How Long to Read The Locomotives of Robert Riddles

How Long Does it Take to Read The Locomotives of Robert Riddles?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 34 minutes to read The Locomotives of Robert Riddles by Colin Boocock

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The Locomotives of Robert Riddles guides the reader in the quest to understand how Robert Riddles career on the LMS and in war service shaped his knowledge and character and led to him becoming the obvious choice for leading the locomotive engineering function within the newly-formed Railway Executive. The book outlines the substantial impact Riddles had on the design and supply of locomotives that were to support the Allied military campaigns in the second world war, including useful analysis of the types of locomotives specifically designed for that work. The bulk of the book outlines the decision-making processes that led to the twelve designs of standard steam locomotives that were intended to be the future stop-gap before electrification, and the political and practical reasons for successive policy changes that led to their unexpectedly short lives. Those events include the 1955 Modernization Plan with its emphasis on dieselization, and the subsequent railway rationalizations that reduced the need not only for new steam locomotives but also made relatively new diesels redundant. Each BR standard locomotive type is described in its own chapter. The performance of each class is given its rightful emphasis. The book is comprehensively illustrated with largely unpublished pictures that cover a wide range of locations and locomotive duties.

How long is The Locomotives of Robert Riddles?

The Locomotives of Robert Riddles by Colin Boocock is 208 pages long, and a total of 53,664 words.

This makes it 70% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Locomotives of Robert Riddles Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 53 minutes to read The Locomotives of Robert Riddles aloud.

What Reading Level is The Locomotives of Robert Riddles?

The Locomotives of Robert Riddles is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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