An Illustrated Guide to American Freight Train Equipment
An Illustrated Guide to American Freight Train Equipment

Author: Patrick Dorin

Publisher: Enthusiast Books

Published: 2013-11-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781583883068

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An illustrated guide to the wide variety of freight car equipment of the railroads that have and continue to service North America, this book covers each type of freight car and what it was designed to haul, as well as the equipment necessary to keep them all ‘on track.’ Equipment designs are based on the type of commodity that would be shipped. For example, 24-foot box cars are designed to handle 75 to 85 tons of iron ore. High cubic capacity covered hopper cars are designed for handling grain traffic, while lower cubic capacity is designed for handling heavy commodities, such as cement. See the changes for each type through time, like the early Refrigerated Cars that required ice which have evolved into today’s much larger Mechanical Reefers. Great book for modelers.

Handbook of Railroad Construction; For the Use of American Engineers
Handbook of Railroad Construction; For the Use of American Engineers

Author: George L. Vose

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-03

Total Pages: 504

ISBN-13: 9780265521991

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Excerpt from Handbook of Railroad Construction; For the Use of American Engineers: Containing the Necessary Rules, Tables, and Formulae for the Location, Construction, Equipment, and Management of Railroads, as Built in the United States Topographical sketching General establishment of grades Equating for grades Comparison of surveyed lines. 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.

A Field Guide to Trains of North America
A Field Guide to Trains of North America

Author: Gerald L. Foster

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780395701126

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Identifies more than 170 locomotives and cars, grouped by visual similarity for ease of identification and including statistical data, manufacturing history, and usage by railroads.

Handbook of Railroad Construction
Handbook of Railroad Construction

Author: George Leonard Vose

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2016-05-18

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 9781357213732

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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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.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.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. 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.

Handbook of Railroad Construction
Handbook of Railroad Construction

Author: George Leonard Vose

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2018-02-15

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 9781377484549

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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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. 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. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. 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.