The Last of Steam

The Last of Steam
Author: Joe G. Collias
Publisher:
Total Pages: 269
Release: 1994-01-01
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780911581324

This collection of pictures contains 300 photographs and a minimum of text. The sights, smells and sounds of steam come alive in this book as the waning years of steam railroading throughout the United States is presented. Many roads are included such as the AT&SF, B&O, CN, CP, C&O, CB&Q, Milw., C&NW, RI, Rio Grande, NYC, Pennsy and many more.

Steam, Steel & Stars

Steam, Steel & Stars
Author: Tim Hensley
Publisher: Abradale Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Night photography
ISBN: 9780810981850

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.

China

China
Author: Gordon Edgar
Publisher: Artist's and Photographers' Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9781904332800

China was the last country in the world to build steam locomotives. The final main line engines emerged from Datong workshops in December 1988 and production of steam locomotives for industrial use continued until 1999. The final few steam locomotives were withdrawn from service in 2003, making China the last country to use steam on its main lines. Total eradication of China's steam programme is set to coincide with the Olympic games in 2008. When this happens, it will be the end of the last mecca for fans of real steam. This is a photo essay detailing the end of this era.

Glover Steam Locomotives

Glover Steam Locomotives
Author: Richard L. Hillman
Publisher: Heimburger House Publishing Company
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996-07-01
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780911581409

One of the oldest companies in Georgia, the Glover Machine Works produced 200 small steam locomotives in eight different gauges. The only recorded history of this company is now available in a deluxe 10” x 10”, 128-page hardbound book from Heimburger House Publishing Company and written by Marietta resident Richard L. Hillman. The amazing archives of its historic records allows for a complete description of this fascinating company. From the first engine that rolled out of the Glover shops in 1902 to the removal of the last steam locomotive from the plant in 1995, Glover Machine Works followed the rise and fall of the lumbering and mining industries of the South. Although Glover locomotive production never rivaled companies such as Alco or Baldwin, Glover provided as many as 200 small steam locomotives in several gauges to a variety of companies in a dozen states and the same number of foreign countries, mostly in the Caribbean and South America. Learn about the various wheel arrangements, weights, tractive efforts and gauges as you step back in time with each page. The Glover plant turned out 0-4-0s, 0-4-2s, 0-4-4s, 0-6-0s, 0-6-2s, 0-6-4s, 2-6-0s, 2-8-0s and 4-6-0s in eight different gauges including 24”, 36” and standard gauge. By 1930, the firm had expanded into other types of industrial products to fill the locomotive void, and left the locomotive business to others. This book proudly features many of the glass plate negatives that were retained by Glover in the plant archives where hundreds of original documents, catalogs and photographs were stored for many years. The Eastman Kodak Company helped supply materials in producing the Glover archive photographs. Lavishly illustrated with 230 pictures and many builder’s photos, this book contains eight chapters and a locomotive roster, a photo gallery illustrating the locomotives and a chapter entitled Puzzle Pages. The Glover Machine Works, now dissolved and the plant torn down, continues to evoke memories of small, distinctive steam engines that made their way mostly into the South’s stone and marble quarries and lumbering operations.

Steam

Steam
Author: Stephen Dupont
Publisher: Dewi Lewis Publishing
Total Pages: 104
Release: 1999
Genre: History
ISBN:

Photographs by Stephen Dupont Introduction by Mark Tully This is an extraordinary photographic record of the last steam trains in India that captures not only the fascination of the steam engine but also the sense of past which will never be revisited. It is not, however, simply a book for railway enthusiasts; these are images of great emotional power that embrace not only just the magnificence of steam but also portrays the dignity of a workforce in an industry on the verge of extinction. 70 duotone plates.

The Twilight of Steam

The Twilight of Steam
Author: Brian Solomon
Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2014-06-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0760345864

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

Giants of Steam

Giants of Steam
Author: Jonathan Glancey
Publisher:
Total Pages: 644
Release: 2014-09-01
Genre: Large type books
ISBN: 9781459684348

The thrilling story of the last, and greatest, generation of steam railway locomotives in regular main line service: a story of invention, skill and passion, Giants of Steam reveals how the true advocates of steam's glory days pushed its design and performance to remarkable limits, taking these powerful and beautifully designed machines to new heights against a backdrop of the political upheavals and military conflicts of the mid twentieth century. Glancey tells the stories of the greatest of the 'steam men', the charismatic engineers who designed these machines and put them to use. Giants of Steam also reveals how steam design has continued to progress against the odds in recent decades, while enthusiasm for the steam locomotive itself is far from burning out.

Last Day Blues

Last Day Blues
Author: Julie Danneberg
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2006
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1580890466

During the last week of school, the students in Mrs. Hartwell's class try to come up with the perfect present for their teacher.

The Last Steam Railroad in America

The Last Steam Railroad in America
Author: Thomas H. Garver
Publisher: ABRAMS
Total Pages: 152
Release: 1995
Genre: Photography
ISBN:

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.