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Book Canadian National Steam

Download or read book Canadian National Steam written by Donald R. McQueen and published by DC Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Locomotive History of the People's Railway. An illustrated history of CN's more than 4300 steam locomotives. It is so detailed, so full of photographs and information, the premier volume will then be followed by seven rosters. Canadian National Steam is an updated and expanded text based on Clegg and Corley's Canadian National Steam Power, outlining the history and technical development of steam power as influenced by the different CNR Motive Power Chiefs. Its 248 pages includes a summary of all locomotive classes with wheel types, road- and builder-numbers, a list of all predecessor and subsequent owners of CNR power, a builder's list of CNR steam power, a bibliography and an index. There are 147 photos of historic locomotives, most in operation, exhibiting their awesome power and evoking pleasant memories of nostalgic days gone by when trains took everybody everywhere. Spectacular cover illustrations are in full color. The book contains 43 tables and an extensive series of appendices -- 47 in all -- covering across-the-classes items such as livery, sales, leases, appliance application, (including compounding, gearing, superheating, feedwater heating, smoke deflectors, stokers, oil burners, cab and tender designs). There's also a guide to the individual locomotive roster volumes. The subsequent roster volumes will be available later in 2013, and only on a "special order -- no returns" basis. They will contain the individual locomotive rosters by CNR classes according to similar or related wheel arrangements (including Newfoundland Railway and the Central Vermont Railway). Every steam locomotive will be listed, and the roster will provide all the information historians, rail enthusiasts and transportation buffs would ever want to know (and then some), including build data, ownership history, appliance history, class notes. More than 1200 photographs, with informative captions, will appear in the roster volumes, which will feature sturdy wire binding, permitting the roster book pages to open completely flat. Many readers will welcome the opportunity to own this historic series. The original Canadian National Steam Power, published in 1969, has been out of print for almost forty years after selling thousands of copies. Since then, CN has become "North America's Railroad", and is widely recognized as the most efficient, best-run railway of all on the continent, and perhaps in the world. This new series will be a valuable entry in every CNR enthusiast's library, and is sure to become a rare collector's item.

Book Canadian National Railway

Download or read book Canadian National Railway written by Tom Murray and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2004 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Tom Murray provides an unprecedented look at a national icon, from its genesis amid the turmoil surrounding World War I to its acquisition of the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway and its lease of BC Rail, both in 2003. In addition to exploring Canadian National operations and equipment through depression, war, modernization, and acquisitions, Murray explains how the railway affected and was influenced by the vast and varied regions it served. Marvelous photography from top shooters and Canadian archives, along with period timetables and print ads, illustrate CN's extraordinary geographic reach, diverse operations, and social and economic roles, both as a government entity for 70-plus years and more recently as a privatized industry exemplar.

Book To Stratford Under Steam

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ian Wilson
  • Publisher : Orillia, Ont. : Canadian Branchline Miniatures
  • Release : 2000
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 200 pages

Download or read book To Stratford Under Steam written by Ian Wilson and published by Orillia, Ont. : Canadian Branchline Miniatures. This book was released on 2000 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Guide to North American Steam Locomotives

Download or read book Guide to North American Steam Locomotives written by and published by Waukesha, WI : Kalmbach Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History and development of steam power since 1900, including railroad-by-railroad histories and rosters.

Book Logo Design Love

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Airey
  • Publisher : New Riders
  • Release : 2009-12-20
  • ISBN : 0321702727
  • Pages : 218 pages

