A Century of Locomotive Building by Robert Stephenson & Co., 1823-1923
Author: James G. H. Warren
Publisher: New Castle Upon Tyne : Andrew Reid & Company
Published: 1923
Total Pages: 488
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A Century of Locomotive Building by Robert Stephenson & Co., 1823-1923
Author: James G. H. Warren
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Published: 1923
Total Pages: 461
ISBN-13: 9780678055342
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Century of Locomotive Building by Robert Stephenson & Co., 1823-1923. [With Illustrations, and Portraits.].
Author: J. G. H. Warren
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Published: 1923
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKCentury of Locomotive Building by Robert Stephenson & Co., 1823-1923
Author: James G. H. Warren
Publisher:
Published: 2014-01-29
Total Pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9781446305867
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis concise look at the locomotive company Robert Stephenson & Co from 1823 to 1923 by J. G. Warren provides a unique history of the locomotive industry as it came to be built. He includes details such as letters, diagrams, photos, pictures and tables to give a full understanding of that century of progression.
George and Robert Stephenson
Author: L. T. C. Rolt
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2009-03-15
Total Pages: 389
ISBN-13: 144561121X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA brilliant, perceptive biography of the father and son who initiated the age of the railway.
Robert Stephenson – The Eminent Engineer
Author: Michael R. Bailey
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2017-07-05
Total Pages: 446
ISBN-13: 1351902725
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRobert Stephenson M.P., F.R.S., Hon.MA, Hon DCL (1803-1859) was the leading engineer of his day. He was acclaimed for his development of the main-line steam locomotive and renowned for his innovations in bridge building. He built the first trunk railway line in the world between London and Birmingham, was at the centre of the railway ’mania’ that gripped early Victorian Britain, and by 1850 had been responsible for one third of the railway network in England. Robert Stephenson - The Eminent Engineer is the first biographical study to be devoted to Robert Stephenson for over a century, and is fully illustrated in black-and-white and colour. Written by a team of experts in railway and engineering history, chapters explore Stephenson’s early training and work with his father, George and examine his influence and achievements in railway development, noting his advocacy of planning, rather than an unbridled free market. They also examine his innovation and techniques in railway and bridge building and port and water engineering. Not least they consider Stephenson’s public face - the immense recognition he won as a person who contributed to the transformation of society by opening up communications and transport, and his career as a respected arbitrator, MP, and Commissioner for the Great Exhibition of 1851.
The Planet and Samson Locomotives
Author: Anthony Dawson
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Published: 2023-07-30
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 1399092650
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRobert 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.
The Origins of Railway Enterprise
Author: Maurice W. Kirby
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2002-07-04
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780521892803
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book argues for the significance of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in Britain's industrialisation.
Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Railway Locomotives
Author: P. Ransome-Wallis
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2013-04-10
Total Pages: 518
ISBN-13: 0486142760
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthoritative international survey reviews everything from standard steam engines, diesels and gas turbines to subways and electric motor coaches. Includes details of construction, problems of operation, and building methods. More than 300 illustrations, photographs.
Railway Workshops of Britain, 1823-1986
Author: Edgar J. Larkin
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1988-06-18
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 1349080748
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn illustrated history of Britain's railway workshops, covering the period from 1823 to 1986, this book deals with the history of the main railway workshops of Britain, a subject of wide-ranging mechanical and electrical engineering interest.
