John H. White
The American Railroad Freight Car: From the Wood-Car Era to the Coming of Steel Johns Hopkins University Press 1993
Формат: PDF Страниц: 660 Язык: English Размер: 90 MB
"From the former Curator of Transportation at the Smithsonian Institution. Illustrated with 530 photographs, drawings, and engravings.
Includes plans, diagrams, and detailed specifications for model-builders. 665 oversized pages in a handsomely jacketed hardcover or specially
priced paperback edition In this sequel to his best-selling American Railroad Passenger Car, John White forever changes the freight car's
lowly image. Including hundreds of historical photographs and detailed blueprints, The American Railroad Freight Car establishes the sophistication
and expertise that marked the development of freight cars in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Along with an overview of freight
transportation's historical importance, White offers detailed accounts of technological developments and examines lesser known aspects of
everyday freight service such as yard management, train operations, and the origins of the interchange system."
John H. White Jr.
Early American Locomotives Dover Publications 1972
Формат: PDF Размер: 22 MB Язык: English Страниц: 155
"Альбом содержит 147 высококачественных гравюр и схем американских паровозов раннего периода развития локомотивостроения.
Beautiful, detailed contemporary engravings, widely researched sources. Mostly American domestic engines. Many types: grasshoppers, camel-backs, Moguls, Forneys, plus some famous ones??the General, Reuben Wells, Pennsylvania, more. Best source for a spectacular engine. In this pictorial collection, each illustration catalogues a high point in the continuous developement of the train engine between the year 1804 and the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. In many ways, these pictures tell the story of the locomotive more dramatically than any copiously written history."
Lucius Morris Beebe
The Overland Limited Howell-North Books 1963
Формат: PDF Страниц: 168 Язык: English Размер: 33.2 MB
"This was the train which, more than any other, represented "The West" with all the implications of Buffalo Bill, Wells Fargo and the Overland Trail. It was part of the mighty pageant of continental expansion."