Building Small Steam Locomotives
Building Small Steam Locomotives

Author: Peter Jones

Publisher: Crowood Press UK

Published: 2009-01-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781847970299

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If you have an ambition to build a small live steam locomotive, but are daunted by the skills required, then this book is for you. Written in his clear and encouraging style, Peter Jones demystifies the whole process for those with little or no previous experience. Contents include: An explanation of terms; Basic metalworking processes; Step-by-step project guides; Machining; Boilermaking; Painting; and Finishing. Fully illustrated throughout with color photographs and drawings, and including appendices of suppliers and societies, this is an invaluable work for the railway modeler.

Scratch-Building Model Railway Locomotives
Scratch-Building Model Railway Locomotives

Author: Simon Bolton

Publisher: Crowood

Published: 2014-07-31

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 1847977693

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Have you ever dreamed of being able to make a beautiful model locomotive from scratch? Do you have a favourite locomotive that you would love to reproduce in model form? Are you itching to start such a project and feel you need a helping hand? If so, this is the book for you. Using step-by-step text and illustration, this new book demonstrates how to construct a model of a pleasing J15 class, 0-6-0 steam locomotive in 00 gauge. It also explains how models of other locomotives can be built by adapting the methods covered in the book. Alternative options for chassis construction, other gauges and scales are considered as well as how to build a simple diesel locomotive.

Locomotives and Locomotive Building
Locomotives and Locomotive Building

Author: Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works

Publisher:

Published: 1886

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13:

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"This catalog, from one of the premier builders of American locomotives, is an outstanding example of the use of photography in 19th century advertising. Along with the Baldwin locomotive catalog of 1871/2, and the Grant catalog of the same period this is one of the earliest. The 22 collotypes from photographs are uncredited which is unusual for this early date in the US. As early collotypes they are extremely well done and show the work of master craftsmen. They are printed on light uncoated paper which is also somewhat unusual for the period."--Clark file 2012

Locomotive Building
Locomotive Building

Author: Ralph E. Flanders

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2008-09

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 1935327550

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Originally created in 1911, Locomotive Building is the definitive text concerning the construction of steam engines for railroad use. Chapters include descriptions of all locomotive systems and their functions, including side rods, boiler, wheels, axle and diving boxes, frames and cylinders, valve motion, shop practice and more. Profusely illustrated with diagrams and rare photos, this reprint has been slightly reformatted. Care has been taken however to preserve the integrity of the text.

Model and Miniature Locomotive Construction
Model and Miniature Locomotive Construction

Author: Stan Bray

Publisher:

Published: 2003-09-01

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9780953652372

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Looking at a whole host of issues relating to miniature locomotives, Stan Bray shares his years of modelmaking experience with the reader, explaining common problems and other technical troubles.

The American Steam Locomotive in the Twentieth Century
The American Steam Locomotive in the Twentieth Century

Author: Tom Morrison

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2018-07-24

Total Pages: 637

ISBN-13: 1476627932

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

The Locomotives that Baldwin Built
The Locomotives that Baldwin Built

Author: Fred Westing

Publisher: Seattle : Superior Pub. Company

Published: 1966

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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History being forged is what author Westing brings you in every phase of Baldwin progress. Here are more than 300 photographs, many never before printed, linked with the long out of print "History of the Baldwin Locomotive Works - 1831 to 1923," to which Westing gives colorful meaning as he brings the story up through the last days of steam to the Engine 76150, the final and highest serial number. --Publisher.

LOCOMOTIVE BUILDING
LOCOMOTIVE BUILDING

Author: Ralph E. Flanders

Publisher: Periscope Film LLC

Published: 2010-01

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9781940453392

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Originally created in 1911 by the publishers of Machinery Magazine, Locomotive Building details the construction of a steam locomotive for railway use. Written by famed mechanical engineer Ralph E. Flanders (who later became a U.S. Senator from Vermont), the book remains one of the definitive works on the subject. Aside from a wonderful descriptive text, the book contains dozens of illustrative diagrams and rare photographs of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Juniata Machine Shops at Altoona, AKA the Altoona Works. Originally published in the for of six pamphlets, this complete edition represents the first new edition of this important book in nearly 100 years. In its pages you'll find descriptions of all locomotive systems and their functions, including side rods, boiler, wheels, axle and driving boxes, frames and cylinders, valve motion, shop practice and more.