TY - BOOK AU - Morrison,Tom TI - The American steam locomotive in the twentieth century SN - 9781476665825 AV - TJ603.2 .M675 2018 PY - 2018///] CY - Jefferson, North Carolina PB - McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers KW - Locomotives KW - United States KW - Design and construction KW - 20th century KW - History KW - Steam locomotives N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 574-611) and index N2 - "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 ER -