W. W. Norton & Company, 1950. — 255 p. From the first Atlantic and Prairie types, fifty years of progress are shown by well over 100 full-page plates, together with diagrams and descriptions. The locomotive illustrations have been carefully chosen to show milestones in improved designs and for photogenic interest. Every major railroad is represented. Black and white photographs.
MBI Publishing Company, 2006. — 196 p. An illustrated history of US motive power, both freight and passenger Steam Locomotives Electric Locomotives Diesel Locomotives
Pen & Sword Transport, 2018. — 114 p. — ISBN: 978-1-473857-10-4. In this new album from Pen & Sword, transport historian and photographer Jim Blake presents a selection of pictures he took around the country in British steam's final years. British Railways withdrew their last steam engines with almost indecent haste in the mid- to late-1960s, many having seen only a few years'...
Chicago, Il: Railway Publication society, 1906. — 666 p. The Prior self-educational railway series, volume VI. This work has been compiled for the use of Machinists, Engimare and others who are interested in the time and operation of the Machinery and Machine Tools in a modern machine shop, end every effort has been made by the author to deal with the subjects which come within...
London: Pen and Sword Transport, 2017. — 200 p. This fascinating book explores the development of locomotives over the course of fifty years. From Richard Trevithick's first experimental road engine of 1801 up to the Great Exhibition some fifty years later, locomotives have come far in reimagining and reinventing themselves to serve the people and British industry. The early...
Madrid, Fundación Esteyco, 2006, 250 pags. Text in Spanish. The conten of the book is: Presentación. Los Primeros Puentes del Tren. Segunda mitad del Siglo XIX. Los Puentes Tenían Alma de Hierrro. Siglo XX. La Edad de Oro del Hormigón. Criterios de Diseño de los Puentes Contemporáneos. Un Epílogo que Mira al futuro The books is a history the development of the bridge's...
L.: Macdonald Educational, 1970. — 70 p. Traces the origin and development of rail transportation in England, Europe, and the U.S., looks at unusual trains, and examines the political and economic impact of railroads.
Wharncliffe, 2015. — 202 p. First published in 1879, this book has been identified as a lost publication by Peter Waterman, who is writing the introduction to the reprint. The book, which was published in the year of the Tay Bridge Disaster and the Zulu War in South Africa, looks in to the history and development of the steam Locomotive, from 1804-1879. It shows examples of...
London: Edward Arnold and Co, 1927. — 292 p. The first known electric locomotive was built in 1837 by chemist Robert Davidson of Aberdeen, and it was powered by galvanic cells (batteries). Davidson later built a larger locomotive named Galvani, exhibited at the Royal Scottish Society of Arts Exhibition in 1841. The seven-ton vehicle had two direct-drive reluctance motors, with...
Kalmbach Books, 1993. — 452 p. Presents the mechanical features of every locomotive constructed from 1900 to 1953, including boilers, pistons, and drivers.
New York: Four Winds Press, 1969. — 134 p. In words and pictures, All Aboard! traces the history of America's trains all the way from the very first experimental engine to today's enormous diesels and the jet-powered trains of the future. There are chapters about the earliest trains and the problems that had to be solved to make them safe to ride...about the terrible dangers...
New York: Castle Books, 1955. — 246 p. Railroading Around the World is a book of strikingly beautiful pictures collected by the author while inspecting the operations of thirty-four railroads in twenty-two countries. The text explains the pictures and gives a vivid account of the conditions and problems met and solved by railroad men everywhere. The many American devotees of...
Wharncliffe Transport, 2013. — 224 p. — ISBN: 978-1526766564. Passengers on the early railways took their lives in their hands every time they got on board a train. It was so dangerous that they could buy an insurance policy with their ticket. There seemed to be an acceptance that the level danger was tolerable in return for the speed of travel that was now available to them....
Amberley Publishing, 2012. — 256 p. — ISBN: 1445609185. Books on railway history invariably start with the Stephenson's or with Richard Trevithick's locomotive of 1804., but the story begins much earlier with the development of steam engines for pumping out deep mines. Ken Gibbs, a retired engineer who served his apprenticeship in the Swindon Works of British Railways, takes a...
Amberley Publishing, 2012. — 256 p. — ISBN: 1445609185. Books on railway history invariably start with the Stephenson's or with Richard Trevithick's locomotive of 1804., but the story begins much earlier with the development of steam engines for pumping out deep mines. Ken Gibbs, a retired engineer who served his apprenticeship in the Swindon Works of British Railways, takes a...
Barsnley Seaforth Publishing, 2012. — 184 p. For 100 years, between 1850 and 1950, the cargo liner grew to dominate the world s trade routes, providing regular services that merchants, shippers and importers could rely on; they carried much of the world s higher value manufactured goods and raw materials and their services spread to most corners of the world. They were the tool...
