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Authoritative survey reviews wide range of locomotives from around the world — from standard steam engines, diesels, and gas turbines to subways and electric motor coaches. Written by experts in the field, and edited by a noted railroad authority, the book offers clearly illustrated discussions of steam engines from around the world, including locomotives of the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Japan, France, Germany, Switzerland, Australia, Mexico, Turkey, India, Bulgaria, Greece, and several other countries (some in Africa and South America). The book includes biographies of locomotive designers, details of construction, problems of operation, and methods used by original builders. More than 300 illustrations-including photographs, diagrams, and drawings enhance this monumental study of the explosive growth and development of locomotive power. There is also a comprehensive bibliography. The result is an unsurpassed encyclopedia, sure to prove an invaluable source of information for professional engineers and any locomotive enthusiast, as well as a delightful browsing book for the general reader. Dover 2012 reissue of the Dover 2001 unabridged republication of The Concise Encyclopedia of World Railway Locomotives, Hawthorn Books, Inc., New York, 1959.
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| Some useful conversion factors | p. 20 |
| Abbreviations | p. 21 |
| Introduction by the Editor | p. 22 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 24 |
| Diesel Railway Traction | |
| Engines | |
| Basic requirements | p. 25 |
| Construction | p. 25 |
| Development | p. 27 |
| Four- and two-stroke cycles | p. 27 |
| Injection systems | p. 29 |
| Lubrication and cooling | p. 30 |
| Power output and speed control | p. 30 |
| Pressure charging and intercooling | p. 31 |
| Starting equipment and auxiliaries | p. 32 |
| Tabulated particulars | p. 32 |
| Torque and power curves | p. 32 |
| Transmissions | |
| Automatic control | p. 34 |
| Factors governing choice of engine and transmission | p. 34 |
| Ideal performance and transmission efficiency | p. 35 |
| Multiple-unit operation | p. 36 |
| Transmissions: Electric | |
| Basic principles | p. 37 |
| Development | p. 38 |
| Control equipment | p. 39 |
| Generators | p. 39 |
| Load control: constant speed | p. 40 |
| Load control: variable speed | p. 50 |
| Traction motors | p. 51 |
| Transmissions: Hydraulic | |
| Development | p. 52 |
| Hydraulic torque converters | p. 52 |
| Krupp transmission | p. 54 |
| Lysholm-Smith transmission | p. 55 |
| Mekydro transmission | p. 56 |
| Voith transmissions | p. 59 |
| Zahnradfabric: hydromedia transmission | p. 62 |
| Transmissions: Mechanical | |
| Basic principles | p. 63 |
| Development | p. 63 |
| Fluid couplings and friction clutches | p. 64 |
| Gears: constant mesh | p. 66 |
| Gears: epicyclic | p. 77 |
| Gears: synchro-mesh | p. 79 |
| Propulsion by the Fell system | p. 80 |
| Diesel Locomotives | |
| Development | p. 81 |
| Bogie and articulated locomotives | p. 81 |
| Rigid frame locomotives | p. 82 |
| Structural data | p. 87 |
| Structural data: frames and superstructure | p. 88 |
| Brakes, types of | p. 90 |
| Diesel Railcars and Diesel Trains | |
| Development | p. 90 |
| Bogie and articulated railcars | p. 91 |
| Structural data | p. 101 |
| Four-wheeled railcars | p. 101 |
| Diesel Locomotives and Railcars: Other Equipment and Testing | |
| Braking systems | p. 103 |
| Exhaust-conditioning and flame-proofing | p. 105 |
| Fire protection | p. 105 |
| Testing | p. 106 |
| Train heating | p. 106 |
| Diesel Traction in North America | |
| The Conquest of Diesel Traction in North America | |
| Dieselization in North America | p. 107 |
| Ease of financing | p. 108 |
| Indices of diesel efficiency | p. 108 |
| Operating advantages | p. 109 |
| Steam power development reaches finality | p. 110 |
| History of Dieselization in North America | |
| 1906-23. Self-propelled railcars | p. 110 |
| 1923. The first diesel-electric locomotive | p. 111 |
| 1925. First "commercially produced" diesel | p. 111 |
| 1925-36. Early diesel switcher production and acceptance | p. 111 |
