg?v=1786200976","url":"https:\/\/rail-books.co.uk\/products\/apt-a-promise-unfulfilled-9780711014749","provider":"Rail Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}