Historic North American locomotives An illustrated journey
Book - 2018
"Historic North American Locomotives traces the historic development of North American locomotives from the early 1800s through today. Considered a photographic book with the look and feel of fine art, 100 locomotives are profiled using descriptive text and richly detailed and colored photographic imagery. A well-researched introduction provides the reader with a historical perspective. The author/photographer includes high-quality photographs, created through various techniques that vividly capture the distinctive features of the locomotives. From the 1805 Trevithick portable boiler to modern, high-speed locomotives such as the 2013 GE Genesis, the reader will enjoy viewing a variety of locomotives that are not usually shown together ...in one book."--
- Subjects
- Published
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Waukesha, Wisconsin :
Kalmbach Media
2018.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- [231] pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 x 28 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (page 230).
- ISBN
- 9781627005081
- Introduction
- Historical perspective
- Early locomotives
- The classic, definitive American locomotive
- Steam across America
- Golden age of the locomotive
- Transition from steam to electric and diesel
- Final advances in steam development
- Postwar technologies
- Modern era.