| 1928. The first road diesel locomotive | p. 112 |
| 1934. Enter the streamliners | p. 112 |
| 1935. Non-articulated road diesel passenger units | p. 113 |
| 1936. The yards "go diesel" | p. 114 |
| 1939. The road freight diesel appears | p. 115 |
| 1941. Introduction of road-switchers | p. 116 |
| 1941-45. Effect of World War II on dieselization | p. 116 |
| 1946. The diesel at War's end | p. 116 |
| The Diesel Locomotive | |
| The basic diesel unit | p. 125 |
| Car body design | p. 125 |
| Optional equipment | p. 127 |
| Running a diesel | p. 127 |
| Wheel arrangements | p. 128 |
| Diesel Locomotive Builders | |
| Alco Products Inc., Schenectady, N.Y. | p. 129 |
| Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation, Philadelphia, Pa. | p. 130 |
| Electro-motive division of General Motors Corporation | p. 131 |
| Fairbanks-Morse and Co. | p. 132 |
| General Electric Corporation | p. 135 |
| Other manufacturers | p. 135 |
| The Operating of Diesel Locomotives | |
| The "building block" principle | p. 135 |
| Dieselization methods | p. 136 |
| The road-switcher | p. 137 |
| Rostering of diesels | p. 137 |
| Technological developments in physical plant | p. 137 |
| Diesel Locomotive Maintenance and Rebuilding | |
| Maintenance facilities | p. 138 |
| Maintenance procedures | p. 138 |
| Rebuilding or upgrading? | p. 139 |
| By-Products of Dieselization | |
| Demonstrations | p. 139 |
| The export market | p. 139 |
| Influence of the diesel on other types of motive power | p. 140 |
| Non-locomotive uses for the diesel engine | p. 140 |
| Rail diesel cars | p. 140 |
| The Future | |
| The diesel of tomorrow | p. 141 |
| Competition from other forms of motive power | p. 141 |
| Prediction | p. 142 |
| Electric Motive Power | |
| Development of Electric Traction | |
| 1835-70. Early attempts to use electricity for railway traction | p. 143 |
| 1870-95. Early locomotives in the United States and Europe | p. 143 |
| 1890-1910. The first main line electrifications | p. 144 |
| 1907-18. Noteworthy electrification schemes in America | p. 145 |
| 1902-22. Railway electrification and electric locomotives in Europe | p. 147 |
| 1919-39. World development of electric locomotives and motor coaches | p. 153 |
| An Evaluation of the Principal Electrical Systems on Railways, and Locomotive Types Employed | p. 170 |
| Design and Construction of Electric Motive Power | |
| Basic design principles | p. 172 |
| The electrical part | p. 172 |
| The mechanical part | p. 174 |
| Modern Electric Locomotives: A Survey of Current Practice | |
| British Railways | p. 180 |
| French State Railways (S.N.C.F) | p. 182 |
| Indian Railways | p. 199 |
| Netherlands Railways (N.S.) | p. 200 |
| New York, New Haven and Hartford R.R. (USA) | p. 200 |
| New Zealand Government Railways | p. 202 |
| Pennsylvania R.R. (USA) | p. 205 |
| South African Railways | p. 206 |
| Swiss Federal Railways (S.B.B.) | p. 208 |
| Turkish State Railways | p. 212 |
| Virginian Railroad (USA) | p. 221 |
| The Electric Motor Coach and Motor Coach Train | |
| Basic considerations | p. 222 |
| The Germanium power rectifier for motor coaches | p. 222 |
| Modern equipment for British Railways | p. 224 |
| Motor coach trains for India | p. 227 |
| Motor coaches in Switzerland | p. 228 |
| Suburban train sets for the S.N.C.F. | p. 233 |
| Train sets for the Netherlands Railways | p. 234 |
| Train sets for the Swedish State Railways | p. 234 |
| Underground Rail Ways | |
| London's underground railways | p. 235 |
| The Paris Metro | p. 236 |
| Rome underground railway | p. 237 |
| Toronto subway coaches | p. 237 |
| The Reciprocating Steam Locomotive | |
| Construction And Design: A Concise Encyclopedia | p. 240 |
| Steam Locomotive Experiments | |
| Blast pipes | p. 310 |
| Boilers | p. 310 |
| Boosters | p. 312 |
| Compounding | p. 312 |
| Condensing | p. 314 |
| Cylinders | p. 315 |
| Fuels | p. 315 |
| Streamlining | p. 316 |
| Superheaters | p. 316 |
| Valves | p. 317 |
| Valve gears | p. 318 |
| Illustrated Survey of Modern Steam Locomotives | |
| Standard Gauge: 4 ft 8 1/2 in. North American | p. 319 |
| Standard Gauge: 4 ft 8 1/2 in. North American Articulated | p. 321 |
| Standard Gauge: 4 ft 8 1/2 in. British and Austarllan | p. 341 |
