Author: Colin Alexander
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 144566853X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 173

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Colin Alexander looks at the output of the iconic, world-famous Vulcan Foundry.

Author: Vulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.)
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Category : Locomotive industry
Languages : en
Pages : 152

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Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 1140

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Author: Anthony Dawson
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1399092677
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 202

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Robert Stephenson’s Planet class locomotive was the first true design of mainline express passenger locomotive. Delivered less than a year after Rocket it was one of the most successful early locomotive designs. Planet set the mold for British locomotive design for more than the next century featuring a multi tubular boiler; inside cylinders; crank axle; and the first use of proper frames. The Planet class, and its 0-4-0 Samson derivative, found use across Britain with examples being supplied to railways in London and Glasgow. The Planet class proved popular in Europe too with examples being first exported and then built in France. Two were exported to Austria, and the first locomotive to steam in Russia was based on the design. Planet and Samson also crossed the Atlantic with more examples being built in the United States than in Europe. A working replica of the revolutionary design was built in Manchester in 1992: the first mainline express passenger steam locomotive to be built in Britain since the 1960s. This book outlines the technical design of the Planet and Samson locomotive, and charts the careers of the class members at home and abroad.

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Category : Lumber trade
Languages : en
Pages : 1298

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Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 606

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Category : Coal mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 684

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Author: Chapman Frederick Marshall
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3845712872
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 322

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Chapman Frederick Marshall gibt in seinem Buch einen umfassenden Einblick über die Geschichte der Lokomotive bis in das frühe 19. Jahrhundert hinein. Sein Ziel war es, Lücken, die in der Darstellung dieses Gegenstandes bis dahin noch in der Literatur bestanden, zu schließen. Dabei geht er nicht nur auf die Idee des Dampfbetriebes ein, sondern nennt wichtige Persönlichkeiten, die die Entwicklung der Lokomotive beeinflusst und vorangetrieben haben. Es handelt sich hierbei um eine englischsprachige Ausgabe.

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Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 550

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Author: John Woodhams
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398109924
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 140

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Previously unpublished photographs help to illustrate the story of these fascinating railway oddities.