World Steam Locomotives

Author : Brian Solomon
Publisher : Dearborn Trade Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780760305430
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Narrow Gauge Steam Locomotives written by Brian Solomon and published by Dearborn Trade Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Wales to the modern steam-powered tourist trains of Pennsylvania, New Mexico, and Colorado. Features coal-consuming behemoths and the men and women who keep them chugging along tracks that measure just two to three feet in width.

Author : Ken Gibbs
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445624257
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Steam Locomotive written by Ken Gibbs and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2012-12-15 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : James S. Baldwin
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9780752494470
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flying Scotsman written by James S. Baldwin and published by History Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone knows the name Flying Scotsman but not everyone knows the history of this world-famous locomotive. Here Baldwin takes the reader on a railway journey through time, beginning with the Great Northern Railway years, through LNER, BR, Alan Peglar and beyond, right to the National Railway Museum's acquisition of it in 2004 and the restoration process since then.

Author : William Rosen
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226726347
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Most Powerful Idea in the World written by William Rosen and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Most Powerful Idea in the World argues that the very notion of intellectual property drove not only the invention of the steam engine but also the entire Industrial Revolution." -- Back cover.

Author : Peter William Brett Semmens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781383029369
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Steam Locomotives Really Work written by Peter William Brett Semmens and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describing the anatomy and physiology of the steam train, this work covers engine design, converting fuel into mechanical traction, and the function and design of the various components of the engine.

Author : William L. Withuhn
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253039347
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Steam Locomotives written by William L. Withuhn and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Colin Garratt
Publisher : Holiday House
ISBN 13 : 9780671086428
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Steam Trains of the World written by Colin Garratt and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 1987 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the British Isles and the Middle East, from Russia and China and the Ocean Islands of Australasia, pictures of the highest quality have been included to present a lavish illustration of living steam. Here are facts and tales about the lines operating today, the landscapes they cross and the cargoes they haul. Here also are detailed commentaries on the world's magnificent engines, documented with a clear guide as to where throughout the world they can be found.

Author : Phil Horton
Publisher : Silver Link Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781857945690
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Steam Engines of World War II in Europe written by Phil Horton and published by Silver Link Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-24 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few events had a greater influence on Europe's railways in the 20th century than the Second World War. As described in this book, thousands of steam engines were produced for the conflict by all sides. Although many were damaged during the war, most survived. Indeed, many of the British and American engines arrived in Europe too late and were immediately put into store. They and their German contemporaries were to form a mainstay of the peacetime railways of Europe and Great Britain, in many cases until the end of steam. Many other ex-war engines found employment on the Continent's heritage railways. The author first encountered these engines while trainspotting in the late 1950s. At the end of GB steam he extended his interest to the Continent. With the help of like-minded enthusiasts this book records his pursuit of these engines, when they were still at work and in preservation.

Author : Gordon Edgar
Publisher : Artist's and Photographers' Press
ISBN 13 : 9781904332800
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book China written by Gordon Edgar and published by Artist's and Photographers' Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Gordon Edgar
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1398108111
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The World's Last Steam Locomotives in Industry: The 21st Century written by Gordon Edgar and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2023-03-15 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning collection of rare photographs documenting the last years of industrial steam around the world. This first volume focuses on scenes captured in the twenty-first century.