Steam Engines That Follow the Seam of Coal
Steam Engines That Follow the Seam of Coal

Author: Ric Hinchliffe

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 149188357X

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Another story of utter nonsense to entertain and delight young and old alike. The Seam of Coal is inspired by the Settle Carlisle, Leeds Morecambe and the Kirkby Stephen Stainmore railways. Lenny Locomotion is bored and so he invites all his friends to join him and Puffing Billy for a Coal Tasting Festival. Puffing Billy missed the last party and is now registered disabled so Lenny puts Puffing Billy on two railway wagons and hauls him to the festival. Each engine gets some coal from a colliery of their choosing and takes it to Kirkby Stephen where Puffing Billy decides who has brought the best coal to the Coal Tasting Festival. (Locomotion is on display in the Railway Museum, Darlington.)

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.