The Boys' Book of Locomotives
Author | : Joseph Russell Howden |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 1909 |
Genre | : Locomotives |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Joseph Russell Howden |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 1909 |
Genre | : Locomotives |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Bob Withers |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2007-09-26 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1439619379 |
In 1827, a group of Baltimore capitalists feared their city would be left out of the lucrative East Coast-to-Midwest trade that other eastern cities were developing; thus, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was chartered. Political pressure kept the B&O out of Pennsylvania at first, and so track crews headed for what is now West Virginia, building mountainous routes with torturous grades to Wheeling and Parkersburg. Eventually the B&O financed and acquired a spiderweb of branch lines that covered much of the northern and central parts of the Mountain State. This book takes a close look at the line's locomotives, passenger and freight trains, structures, and, most importantly, its people who endeared their company to generations of travelers, shippers, and small Appalachian communities.
Author | : Eugene L Huddleston |
Publisher | : Chesapeake & Ohio Hist. Soc. |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2005-12-15 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780939487752 |
This book fuels the world-wide interest in American locomotives of the late-steam era, when strong performance, high horsepower, and functional beauty were givens. Among roads wealthy enough to afford such engines, Chesapeake & Ohio was in the forefront with its 'Super Power,' and this new book systematically sets forth the development, use, maintenance, and performance of these 'custom made' designs from the introduction in 1930 of the C&O T-1, then the world's most powerful two-cylinder locomotive, through the 'Kanawhas' and 'Greenbriers' of the 1940s, to the L-2 class of 1942 and 1948, the worlds heaviest Hudsons, to the last fifteen of the Allegheny type, which had established the highest drawbar horsepower record of any steam locomotive in the world. The fascinating story of C&O Super Power involves not only the road's own Mechanical Department in Richmond, Virginia, but its close association with Lima Locomotive Works, of Lima, Ohio, and its even closer kinship with the authoritative Advisory Mechanical Committee of Cleveland, Ohio. In giving the reader a fresh and penetrating examination of C&O Super Power, this book brings together over 175 photos, plus reproductions of C&O's own locomotive diagrams and an ICC inspection report for Allegheny no. 1604, preserved today in Baltimore. The photos were carefully selected for quality, relevance to the text, and originality. These action and still photos hopefully will offer images seldom if ever seen before that the viewer will greet with surprise and delight.
Author | : James D. Dilts |
Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 594 |
Release | : 1996-10-01 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780804726290 |
This masterful, richly illustrated account of the planning and building of the most important and influential early American railroad contributes not only to the railway history but to the history of the development of the United States in the 19th century. 80 illustrations.
Author | : Dave Oroszi |
Publisher | : Voyageur Press |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2008-11-12 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780760329290 |
As Americas first common-carrier railroad--a railroad mandated to operate for the public and for commerce--the Baltimore & Ohio set the stage for North American railway development. And as such, the railroad racked up a remarkable list of firsts--first to offer scheduled passenger service, first to experiment with steam power, and the first air-conditioned passenger cars, lightweight streamliners, high-speed passenger diesels, and "piggyback" freight services--to name just a few. In this expanded hardcover reissue of the popular 2000 release, authors Kirk Reynolds and Dave Oroszi explore these accomplishments, and with them a significant chapter in American railway history. With an all-new collection of more than 150 photos and illustrations, the book gives a colorful account of the evolution of one of the nations most enduring railroad icons, through good times and bad. Reynolds and Oroszi follow the B&O from its infancy as a horse-powered railway in the first half of the nineteenth century to its 1987 amalgamation into the vast CSX Transportation network. The book tells how the B&O, handicapped by its rugged route from the East Coast to the Midwest nonetheless proved second to none in serving its customers--whether on star passenger lines like the Capitol Limited and National Limited or on a freight network that included such notable offerings as "Sentinel Service" and the "Timesaver" freights. The railroads story, as it unfolds in these pages, makes for an evocative journey through 160 years of railroad history.
Author | : Arthur W. Wallace |
Publisher | : Heimburger House Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2004-04-04 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780911581553 |
William Mason’s beautiful steam locomotives were considered the finest in form and function, the “Rolls Royces” of the day. More than 700 of these locomotives were built at the Taunton, Massachusetts factory beginning in 1853. After 50 years of research, Art Wallace brings the complete Mason locomotive story to light. In detailed text and nearly 200 photographs and illustrations, Mason’s handiwork comes to life in this rich historical volume. From American Standard 4-4-0s to 4-6-0s and double-truck 0-6-6Ts and 2-8-6T’s, Mason locomotives have captured the eye of railfans, engineers and historians for decades. Now you can read the fascinating story and see the products that made Mason famous.
Author | : Jan Young |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2017-11-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1387408615 |
"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
Author | : William D. Edson |
Publisher | : Edson Publications |
Total Pages | : 221 |
Release | : 1992-01-01 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9780963291301 |
Author | : Patrick H. Stakem |
Publisher | : Pat Stakem |
Total Pages | : 159 |
Release | : 2008-11 |
Genre | : Locomotives |
ISBN | : 0972596623 |
A transcription of Ross winans pocket notebook converning delivery of locomotives 1830-1860, cross-referenced with the rosters of the customer railroads. A copy of Winans' locomotive patents is included in chronological order, showing the development process.Technical, Economic, failure analysis of thc locomotives. Extensive references. End notes. Five pictures. covers the development process of "The Baltimore Engines"