New York: Ten Speed Press, 1973. — 142 p. Approaching the cable car as something of interest beyond a simple historical anachronism is not a serious endeavor…
Ashgate Publishing Company, 2011. — 456 p. — ISBN: 0754655393 This book is the first substantial study in any language of one of revolutionary Russia's most distinguished and controversial engineers - Iurii Vladimirovich Lomonosov (1876-1952). Not only does it provide an outline of his remarkable life and career, it also explores the relationship between science, technology and...
New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1910. — 201 p. It is indicative of the rapid progress of the application of electricity to the propulsion of railway trains, that it is no longer possible, within the bounds of a single volume, to cover the entire subject with any approach to adequacy. Indeed, in limiting my programme to Electric Trains, I have still found the field too wide...
London and New York: Routledge, 2006. — 268 p. — ISBN: 978-0-415-32052-8. The image of the shinkansen - or 'bullet train' - passing Mount Fuji is one of the most renowned images of modern Japan. Yet, despite its international reputation for speed and punctuality, little is understood about what makes it work so well and what its impact is. A Japanese Conpany in Crisis Japan's...
New York: Barron's, 1998. — 36 p. Take a journey through time to discover the history of railways, from the pioneering days of steam to the high-speed electric trains of today … including the first steam railways, great train journeys, passenger comfort, freight and railway mail, traveling underground, trains of the future.
Ian Allan, 2010. — 130 p. — ISBN: 0860936317. The Snowdon Mountain Railway is unique among Britain's railways, quite literally a Swiss mountain rack-and-pinion railway translated to the grandeur of Snowdonia to ascend Wales' highest peak, Mount Snowdon. Built in 1895 by the Snowdon Mountain Tramroad & Hotels Company, it is usually best remembered for the tragic accident that...
L.: Mortons Media Group, 2016. — 133 p. Passengers on the early railways took their lives in their hands every time they got on board a train. It was so dangerous that they could buy an insurance policy with their ticket. There seemed to be an acceptance that the level danger was tolerable in return for the speed of travel that was now available to them. British Railway...
Horncastle: Mortons Media Group, 2016. — 133 p. A flying history of Flying Scotsman The Young Pretender Magnificence on the Moors! Starring Scotsman Scotsman stars on Southern metals Tornado: Keeping the dream alive Too famous to run? The Shildon Shed Bash Scotsman stars at Swindon Mk.II! Pacific Power in the Valley Tornado at 90mph! A locomotive better than both? Flying...
Mortons Media Group Ltd., 2014. 131 p. Mallard's greatest rival and Britain's most powerful steam locomotive. The LMS coronation class. The route of the Duchesses Headhunted for glory Driver tom Clark Coronation and crockery From blue and red to black: the streamline era A princess Coronation takes the States by storm The Day of the Duchesses Duchess of Hamilton: a second life...
Forward, 2015. 131 p. From Heritage Railway magazine editor Robin Jones, illustrated publication tells the story of the Great Central Railway, the only double track preserved steam railway in the world which is embarking on a major project to become the world’s only inter-city heritage line. The main focus is on the hugely popular modern day line running between Loughborough...
Oxford University Press, 2011. XII, 508 p. — ISBN: 978-0-19-536989-2. Praised by the Chicago Tribune as "thoroughly and compellingly detailed history," Volumes I and II of Maury Klein's monumental history of the Union Pacific Railroad covered the years from 1863-1969. Now the third and final volume brings the story of the Union Pacific-the oldest, largest, and most successful...
Henry Holt and Company LLC, 2007. — 356 p. — ISBN: 978-0805077056. The never-before-told story of one of the worst rail disasters in U.S. history in which two trains full of people, trapped high in the Cascade Mountains, are hit by a devastating avalanche. In February 1910, a monstrous blizzard centered on Washington State hit the Northwest, breaking records. The world...
New York: Arco Publishing Company, 1977. — 156 p. Numerous color plates and text describing 64 of the world's great steam locomotives, from the Stephenson Rocket of 1829 to the last steam locomotive built in 1960, the Evening Star, for British Railways.
New York: National Geographic Society, 1977. — 212 p. The story of American railroads is the story of the growth of a nation. Towns mushroomed, industries flourished, and the country boomed along the new routes of travel and commerce that linked cultural groups as well as geographic regions. "For most of our history, railroads have been a vital part of American life," writes...
New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2013. — 320 p. A rich, illustrated - and entertaining -- history of the iconic Grand Central Terminal, from one of New York City's favorite writers, just in time to celebrate the train station's 100th fabulous anniversary. In the winter of 1913, Grand Central Station was officially opened and immediately became one of the most beautiful and...
Berlin; Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 1988. — 501 p. — (VDI-Buch) — ISBN: 978-3-642-95771-0 ISBN: 978-3-642-95770-3 (eBook). In überwältigender Fülle bietet sich hier ein fachkundiger Streifzug durch die Entwicklung der deutschen Eisenbahnfahrzeuge. In anschaulichen, historisch und technisch fundierten Texten berichten 27 Kenner über Dampf-, Diesel-, E-Lokomotiven, Reisezug- und...
Translated from the German by Anselm Hollo. — New York: Urizen Books, 1979. — 232 p. Fascinating look at the development of train travel in the 19th century, especially the stress it placed on individuals and communities. Chapters cover the development of standard railroad time, the birth of iron and glass stations that served as communal temples to industry and gateways to the...
New York: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. — 261 p. I agree with the prior reviews that lay out the many strengths of this remarkable book quite ably. I approach Grand Central Terminal from the perspective of an amateur historian interested in the history of the New York Central System of railroads. This book is quite simply the best work I've come across in terms of...
Voyageur Press, 2009. — 178 p. — ISBN: 0760333386. Once the second-largest steam locomotive builder in the U.S., American Locomotive Company (Alco) produced 75,000 locomotives, among them such famous examples as the 4-6-4 Hudsons and 4-8-4 Niagaras built for the New York Central, and the 4-6-6-4 Challengers and 4-8-8-4 Big Boys built for the Union Pacific. Alco Locomotives is...
MBI Publishing, 2000. 96 p. — ISBN: 0760307571 — (Enthusiast Color). More steam equals more power. In 1924, Lima Locomotives Works introduced the Berkshire, an engine that boasted superlative speed and power via the relatively simple principle of a greatly enlarged firebox. The Bershire inspired a new breed of super steam locomotives designed by numerous manufacturers and used...
Philadelphia: Alvin Staufer, 1962. — 328 p. Detailed description, illustrated throughout with black and white photos, of the Pennsylvania Railroad's steam and electric locomotives from 1900-1957. For steam locomotives, the book shows switchers and Mallets, F Class Moguls, H Class Consolidations, L Class Mikados, I Class Decapods, N Class Santa Fe, J Class Texas, D Class...
Harvard: Harvard University Press, 1956. — 148 p. Rapid population growth in the Great Plains and the American West after the Civil War was the result not only of railroad expansion but of a collaboration among competing railroads to adopt a uniform width for track. "The American Railroad Network, 1861-1890" shows how the consolidation of smaller railroads and the growth of...
Collective. — Dorling Kindersly, 2014. — 320 p. — ISBN: 978-1409347965. Offers a definitive visual history and glorious celebration of all things train and track. The Train Book traces the history and role of trains from the first steam engines to diesel engines and then to today's high-speed bullet trains. You'll take a journey through the most important trains of each period...
London: Macmillan Press Ltd., 1982. — 266 p. — (Studies in Soviet history and society). The Foundations, 1912-1922 From Recuperation to Reconstruction, 1922-1929 Towards a Locomotive Policy, 1929-1931 Steam's Indian Summer, 1931-1952 Select Bibliography
Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1972. 148 p. Finest locomotive engravings from early 19th century: historical (1804–1874), main line (after 1870), special, foreign, but mostly American domestic engines. Many types: grasshoppers, camel-backs, Moguls, Forneys, plus some famous ones — the General, Reuben Wells, Pennsylvania, more. Best source for a spectacular engine. 147 plates.
Voyageur Press, 2010. — 262 p. — ISBN: 0760329761. From the first steam-powered locomotives of the early nineteenth century to the high-speed commuter trains of today, the American railroad has been a great engine powering the nations growth and industry. This book celebrates the glory and grandeur of that legacy with a lavish tour of the history of the American railroad and...
PublicAffairs, 2012. 412 p. — ISBN: 978-1-61039-180-1 (e-book). America was made by the railroads. The opening of the Baltimore & Ohio line––the first American railroad––in the 1830s sparked a national revolution in the way that people lived thanks to the speed and convenience of train travel. Promoted by visionaries and built through heroic effort, the American railroad...
Atlantic Books, 2013. 263 p. — ISBN: 9780857890375 (Hardback), ISBN: 9781782392040 (E-book). It is the world's longest railway line. But it is so much more than that, too. The Trans-Siberian stretches nearly 6,000 miles between Moscow and Vladivostok on the Pacific Coast and was the most ambitious railway project in the nineteenth century. A journey on the railway evokes a...
DK Publishing, 2019. — 400 p. — ISBN: 978-1465484659. A fascinating journey through the history of the railroad, packed with first-hand accounts of innovation, triumph, and tragedy. From the earliest steam engine to the high-speed bullet trains of today, A Short History of the Railroad reveals the hidden stories of railroad history across the world - the inspired engineering;...
Wharncliffe, 2009. — 288 p. Railways played a key role in Britain's social, economic and industrial history. These companies have long since gone, but all over the country relics remain to remind us of that pioneering age. David Wragg's Historical Dictionary of Railways in the British Isles is a comprehensive, single-volume reference guide to the old railway companies and their...
Sacramento: Kalmbach Publishing Co., 2017. — 100 p. Bold, beautiful, and powerful, steam locomotives have captivated children and adults alike for generations. From the editors of Trains magazine, Big Steam is Back features 11 well-known locomotives from across the United States and their individual journeys to restoration. This special 100-page edition includes the restored...
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