Download or read book Logo Design Love written by David Airey and published by New Riders. This book was released on 2009-12-20 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are a lot of books out there that show collections of logos. But David Airey’s “Logo Design Love” is something different: it’s a guide for designers (and clients) who want to understand what this mysterious business is all about. Written in reader-friendly, concise language, with a minimum of designer jargon, Airey gives a surprisingly clear explanation of the process, using a wide assortment of real-life examples to support his points. Anyone involved in creating visual identities, or wanting to learn how to go about it, will find this book invaluable. - Tom Geismar, Chermayeff & Geismar In Logo Design Love, Irish graphic designer David Airey brings the best parts of his wildly popular blog of the same name to the printed page. Just as in the blog, David fills each page of this simple, modern-looking book with gorgeous logos and real world anecdotes that illustrate best practices for designing brand identity systems that last. David not only shares his experiences working with clients, including sketches and final results of his successful designs, but uses the work of many well-known designers to explain why well-crafted brand identity systems are important, how to create iconic logos, and how to best work with clients to achieve success as a designer. Contributors include Gerard Huerta, who designed the logos for Time magazine and Waldenbooks; Lindon Leader, who created the current FedEx brand identity system as well as the CIGNA logo; and many more. Readers will learn: Why one logo is more effective than another How to create their own iconic designs What sets some designers above the rest Best practices for working with clients 25 practical design tips for creating logos that last

Book The Twilight of Steam

    Book Details:
  • Author : Brian Solomon
  • Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
  • Release : 2014-06-15
  • ISBN : 0760345864
  • Pages : 195 pages

Download or read book The Twilight of Steam written by Brian Solomon and published by Voyageur Press (MN). This book was released on 2014-06-15 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVA beautiful retrospective of American steam locomotives in their final years, featuring photography and recollections of the men who documented the end of the steam age. /div

Book Canadian Railroad Trilogy

Download or read book Canadian Railroad Trilogy written by Gordon Lightfoot and published by Groundwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2010-09-18 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nominee for the 2012 Silver Birch Express Award in the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading Program This lavishly illustrated book brings Gordon Lightfoot's heart-stirring song, "Canadian Railroad Trilogy," to readers young and old. The song was commissioned by the CBC in 1967 to mark Canada's centennial year and it has been a classic ever since. It eloquently describes the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway -- "an iron road runnin' from the sea to the sea" -- a great feat of nation building that changed Canada forever for good and for ill, as in the process many people died and were dispossessed of their land. Highly acclaimed, award-winning illustrator Ian Wallace brings the song to visual life with his sweeping landscapes and evocative portrayals of the people who lived the building of the railroad -- from the financiers in the east to First Nations people across the country to the thousands of navvies themselves, many of whom came from as far away as China.

Book The Fourth Industrial Revolution

Download or read book The Fourth Industrial Revolution written by Klaus Schwab and published by Crown Currency. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World-renowned economist Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, explains that we have an opportunity to shape the fourth industrial revolu­tion, which will fundamentally alter how we live and work. Schwab argues that this revolution is different in scale, scope and complexity from any that have come before. Characterized by a range of new technologies that are fusing the physical, digital and biological worlds, the developments are affecting all disciplines, economies, industries and governments, and even challenging ideas about what it means to be human. Artificial intelligence is already all around us, from supercomputers, drones and virtual assistants to 3D printing, DNA sequencing, smart thermostats, wear­able sensors and microchips smaller than a grain of sand. But this is just the beginning: nanomaterials 200 times stronger than steel and a million times thinner than a strand of hair and the first transplant of a 3D printed liver are already in development. Imagine “smart factories” in which global systems of manu­facturing are coordinated virtually, or implantable mobile phones made of biosynthetic materials. The fourth industrial revolution, says Schwab, is more significant, and its ramifications more profound, than in any prior period of human history. He outlines the key technologies driving this revolution and discusses the major impacts expected on government, business, civil society and individu­als. Schwab also offers bold ideas on how to harness these changes and shape a better future—one in which technology empowers people rather than replaces them; progress serves society rather than disrupts it; and in which innovators respect moral and ethical boundaries rather than cross them. We all have the opportunity to contribute to developing new frame­works that advance progress.

