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008 180208s2018 ncu b 001 0 eng c
010 _a 2018005681
020 _a9781476665825
_qprint : alk. paper
020 _a9781476679006
_qpbk.
040 _aPSt/DLC
_beng
_cPSt
_erda
_dDLC
_dMiTN
042 _apcc
043 _an-us---
050 0 0 _aTJ603.2
_b.M675 2018
100 1 _aMorrison, Tom
_q(Tom A.),
245 1 4 _aThe American steam locomotive in the twentieth century /
_cTom Morrison.
264 1 _aJefferson, North Carolina :
_bMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
_c[2018]
300 _axi, 624 pages ;
_c29 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 574-611) and index.
520 _a"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.
650 0 _aLocomotives
_zUnited States
_xDesign and construction
_y20th century.
650 0 _aLocomotives
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aSteam locomotives
_zUnited States
_xDesign and construction
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aSteam locomotives
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
999 _c236389
_d236389