Author :
Publisher : Waukesha, WI : Kalmbach Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,31 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Locomotives
ISBN : 9780890242063
History and development of steam power since 1900, including railroad-by-railroad histories and rosters.
Author : J. Parker Lamb
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 27,10 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 : George Drury
Publisher : Kalmbach Publishing Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,25 MB
Release : 2015-11-19
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781627002592
"The GUIDE TO NORTH AMERICAN STEAM LOCOMOTIVES, Revised edition, takes a detailed look at how steam locomotives work, how they evolved, and how engines of various wheel arrangements were developed. Detailed entries for more than 90 railroads provide rosters and follow the development of steam power on each line, including when steam engines were finally replaced by diesels." -- page 4 of cover.
Author : Reed Kinert
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 47,6 MB
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0486141403
Relive train travel's earliest days with this splendidly illustrated story of steam locomotion, from "teakettles" to "titans." Working from builders' specifications, old engravings, and contemporaneous accounts, the author re-creates, in accurate renderings, the earliest locomotives.
Author : William L. Withuhn
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 27,14 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 : Brian Solomon
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 19,51 MB
Release : 2016-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0760349975
The ultimate guide for train lovers, Field Guide to Trains is fully loaded with pictures and fun facts on all the machines that ride the rails
Author : Ken Boyd
Publisher : Kalmbach Publishing Co
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 40,43 MB
Release : 2018-10-16
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1627005099
Historic North American Locomotives traces the historic development of North American locomotives from the early 1800s through today. Considered a photographic book with the look and feel of fine art, 100 locomotives are profiled using descriptive text and richly detailed and colored photographic imagery. A well-researched introduction provides the reader with a historical perspective. The author/photographer includes high-quality photographs, created through various techniques that vividly capture the distinctive features of the locomotives. From the 1805 Trevithick portable boiler to modern, high-speed locomotives such as the 2013 GE Genesis, the reader will enjoy viewing a variety of locomotives that are not usually shown together in one book.
Author : Ron Ziel
Publisher :
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 24,19 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Locomotives
ISBN :
Story and illustrations of the demise of the steam locomotive.
Author : Ken Gibbs
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 30,13 MB
Release : 2012-12-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1445624257
Ken Gibbs tells the history of the engineering triumph that is a steam locomotive from the 1800s to the 1960s showing how each development changed the course of history.
Author : Nils Huxtable
Publisher : Metro Publishing, Limited
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,60 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781586632052
An era ended in 1960, when the major railroads in the United States dieselized. Having served the continent for more than a century, North America's most visible symbol of industrial supremacy was obsolete. In railroad yards everywhere, thousands of steam engines stood gathering rust or waiting silently for a call to service that never came; still more perished unceremoniously, sold off and cut up for scrap metal. But a handful of railroads went out of their way to keep steam alive. This stunning volume is a pictorial tribute to working steam in North America, beautifully illustrated and lovingly told. -- Includes prime examples of accurate restorations that illustrate the development of steam locomotives while evoking the mood of this exciting period in North American History -- Filled with discussions of the dedicated preservationists who have kept steam alive in an era when the cost of overhauling and maintenance has become an extravagance -- More than 100 pristine, black-and-white photographs capture some of the most beautiful and historic steam locomotives in operation today
