Download or read book Steam Locomotive and Railroad Tradition written by and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Steam Locomotive Railroad Tradition written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Perfecting the American Steam Locomotive written by J. Parker Lamb and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2003-07-08 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book American Steam Locomotives written by William L. Withuhn and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Early American Steam Locomotives written by Reed Kinert and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Fashion in Steel Streamlined Steam Locomotives in North America written by Jan Young and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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
Download or read book The First Quarter century of Steam Locomotives in North America written by Smith Hempstone Oliver and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Twilight of Steam Locomotives written by Ron Ziel and published by New York : Grosset & Dunlap. This book was released on 1963 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the steam locomotive's history from its origin in the 1820's to its decline in the 1920's.
Download or read book The Steam Locomotive written by Ken Gibbs and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2012-12-15 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Last Winter written by Frank Barry and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of the First Locomotives in America written by William Henry Brown and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Last of Steam written by Joe G. Collias and published by Howell-North Books, Incorporated. This book was released on 1960 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sight, smell and sound of steam comes alive in this spectacular tribute to the powerful U.S. steam locomotives of yesteryear. Hundreds of nostalgic photographs capture the powerful steam trains of the '40s and '50s, including trains from Union Pacific, New York Central, Great Northern, Norfolk & Western, and many more. A true photo treasure depicting steam locomotives at work across the U.S. Filled with all-original photographs of the steamers that are gone but not forgotten. Sftbd., 8 1/2 x 11, 269 pgs., 279 b & w ill.
Download or read book The Golden Age of Steam written by Colin Garratt and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arranged chronologically, this book book charts the history and development of locomotives from 1830 to 1950, detailing the early British innovations in steam; the Battle of the Gauges; the American Mikados, Shays, Switchers, and Record Breakers; the early Canadian freight trains; European mountain power; and the enduring steam locomotives of India and South America. 400+ color photos.
Download or read book The Steam Locomotive in America written by Alfred W. Bruce and published by New York : W.W. Norton. This book was released on 1952 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The American Steam Locomotive in the Twentieth Century written by Tom Morrison and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-07-24 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book History of the First Locomotives in America written by William Henry Brown and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Steam Locomotives written by Karl Zimmermann and published by Boyds Mills Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the history and workings of steam locomotives.
