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Publisher: Waukesha, WI : Kalmbach Books
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780890242063
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →History and development of steam power since 1900, including railroad-by-railroad histories and rosters.
Author: J. Parker Lamb
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2003-07-08
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780253342195
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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: George Drury
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company
Published: 2015-11-19
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781627002592
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"The GUIDE TO NORTH AMERICAN STEAM LOCOMOTIVES, Revised edition, takes a detailed look at how steam locomotives work, how they evolved, and how engines of various wheel arrangements were developed. Detailed entries for more than 90 railroads provide rosters and follow the development of steam power on each line, including when steam engines were finally replaced by diesels." -- page 4 of cover.
Author: Reed Kinert
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2012-11-01
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 0486141403
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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
Published: 2019-03-01
Total Pages: 464
ISBN-13: 0253039355
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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: Ken Boyd
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Co
Published: 2018-10-16
Total Pages: 235
ISBN-13: 1627005099
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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: Voyageur Press (MN)
Published: 2016-06-15
Total Pages: 211
ISBN-13: 0760349975
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The ultimate guide for train lovers, Field Guide to Trains is fully loaded with pictures and fun facts on all the machines that ride the rails
Author: Ken Gibbs
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2012-12-15
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13: 1445624257
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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: Jeff Wilson
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781627004558
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"This book covers the history, development, construction, and operation of diesel locomotives, from pioneering boxcab switchers of the 1920s to today's high-horsepower AC-traction-motor road locomotives. Roster information for more than 120 historical and current railroads helps show how various railroads dieselized and what power they used on their freight and passenger trains."--
Author: Tom Morrison
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2018-07-24
Total Pages: 637
ISBN-13: 1476627932
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
