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Author : Livio Dante Porta
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780954713157
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (131 download)
Download or read book Advanced Steam Locomotive Development written by Livio Dante Porta and published by . This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tim Hillier-Graves
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1473885760
Total Pages : 605 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book The Turbomotive: Stanier's Advanced Pacific written by Tim Hillier-Graves and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2017-03-30 with total page 605 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turbomotive was unique in Britain's railway history, and an experimental engine that proved successful but came too late to effect the direction of steam development or deflect the onset of diesel and electric locomotives. It was the brainchild of two of the most influential engineers of the twentieth century William Stanier of the LMS and Henry Guy of Metropolitan Vickers. They hoped that turbine power, which had already revolutionized ships propulsion and power stations, would do the same for the railways.When Turbomotive appeared in 1935, she became a PR phenomenon at a time when commercial rivalry between the LMS and the LNER was reaching its height. Its launch at Euston in June was accompanied by a great fanfare and much publicity. Such was the interest in this 'revolutionary' idea that the engine would attract attention all her life.Although producing good but not remarkable performances, she remained in service, plying her trade between London and Liverpool for longer than anyone predicted. Most expected a quick rebuild to conventional form, but the coming of war and lack of resources meant that she carried on until 1950 in turbine form.Inevitably, change came when maintenance costs seemed likely to escalate and rebuilding seemed unavoidable. She reappeared in August 1952, part Princess and part Coronation, but her new life was cut short by the disaster at Harrow in October. Although many thought her repairable, she was scrapped to make way for another 'experimental' steam engine.This book presents the compulsive and fascinating story of this remarkable locomotive, drawn from a wide variety of sources, many previously untapped and unpublished, including memories of the designers, the crew who drove her, accountants and hardheaded business men, PR teams, the press, the passengers and many more.
Author : Richard L. Hills
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521458344
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (583 download)
Download or read book Power from Steam written by Richard L. Hills and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-08-19 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive history of the steam engine in fifty years. It follows the development of reciprocating steam engines, from their earliest forms to the beginning of the twentieth century when they were replaced by steam turbines.
Author : William L. Withuhn
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253039355
Total Pages : 738 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book American Steam Locomotives written by William L. Withuhn and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly half of the nation's history, the steam locomotive was the outstanding symbol for progress and power. It was the literal engine of the Industrial Revolution, and it played an instrumental role in putting the United States on the world stage. While the steam locomotive's basic principle of operation is simple, designers and engineers honed these concepts into 100-mph passenger trains and 600-ton behemoths capable of hauling mile-long freight at incredible speeds. 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.
Author : Thomas Savery
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Miner's Friend; Or, an Engine to Raise Water by Fire, Described written by Thomas Savery and published by . This book was released on 1827 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alan J. Haigh
Publisher : Xpress Pub.
ISBN 13 : 9781901056396
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (563 download)
Download or read book The Design, Construction and Working of Locomotive Boilers written by Alan J. Haigh and published by Xpress Pub.. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert L. Frey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780870950926
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (59 download)
Download or read book Northern Pacific Railway: Supersteam era, 1925-1945 written by Robert L. Frey and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Rosen
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226726347
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)
Download or read book The Most Powerful Idea in the World written by William Rosen and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Most Powerful Idea in the World argues that the very notion of intellectual property drove not only the invention of the steam engine but also the entire Industrial Revolution." -- Back cover.
Author : Dominic Wells
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780711038141
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (381 download)
Download or read book How a Steam Locomotive Works written by Dominic Wells and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To address the needs of today's readers, the complex engineering of the steam locomotive is unraveled by use of a large number of easily understandable diagrams, explaining the function of the components in a step-by-step manner. There is no technical knowledge required on the part of the reader, nor is there any requirement to understand engineering drawings, because the diagrams and explanations are carefully approached. Nevertheless, the book should also appeal to the technically minded. Starting with a basic introduction to the principle of the steam locomotive boiler, the book goes on to provide explanations of both coal and oil firing. Further detailed chapters cover all the essential components, including gauge glasses, injectors, control valves, mainframes, cylinders, valve gears, lubrication, air brakes, vacuum brakes, auxiliaries and cab layouts.
Author : André Chapelon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780953652303
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (523 download)
Download or read book La Locomotive À Vapeur written by André Chapelon and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by the great French engineer André Chapelon, the man responsible for what were the world's most efficient and, on a pound for pound basis, most powerful steam locomotives ever built. Published in 1952, in this book Chapelon reviews in detail developments in the design and construction of all the steam locomotive's major parts, and compares the merits of simple and compound expansion. He then looks, again in detail, at the major standard gauge locomotive designs worldwide of the 20th Century, including his own. Translated from the French by George Carpenter, this edition includes various addenda updating Chapelon's work to the end of commercial steam, looks at Chapelon's unbuilt designs, and reviews the work of those who have continued to develop advanced steam locomotives. A book nobody interested in the history of the steam locomotive in the 20th century should be without. 659 A4 format pages, over 450 B & W photos, drawings, diagrams and charts, plus 41 colour illustrations.
