Author : Brian Hollingsworth
Publisher : Crestline Publishing Company
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 23,82 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780760311936
Illustrations and descriptions of more than 300 locomotives from the early steam pioneers of the 1830s to modern electric and diesel locomotives and proposed locomotives for the 1990s and beyond.
Author : Kenneth R. Middleton
Publisher :
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 36,86 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Locomotives
ISBN : 9780615387598
Author : William L. Withuhn
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 19,28 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 : Maksym Spiryagin
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 26,56 MB
Release : 2016-10-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1498733549
With the increasing demands for safer freight trains operating with higher speed and higher loads, it is necessary to implement methods for controlling longer, heavier trains. This requires a full understanding of the factors that affect their dynamic performance. Simulation techniques allow proposed innovations to be optimised before introducing them into the operational railway environment. Coverage is given to the various types of locomotives used with heavy haul freight trains, along with the various possible configurations of those trains. This book serves as an introductory text for college students, and as a reference for engineers practicing in heavy haul rail network design,
Author : Ken Gibbs
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 46,17 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 : Ken Boyd
Publisher : Kalmbach Publishing Co
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 14,70 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 : Brian Solomon
Publisher : MBI Publishing Company
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 46,9 MB
Release : 2015-10-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0760347476
"An examination of the introduction of streamliners to American railroading, including the technology and styling trends"--
Author : John H. White
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 16,99 MB
Release : 1979-01-01
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780486238180
Important and beautifully illustrated volume chronicles the explosive growth of the American locomotive from British imports to grand ten-wheelers of the 1870s. Over 240 vintage photographs, drawings, and diagrams tell the exciting tale. Introduction. Appendices. Index.
Author : Mark Wegman
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 19,59 MB
Release : 2008-11-17
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780760334751
A lavishly illustrated look at the glory years of travel by rail, with over 160 profiles, front and top views, and interior layouts depicting three dozen of the nation’s most celebrated trains of the golden age.
Author : J. N. Westwood
Publisher : Thunder Bay Press (CA)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,51 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Steam locomotives
ISBN : 9781571452849
The power and romance of the age of steam are captured in this vividly illustrated chronicle of the steam trains and railways that forged a new era in transportation from 1830 onward Presenting the first opportunity for long-distance travel powered by machines, the emergence of the train had an unprecedented influence on the development of industry, social history, emigration, leisure patterns, and military history. The steam locomotive was, in short, an engine for change whose impact around the world was both profound and indelible.
