Description
| Product ID: | 9781476679006 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | The American Steam Locomotive in the Twentieth Century |
| Authors: | Author: Tom Morrison |
| Page Count: | 636 |
| Subjects: | Transport industries, Railway transport industries, History of engineering and technology, Railway technology, engineering and trades, Trains and railways: general interest, History of engineering & technology, Railway technology, engineering & trades, Trains & railways: general interest, USA, 20th century |
| Description: | Between 1900 and 1950, Americans built the most powerful steam locomotives of all time - enormous engines that powered a colossal industry. Drawing on the work of engineers and railroad managers of the day, this lavishly illustrated history chronicles the challenges, triumphs and failures of American steam locomotive development and operation. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | McFarland & Co Inc |
| Publisher Name: | McFarland & Co Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-03-30 |