[PDF] Twentieth Century Locomotives eBook

Author : Tom Morrison
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 637 pages
File Size : 50,43 MB
Release : 2018-07-24
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1476627932

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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.

Author : Richard J. Cook
Publisher : Motorbooks International
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 33,23 MB
Release : 1996-08-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781883089269

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The story of America's most famous train. In 1938 the Twentieth Century Limited was equipped with all-new steel cars and introduced a spectacular fleet of streamlined steam locomotives. Includes information on the locomotives, the cars, schedules, and great photography of the 20th Century on route.

Author : Gordon Edgar
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 43,65 MB
Release : 2022-01-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1445685108

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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 twentieth century.

Author : Martin Edward Malia
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 33,47 MB
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300126907

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This masterful comparative history traces the West’s revolutionary tradition and its culmination in the Communist revolutions of the twentieth century. Unique in breadth and scope, History’s Locomotives offers a new interpretation of the origins and history of socialism as well as the meanings of the Russian Revolution, the rise of the Soviet regime, and the ultimate collapse of the Soviet Union. History’s Locomotives is the masterwork of an esteemed historian in whom a fine sense of historical particularity never interfered with the ability to see the large picture. Martin Malia explores religious conflicts in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Europe, the revolutions in England, American, and France, and the twentieth-century Russian explosions into revolution. He concludes that twentieth-century revolutions have deep roots in European history and that revolutionary thought and action underwent a process of radicalization from one great revolution to the next. Malia offers an original view of the phenomenon of revolution and a fascinating assessment of its power as a driving force in history.

Author : Derek Avery
Publisher :
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 47,12 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Locomotives
ISBN : 9781853268168

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Describes the history and uses of steam locomotives, the different types, and some famous models.

Author : Karl R. Zimmerman
Publisher : Motorbooks International
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 30,73 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780760314227

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This authoritative history of the 20th Century Limited from 1902 to its 1967 demise examines the train; its steam, electric, and diesel motive power; and its swank passenger cars, services, and amenities. The Century was a train of magnates and movie stars, with a red carpet rolled out for departure from Chicago to New York City. With the finest of food in the diner and a full array of amenities - barber, secretary, shower, maid - the 20th Century Limited set the standards against which all other passenger trains would be measured. This book tells the complete story of this extraordinary train, from its illustrious beginning in the days of opulent wooden cars through its demise in the era of passenger-train cutbacks that lead to the formation of Amtrak.