London: Sir Isaac Pitman & sons, Ltd., 1921. — 156 p. Describing workshop, equipment and practice in the construction of modern steam reilway locomotives, with notice on inspection, testing, maintenance and repairs.
Armour institute of technology, 1915. — 38 p. The literature which treats of the corrosion of boiler tubes is scattered throughout a great number of books, and it is not readily available to all to are interested in this particular subject, for this reason, it has seemed desirable, to the author, to collect such useful information, as investigators have given us in the past,...
Number 79. — The Industrial Press, Publishers of MACHINERY, 1911. — 240p. Machinery's reference series. Each number is one unit in a complete library of machine design and shop practice revised and republished from machinery.
Newton K. Gregg, 1972. — 676 p. An illustrated vocabulary of terms which designate American railroad locomotives their parts attachments and details of construction with definitions and illustrations of typical British locomotive practice
New York: John Wiley & sons, 1907. — 439 p. For a number of years the Engineering Laboratory of Purdue University has concerned itself with problems relating to the performance of locomotives, and the results of its researches have from time to time appeared in the proceedings of various scientific and technical societies. This process of publication has extended over a period...
Vizetelli & Co., Ltd., 1923. — 51p. The design of a locomotive is determined by the following factors: natural conditions, rail gauge, loading gauge, permissible weight - both total and per axle, gradient of steepest incline, radius of sharpest curve, speed, and haulage capacity. It is the object of this paper to attempt to bridge some of the gaps that exist in most English...
New York: The World Railway Publishing company, 1902. — 490 p. In the case of many mechanical inventions, it has often happened that the machine left the hands of its inventor in its most complicated and cumbrous form, and it remained for the practical man and operator afterward to simplify it, without reducing the advantages of the mechanism as a whole, but rather increasing...
Milne, Tananhil & Methven, 1957. — 125p. This booklet is a continuation of a booklet that was previously published by the same author (Steam Locomotive Design Part 1 - 1957-58). Part 2 covers: Valves and valve gear, Dynamics and associated parts, Locomotive auxiliaries, The Tender and its construction, etc.
Ian Allan, 2008. — 128 p. — ISBN: 0711032971. Designed by Sir Nigel Gresley, the 35 members of the 'A4' class of Pacific locomotive built for the London & North Eastern Railway are among the most iconic locomotives ever built in Britain. With their streamlined looks, the new locomotives epitomised the styling of the 1930s when they were introduced to the East Coast main line...
New York: Griffin & Winters, 1917. — 341 p. While it is true that there have been many good books published regarding the subject of valves and valve gears, it is, however, a regrettable fact that there is not a book on the market today treating the modern types from a strictly practical standpoint. In attempting to supply this deficiency, we have assumed no knowledge on the...
Milne, Tananhil & Methven, 1936. — 100p. In this paper the design of parts of steam locomotives is discussed, embracing all the more important details, except the boiler and its attachments. The preliminary design of a locomotive as a whole has already been well treated in the paper by Mr. T. Grime, published by the A.E.S.D. (1923) and the present paper begins where he finished...
Fifth Edition. — New York: John Wiley & sons, 1907. — 1027 p. This edition has been revised by the author to include the latest developments of steam and electric locomotives. The development of the steam locomotive includes the balanced four-cylinder compound and the steam superheater. The principle of compounding has been described in full as applied to locomotives both in...
The Railway Publishing Co., Ltd., 1899. — 350p. In connection with the marvelous growth of our railway system, there is nothing of so paramount importance and interest as the evolution of the locomotive steam engine. At present it is most important to place on record the facts, seeing that attempts have been made to disprove he corrthetness of the known and accepted details...
American Institute for Electrical Engineers, 1907. — 144p. The purpose of this paper is fourfold: 1, to record certain facts relative to heavy electric traction which have been established by experience; 2, to present calculations of relative costs of steam and electric traction in railway service based upon these facts; 3, to point out the transcendent importance of...
Poznan: Poznanski Klub Modelarzy Kolejowych, 2003. — 160 p. W dziejach polskiego kolejnictwa trakcja parowa zajmowala szczegolna pozycje." Atlas parowozow" choc w czesci przybliza jej historie. Zakres tematyczny publikacji obejmuje wszystkie serie parowozow eksploatowanych przez PKP po II wojnie swiatowej na liniach normalnotorowych. Oprocz opisow lokomotyw eksploatowanych...
PKMK, 2003. - 160 p. — ISBN: 83-901902-8-1. Language Polish Wydany w ubiegіym roku „Atlas lokomotyw 2002" zawieraі przede wszystim opisy pojazdyw trakcji elektrycznej i spalinowej. Parowozom poswiecono w nim stosunkowo malo uwagi, co jest zrozumiale, zwazywszy na role, jaka odgrywaja one wspolczesnie w pracy PKP. W dziejach polskiego kolejnictwa trakcja parowa zajmowala jednak...
Voyageur Press, 2008. — 161 p. — ISBN: 0760334757. The period from the 1890s to the mid-1950s is generally considered the golden era of passenger rail travel in America. It was a time of celebrated locomotives and luxurious passenger service, a time when rail technology saw its greatest advances and railroads became the nation’s favored mode of transportation. These glory years...
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