Railway Motor Cars
Author: Association of American Railroads. Bureau of Railway Economics. Library
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Published: 1925
Total Pages: 156
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Author: Association of American Railroads. Bureau of Railway Economics. Library
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Published: 1925
Total Pages: 156
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Raymond S. Zeitler
Publisher: Sagwan Press
Published: 2018-02-02
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9781376540468
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Author: Bureau of Railway Economics (Washington, D.C.)
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Published: 1915
Total Pages: 92
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John H. White
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 0801827477
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHailed since its publication as the definitive - and most opulent - book on the subject, The American Railroad Passenger Car is now made available in an unabridged two-part softcover edition.
Author: Fairmont Railway Motors, Inc. (Fairmont, Minn.)
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Published: 1915
Total Pages: 20
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Raymond S. Zeitler
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2018-01-03
Total Pages: 138
ISBN-13: 9780428298104
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from Self-Contained Railway Motor Cars and Locomotives: Prepared Especially for the Instruction and Training of Students of the American School Long Period of Development. Since the advent of the steam locomotive, inventors and designers have turned their attention toward the production of railway cars in which the power plant is self-contained. All forms of motive power have been tried in many and various combinations: steam, with the flash boiler and high pressure - coal and oil fired; electric motors driven by storage batteries; compressed air; and the internal-combustion engine, with combination drives of every sort. These drives may consist of electric generators and motors, mechanical transmissions with spur gearing and clutches, electro-mechanical combinations, and friction drives. The hydraulic transmission has also been tried, but little has been done with it, owing, no doubt, to the fact that designers of self-contained cars are for the most part unfamiliar with hydraulic principles and their application to power transmission. The self-contained cars of the past favored the steam engine design, with the engine mounted on the trucks and the boiler within the car body. This, of course, was an adaptation of the steam locomotive in smaller units to individual cars and was used before the internal-combustion engine was developed. This feature is still found in practically all the modern steam self-contained cars and takes 'from 10 to 15 feet of valuable space within the car body for engine room and does not permit a passage between cars when two or more motor cars are coupled together in a train. European countries have a number of these cars still in use and have been rather successful with them but are, how ever, rapidly adopting those using the internal-combustion engine, owing to its larger radius of Operation and economies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: National Railway Historical Society
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
Published: 2023-07-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781019353028
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis detailed history of Mack Rail Motor Cars and Locomotives offers a comprehensive look at one of the most important innovations in rail travel. Through a combination of historical documents and cutting-edge research, readers will discover the fascinating story behind these innovative machines and their impact on modern transportation. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Fairmont Railway Motors, Inc. (Fairmont, Minn.)
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Published: 1952
Total Pages: 50
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Edwards Railway Motor Car Co
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Published: 1921
Total Pages: 12
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Lawrence A. Brough
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2004-04-06
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9780253343697
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Jewett Car Company was born in the heyday of the electric railway boom in the 1890s. The company gained an excellent reputation for its elegant, well-built wooden cars for street railway companies, interurban lines, and rapid transit service. Cities large and small used Jewett cars, including New York, Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco. Many Jewett cars found their way to Indiana and many of the interurban lines employed the graceful, arch-windowed wood interurban that Jewett was famous for.Automobile competition and the problems of competing with much larger car builders, such as J.G. Brill and the St. Louis Car Company, signaled the beginning of the end. The company was offered the opportunity to produce munitions for World War I, but refused. The reason: the major source of finance for Jewett was a German nationalist banker from Wheeling, West Virginia, who refused to have the company do anything to harm Germany. As a direct result of that action, the Jewett Car Company failed.