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Book Traction Engine Album

Download or read book Traction Engine Album written by Malcolm Ranieri and published by Crowood Press UK. This book was released on 2006-03-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The age of the traction engine is now past, but these romantic leviathans of road and field excite great interest not only among those who remember them in their heyday, but also those brought up in the age of the lorry and tractor. Malcolm Ranieri, who has been photographing preserved steam for over twenty years, has assembled this classic selection of photographs of the best of British traction engines, rollers, steam wagons and more. Photographed at work and at rest at locations all over the United Kingdom, all the major manufacturers - with famous names like Fowler, Burrell and Aveling & Porter - are represented.

Book The Album of American Steam Traction Engines

Download or read book The Album of American Steam Traction Engines written by T. H. Smith and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Album of Historical Steam Traction Engines

Download or read book Album of Historical Steam Traction Engines written by Floyd Clymer and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Album of Historical Steam Traction Engines and Threshing Equipment

Download or read book Album of Historical Steam Traction Engines and Threshing Equipment written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Floyd Clymer s Album of Historical Steam Traction Engines

Download or read book Floyd Clymer s Album of Historical Steam Traction Engines written by Floyd Clymer and published by . This book was released on 1979-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Floyd Clymer s Album of Historical Steam Traction Engines

Download or read book Floyd Clymer s Album of Historical Steam Traction Engines written by Floyd Clymer and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Album of Historical Steam Traction Engines  and Threshing Equipment

Download or read book Album of Historical Steam Traction Engines and Threshing Equipment written by Joseph Floyd Clymer and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Locomotive Engineer s Album

Download or read book A Locomotive Engineer s Album written by George B. Abdill and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A working locomotive engineer on the Southern Pacific, Portland Division, Abdill knows railroading. If ever a book is to be the "compleat [sic] railroader" this one is it. In this, the fifth of his railroad pictorial histories, author Abdill has collected photos from a hundred archives. Many of the photos exceed or approach the century mark in age, most have never been published before, all are rare. These pictures, combined with Abdill's delightful "round house" story-telling and his usual talent for reciting history accurately, yet interestingly, tell this story as it has never been told before. - Publisher

Book Floyd Clymer s Album of Historical Traction Engines

Download or read book Floyd Clymer s Album of Historical Traction Engines written by Floyd Clymer and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Age of Steam

    Book Details:
  • Author : Lucius Beebe
  • Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
  • Release : 1994
  • ISBN : 9780883940792
  • Pages : 312 pages

Download or read book The Age of Steam written by Lucius Beebe and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 1994 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Portrays 125 years of steam engine operations on the railroad.

Book Traction Engine Troubles

Download or read book Traction Engine Troubles written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Traction Engines

    Book Details:
  • Author : Derek A. Rayner
  • Publisher : Shire Publications
  • Release : 2008-03-04
  • ISBN : 9780747805250
  • Pages : 40 pages

Download or read book Traction Engines written by Derek A. Rayner and published by Shire Publications. This book was released on 2008-03-04 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traction engines steam engines to haul loads on the roads developed in the mid 1860s and were usually dirty, noisy and somewhat crude to handle. This book brings together much information about these engines, from the earliest to the latest, about how they worked and what they did. Attention is also given to the various derivatives of the traction engine the humble portable, the well-known steam roller, the steam tractor, majestic road locomotive, ploughing engine and, last but not least, the King of the Road, the glorious and glittering showman's engine. The informative text is accompanied by illustrations that show something of the age in which traction engines worked and of the age when they became treasured historic relics. Engines appear at rallies and other events all over Great Britain and in many other countries. On these occasions they are visited and admired by thousands of people and are now part of our engineering heritage.

Book Traction Engines

    Book Details:
  • Author : Harold Bonnett
  • Publisher : Shire Publications
  • Release : 1985-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780852637388
  • Pages : 32 pages

Download or read book Traction Engines written by Harold Bonnett and published by Shire Publications. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traction engines developed in the mid 1860s and were usually dirty, noisy and somewhat crude to handle. They were driven initially by men who were perhaps not very skilled in handling them but these men were not just drivers ndash; they developed the task into an art. This book brings together much information about these engines, from the earliest to the latest. Attention is also given to the various derivatives of the traction engine ndash; the humble portable, the well-known steam roller, the little steam tractor, majestic road locomotives and ploughing engines and, not least, the King of the Road, the glorious and glittering showman's engine. About the author Derek Rayner first drove a traction engine in 1963. He and two friends purchased a 1915 Aveling & Porter steam roller in 1964 and he has been its sole owner since 1968. Mr Rayner is president of the Leeds & District Traction Engine Club and is assistant editor of Steaming, the magazine of the National Traction Engine Trust. Other titles for Shire by this author: Road Rollers Steam Wagons