Book The Canadian Pacific s Esquimalt   Nanaimo Railway

Download or read book The Canadian Pacific s Esquimalt Nanaimo Railway written by Robert D. Turner and published by Sono NIS Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Self propelled Cars of the CNR

Download or read book Self propelled Cars of the CNR written by Anthony Clegg and published by Pickering, Ont. : Railfare DC Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 19th century, steam-hauled trains had a virtual monopoly on transportation of passengers. After the 1914-1918 Great War, competition from highway vehicles, which had previously not troubled North American railroads to any considerable extent, began to provoke renewed interest in a more economical form of railway motive power, and a number of rail buses of varying designs were introduced. Tony Clegg, who wrote Canadian National Steam Power with Ray Corley, is the author of this book. Self-Propelled Cars of the CNR details how, in November 1925, CNR s new diesel-electric car No. 15820 completed its record-breaking run across the North American continent, from Montreal to Vancouver. The train established a new world's record for endurance, economy, and sustained speed over such a distance. The book explains how this comparatively small self-propelled vehicle led to their wide-spread usage across the Canadian National system, and its rival, the Canadian Pacific Railway. The book describes how, despite the growing popularity of automobiles, and increasing availability of better roads, these new rail cars were successful in stemming the decline in rail passenger patronage, particularly on low-traffic branch lines. There were many types of these specialized vehicles that are fully described in the book, which contains interesting details on a very important part of Canada s railway heritage, with over 100 photographs and illustrations, including many extremely rare photos in full color.

Book Engine Houses   Turntables on Canadian Railways  1850 1950

Download or read book Engine Houses Turntables on Canadian Railways 1850 1950 written by Edward F. Bush and published by Erin, Ont. : Boston Mills Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engine Houses and Turntables on Canadian Railways was written for the information of the Historic Sites & Monuments Board of Canada, as a guide in determining the historic significance of these rapidly disappearing structures, with the demise of the steam locomotive. once a common, if little regarded, feature of railway yards across Canada, the railway roundhouse has merited attention from historical associations and municipalities as a relic of an age that has gone.

Book The Road to Paradise

    Book Details:
  • Author : William M. Moedinger
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2012-11-01
  • ISBN : 9781258521608
  • Pages : 32 pages

Download or read book The Road to Paradise written by William M. Moedinger and published by . This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Constructed in Kingston

    Book Details:
  • Author : Donald R. McQueen
  • Publisher : Kingston, ON : Canadian Railroad Historical Association, Kingston Division
  • Release : 2000
  • ISBN : 9780969828518
  • Pages : 348 pages

Download or read book Constructed in Kingston written by Donald R. McQueen and published by Kingston, ON : Canadian Railroad Historical Association, Kingston Division. This book was released on 2000 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Classic Railroad Scenes  Railroads at Work Hard Cover

Download or read book Classic Railroad Scenes Railroads at Work Hard Cover written by Art Peterson and published by . This book was released on 2021-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Art Peterson is back with more color images from his Krambles-Peterson Archive. This book focuses on freight railroading and features scenes of switching and trains in industrial areas in the Transition and Classic eras. Large photos and in depth captions go beyond just telling what's in the photo - they put the images in context with the greater railroad scene as well as what was going on in the larger society.

Book The Call of Trains

Download or read book The Call of Trains written by Jim Shaughnessy and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jim Shaughnessy is one of the most revered names in railroad photography, yet until now there has not been a monograph devoted solely to his work. Photo-historian and railroad enthusiast Jeff Brouws (A Passion for Trains) has worked closely with Shaughnessy to select 170 evocative photographs from his sixty-year career to create The Call of Trains - the first comprehensive overview of his life and work." "Shaughnessy began photographing steam locomotives in his hometown of Troy, New York, in 1946. Over the next decade-and-a-half he made numerous trips in pursuit of steam throughout the eastern United States, the far West, the Canadian provinces, and Mexico. He would go on to document the dramatic steam-to-diesel transition, capturing the trains, depots, workers, roundhouses, and back shops that made up the American railroad landscape. In later decades he faithfully recorded the changing fortunes of railroading in the Northeast as merger and contraction affected the industry. He is still actively photographing the railroad scene in 2008"--BOOK JACKET.

Book Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives

Download or read book Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives written by Omer Lavallée and published by West Hill, Ont. : Railfare Enterprises. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: