Steam Locomotive and Railroad Tradition
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Page : 524 pages
File Size : 10,73 MB
Release : 1959
Category : Locomotives
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Page : 524 pages
File Size : 10,73 MB
Release : 1959
Category : Locomotives
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File Size : 24,8 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Locomotives
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Author : J. Parker Lamb
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 35,4 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 : Jan Young
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 23,66 MB
Release : 2017-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1387408615
"This book collects and describes every known North American streamlined - or semi-streamlined - steam locomotive with photographs of every class and every significant design variation and it packages those descriptions with information about the locomotives' origins, service lives and ultimate destinies."--Book
Author : Reed Kinert
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 12,10 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 : 465 pages
File Size : 48,79 MB
Release : 2019-03-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0253039347
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 : Smith Hempstone Oliver
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Page : 122 pages
File Size : 30,8 MB
Release : 1956
Category : Technology & Engineering
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Author : Ron Ziel
Publisher : New York : Grosset & Dunlap
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 35,17 MB
Release : 1963
Category : Transportation
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Describes the steam locomotive's history from its origin in the 1820's to its decline in the 1920's.
Author : Ken Gibbs
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 44,42 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 : Frank Barry
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Page : pages
File Size : 21,12 MB
Release : 2021-06-04
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ISBN : 9781736878583