American Steam Locomotive in the Twentieth Century Morrison TomPaperback
American Steam Locomotive in the Twentieth Century Morrison TomPaperback Between 1900 and 1950, Americans built the most powerful steam locomotives of all time--enormous engines that powered a…
Specifikacia American Steam Locomotive in the Twentieth Century Morrison TomPaperback
American Steam Locomotive in the Twentieth Century Morrison TomPaperback
Between 1900 and 1950, Americans built the most powerful steam locomotives of all time--enormous engines that powered a colossal industry. Despite immense and sustained engineering efforts, steam locomotives remained grossly inefficient in their use of increasingly costly fuel and labor. They were deceptively simple machines, yet, the more their technology was studied, the more obscure it became.
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 In the end, they baffled their masters and, as soon as diesel-electric technology provided an alternative, steam locomotives disappeared from American railroads.