The American steam locomotive in the twentieth century / Tom Morrison.
Publisher: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]Description: xi, 624 pages ; 29 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781476665825
- 9781476679006
- TJ603.2 .M675 2018
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| TJ461 .T56 1939 A history of the growth of the steam-engine, | TJ464 .F58 1980 Steam and Stirling : engines you can build / | TJ603 .R67 2004 "The willing servant" : a history of the steam locomotive / | TJ603.2 .M675 2018 The American steam locomotive in the twentieth century / | TJ605 .N45 1974 So you want to build a live steam locomotive / | TJ755 .H45 1988 Internal combustion engine fundamentals / | TJ755 .L94 1999 Engines : an introduction / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 574-611) and index.
"Between 1900 and 1950, Americans built the most powerful steam locomotives--enormous engines that powered a industry of colossal scale and intensity. They were deceptively simple machines yet even as the technology was being perfected it was becoming obscure. Despite immense and sustained effort, they remained grossly inefficient in their use of costly fuel and labor"--Provided by publisher.