Author : Robert Henry Thurston
Publisher : N.Y.: D. Appleton
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book A History of the Growth of the Steam-engine written by Robert Henry Thurston and published by N.Y.: D. Appleton. This book was released on 1878 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : J. Parker Lamb
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253342195
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (421 download)
Download or read book Perfecting the American Steam Locomotive written by J. Parker Lamb and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2003-07-08 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfecting the American Steam Locomotive documents the role played by mechanical engineers in the development of locomotive design. The steam engine and the mechanical engineering profession both grew directly out of the Industrial Revolution's need for sources of power beyond that of men and animals. Invented in England when coal mining was being developed, the practical steam engine eventually found numerous applications in transportation, especially in railroad technology. J. Parker Lamb traces the evolution of the steam engine from the early 1700s through the early 1800s, when the first locomotives were sent to the United States from England. Lamb then shifts the scene to the development of the American steam locomotive, first by numerous small builders, and later, by the early 20th century, by only three major enterprises and a handful of railroad company shops. Lamb reviews the steady progress of steam locomotive technology through its pinnacle during the 1930s, then discusses the reasons for its subsequent decline.
Author : Tom Morrison
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476627932
Total Pages : 637 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book The American Steam Locomotive in the Twentieth Century written by Tom Morrison and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-07-24 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : David Wardale
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781942748137
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (481 download)
Download or read book The 5AT Fundamental Design Calculations written by David Wardale and published by . This book was released on 2015-04-27 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 5AT (Class 5 Advanced Technology) steam locomotive was the brainchild of David Wardale, a British railway engineer who, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, made his name and reputation on South African Railways where he modified two locomotives: Class 19D 4-8-2 No 2644 and more famously Class 25 4-8-4 No 3450 which became the sole representative of Class 26, better known as "The Red Devil". In undertaking these modifications, Wardale put into practice the principles of "modern steam" developed by the Argentinean engineer Livio Dante Porta.In the concluding chapter of his iconic book "The Red Devil and Other Tales from the Age of Steam", Wardale speculated on what a "modernised" version of the humble BR Standard Class 5 4-6-0 might have been capable of delivering in terms of power and performance. It was his predictions for the performance of such a locomotive (as transcribed into this publication) that inspired the steam enthusiasts who, in 2002, formed the 5AT Project team.Whilst the 5AT Project ultimately failed in its aim of building a 5AT locomotive, it left an important legacy in the form of a complete set of Fundamental Design Calculations as undertaken by Wardale. These firmly established the remarkable performance that the 5AT would have delivered, and the requirements to be adopted in its detail design.This publication presents those calculations for the guidance of engineers, present and future, seeking to improve the performance, efficiency, reliability and/or economy of steam locomotives of any size and shape.
Author : Kevin Philip Jones
Publisher : London : Library Association
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Steam Locomotive Development written by Kevin Philip Jones and published by London : Library Association. This book was released on 1969 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jonathan Glancey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781459684348
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (843 download)
Download or read book Giants of Steam written by Jonathan Glancey and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thrilling story of the last, and greatest, generation of steam railway locomotives in regular main line service: a story of invention, skill and passion, Giants of Steam reveals how the true advocates of steam's glory days pushed its design and performance to remarkable limits, taking these powerful and beautifully designed machines to new heights against a backdrop of the political upheavals and military conflicts of the mid twentieth century. Glancey tells the stories of the greatest of the 'steam men', the charismatic engineers who designed these machines and put them to use. Giants of Steam also reveals how steam design has continued to progress against the odds in recent decades, while enthusiasm for the steam locomotive itself is far from burning out.
Author : Livio Dante Porta
Publisher : Advanced Steam Traction Services Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781644406496
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)
Download or read book Selection of Papers by L.D. Porta: Volume 1 Tribology and Lubrication written by Livio Dante Porta and published by Advanced Steam Traction Services Limited. This book was released on 2018-09 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first of 3 volumes of technical papers by the Argentinean engineer L.D. Porta describing various aspects relating to the "modernisation" of steam locomotives. Most have been transcribed from handwritten manuscripts that have never been published before.This first volume contains four technical papers relating to Tribology and Lubrication, subjects that were of special interest to Porta and which should be of equal interest to the 21st Century steam community. It is hoped that much may be learned from them.
