American steam locomotives : design and development, 1880-1960 /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Withuhn, William L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington, IN : Pflugerville, TX : Indiana University Press ; Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, Inc., [2019]
Colección:Railroads past and present.
Temas:
Steam locomotives > United States > History.
Railroads > United States > History.
Locomotives à vapeur > États-Unis > Histoire.
TRANSPORTATION > Railroads > General.
Railroads.
Steam locomotives.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • High-wheeled racers
  • More wheels and bigger fireboxes
  • Vehicular design for horsepower
  • Big wheels turning
  • Compounding
  • Superheating
  • Francis Cole
  • Locomotive safety regulation
  • Leadership in industrial research
  • Federal takeover
  • The formative contest
  • The steam locomotive's final form: the Texas type
  • The steam locomotive's final form: the Hudson
  • Streamlining
  • The Northern
  • Giants upon the Earth
  • Counterpoint: why the diesel?
  • Big Boy and Allegheny
  • The T1 and poppet valves
  • Norfolk & Western's Big Three
  • Resisting the revolution
  • Industrial beauty and the beholder.

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