The Steam Locomotive in America
Author : Alfred W. Bruce
Publisher : New York : W.W. Norton
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 15,4 MB
Release : 1952
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN :
Author : Alfred W. Bruce
Publisher : New York : W.W. Norton
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 15,4 MB
Release : 1952
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN :
Author : Derek Avery
Publisher :
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 19,7 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Locomotives
ISBN : 9781853268168
Describes the history and uses of steam locomotives, the different types, and some famous models.
Author : Tom Morrison
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 637 pages
File Size : 49,80 MB
Release : 2018-07-24
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1476627932
Between 1900 and 1950, Americans built the most powerful steam locomotives of all time--enormous engines that powered a colossal industry. They were deceptively simple machines, yet, the more their technology was studied, the more obscure it became. Despite immense and sustained engineering efforts, steam locomotives remained grossly inefficient in their use of increasingly costly fuel and labor. In the end, they baffled their masters and, as soon as diesel-electric technology provided an alternative, steam locomotives disappeared from American railroads. Drawing on the work of eminent engineers and railroad managers of the day, this lavishly illustrated history chronicles the challenges, triumphs and failures of American steam locomotive development and operation.
Author : J. Parker Lamb
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 20,17 MB
Release : 2003-07-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780253342195
Perfecting the American Steam Locomotive documents the role played by mechanical engineers in the development of locomotive design. The steam engine and the mechanical engineering profession both grew directly out of the Industrial Revolution's need for sources of power beyond that of men and animals. Invented in England when coal mining was being developed, the practical steam engine eventually found numerous applications in transportation, especially in railroad technology. J. Parker Lamb traces the evolution of the steam engine from the early 1700s through the early 1800s, when the first locomotives were sent to the United States from England. Lamb then shifts the scene to the development of the American steam locomotive, first by numerous small builders, and later, by the early 20th century, by only three major enterprises and a handful of railroad company shops. Lamb reviews the steady progress of steam locomotive technology through its pinnacle during the 1930s, then discusses the reasons for its subsequent decline.
Author : Gordon Edgar
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 29,76 MB
Release : 2022-01-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1445685108
A stunning collection of rare photographs documenting the last years of industrial steam around the world. This first volume focuses on scenes captured in the twentieth century.
Author : William L. Withuhn
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 24,2 MB
Release : 2019-03-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0253039355
For nearly half of the nation's history, the steam locomotive was the outstanding symbol for progress and power. It was the literal engine of the Industrial Revolution, and it played an instrumental role in putting the United States on the world stage. While the steam locomotive's basic principle of operation is simple, designers and engineers honed these concepts into 100-mph passenger trains and 600-ton behemoths capable of hauling mile-long freight at incredible speeds. American Steam Locomotives is a thorough and engaging history of the invention that captured public imagination like no other, and the people who brought it to life.
Author : Richard L. Hills
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,86 MB
Release : 1993-08-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521458344
This is the first comprehensive history of the steam engine in fifty years. It follows the development of reciprocating steam engines, from their earliest forms to the beginning of the twentieth century when they were replaced by steam turbines.
Author : Jonathan Glancey
Publisher : Atlantic Books Ltd
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 50,56 MB
Release : 2014-08-07
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1782395660
The thrilling story of the last, and greatest, generation of steam railway locomotives in regular main line service: a story of invention, skill and passion, Giants of Steam reveals how the true advocates of steam's glory days pushed its design and performance to remarkable limits, taking these powerful and beautifully designed machines to new heights against a backdrop of the political upheavals and military conflicts of the mid twentieth century. Glancey tells the stories of the greatest of the 'steam men', the charismatic engineers who designed these machines and put them to use. Giants of Steam also reveals how steam design has continued to progress against the odds in recent decades, while enthusiasm for the steam locomotive itself is far from burning out.
Author : Keith Moseley
Publisher : Orchard Books (NY)
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 34,89 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Locomotives
ISBN : 9780531058442
A pop-up guide to the history and use of steam engines which depicts seven intricate dimensional models of a range of famous steam locomotives.
Author : Karl Zimmermann
Publisher : Boyds Mills Press
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 11,55 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781590781654
An introduction to the history and workings of steam locomotives.