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The Last Steam Railroad in America
Author | : Thomas H. Garver |
Publsiher | : ABRAMS |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Railroads |
ISBN | : UOM:49015002295013 |
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Photographs and text introduce the reader to the people and places associated with the Norfolk and Western Railway which in the 1950s was the last American railroad to utilize steam engines.
Steam Steel Stars
Author | : Tim Hensley |
Publsiher | : Abradale Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Night photography |
ISBN | : 0810981858 |
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Ninety photographs with captions present the activities of the Norfolk and Western Railway, the last major railroad in America to use steam power. Most of the photographs were taken at night, and Thomas H. Garver's afterword includes description of Link's methods of flash photography.
The Last Steam Railroad in America
Author | : Thomas H. Garver |
Publsiher | : Harry N. Abrams |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2000-09-01 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 0810982013 |
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Celebrates the Norfolk and Western Railway and the communities through which the last commercially-operated steam engines in America traveled.
The Last Steam Railroad in America
Author | : Thomas H. Garver |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Railroads |
ISBN | : OCLC:648995941 |
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Perfecting the American Steam Locomotive
Author | : J. Parker Lamb |
Publsiher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2003-07-08 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 0253342198 |
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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.
The Heritage of North American Steam Railroads
Author | : Brian Solomon |
Publsiher | : Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105110413262 |
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Complete with Travelers Tales boxes, specially commissioned maps & a listing of heritage team locomotives still in action today, this exciting chronicle tells the complete story of how the Iron Horse changed the course of history.
American Steam Locomotives
Author | : William L. Withuhn |
Publsiher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 2019-03-01 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780253039354 |
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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.
The American Steam Locomotive in the Twentieth Century
Author | : Tom Morrison |
Publsiher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 637 |
Release | : 2018-07-24 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9781476627939 |
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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.