| Standard Gauge: 4 ft 8 1/2 in. French | p. 343 |
| Standard Gauge: 4 ft 8 1/2 in. Austrian, Czechoslovak, and Scandinavian | p. 345 |
| Standard Gauge: 4 ft 8 1/2 in. German and South-Eastern European | p. 348 |
| Broad Gauge: 5 ft 6 in. - 5 ft O in | p. 359 |
| Cape Gauge: 3 ft 6 in | p. 361 |
| Meter Gauge: 3 ft 3 3/8 in | p. 364 |
| Narrow Gauge: 3 ft o in. - 2 ft o in | p. 384 |
| The Testing of Locomotives | |
| Steam Locomotive Theory and Data | |
| Action of the locomotive | p. 386 |
| Boiler performance | p. 387 |
| Coals | p. 389 |
| Combustion | p. 390 |
| Cylinder performance | p. 392 |
| Draughting | p. 394 |
| Heat transfer | p. 395 |
| The measurement of coal and water consumption | p. 396 |
| Stationary Testing Plants | |
| Objects and origins | p. 397 |
| Brief description of the British stationary plants | p. 398 |
| Diesel Locomotives | p. 401 |
| Road Testing | |
| Dynamometer cars | p. 403 |
| Methods and systems of road testing | p. 404 |
| Resistance of locomotives | p. 406 |
| Resistance of vehicles | p. 407 |
| Traction relations | p. 408 |
| Performance and Cost of Energy | p. 409 |
| The Steam Locomotive in Traffic | |
| Conditions of Service | |
| Introductory | p. 411 |
| Firing rates | p. 411 |
| Effect of fuel | p. 411 |
| Influence of gradients | p. 412 |
| Civil engineering restrictions | p. 412 |
| Rostering of locomotives | p. 413 |
| Route availability (the effect of hammer blow) | p. 414 |
| Locomotives for special service | p. 414 |
| Technical train timing | p. 415 |
| Standardization of Locomotive Designs | |
| Introductory | p. 416 |
| General utility locomotives | p. 416 |
| Range of standard designs | p. 419 |
| Valve design: its importance | p. 420 |
| Overseas practice: a comparison | p. 421 |
| Human Factors in Locomotive Running | |
| Introductory: the training and selection of enginemen | p. 421 |
| The British position | p. 422 |
| Allocation of engines to crews | p. 422 |
| Psychology in running | p. 423 |
| Signalling and automatic train control | p. 423 |
| Performance: an Analysis of Some Severe Passenger Duties | |
| British, French, and American work compared | p. 425 |
| Steam versus diesel trials on N.Y.C. system | p. 437 |
| Working of Beyer-Garratt locomotives in Africa | p. 437 |
| The Organization of a Steam Motive Power Depot | |
| The Motive Power Department | |
| Allocation of locomotives | p. 439 |
| District organization | p. 440 |
| Local organization--the shedmaster and his staff | p. 440 |
| The Planning and Layout of a Running Shed | |
| The Routine of a Large Running Shed | |
| Cleaning of engines | p. 447 |
| Preparation of engines | p. 447 |
| Repairs and the X-day scheme | p. 448 |
| X-days--boiler washouts and periodical examinations | p. 449 |
| Steam Engine Terminals in the United States | |
| Unconventional Forms of Railway Motive Power | |
| Multi-Cylinder Steam Locomotives | |
| Reciprocating steam locomotives with gear drive | p. 461 |
| Multi-cylinder steam locomotives with direct drive | p. 462 |
| Steam Locomotives Using Very High Pressures | p. 464 |
| Steam Turbine Driven Locomotives | |
| Condensing turbine locomotives with electrical transmission | p. 465 |
| Condensing turbine locomotives with mechanical transmission | p. 466 |
| Non-condensing turbine locomotives with electrical transmission | p. 467 |
| Non-condensing turbine locomotives with mechanical transmission | p. 468 |
| Other applications of the steam turbine to the railway locomotive | p. 472 |
| Condensing Tenders for Reciprocating Locomotives | p. 472 |
| Rack and Similar Locomotives | |
| Rack locomotives: steam | p. 472 |
| Rack locomotives: diesel | p. 473 |
| Rack locomotives: electric | p. 473 |
| Some systems of rack working | p. 473 |
| Braking systems | p. 475 |
| The Fell system | p. 475 |
| Miscellaneous Unconventional Motive Power | |
| Dual powered locomotives | p. 476 |
| Electrically heated steam locomotives | p. 476 |
| The Kitson-Still locomotive, 1927 | p. 476 |
| Propeller-driven railcars | p. 477 |
| The Gas Turbine in Railway Service | |
| Gas Turbine-Electric Locomotives | |
| Outline of the basic principles of the working of a gas turbine-electric locomotive | p. 478 |
| Brief description of some gas turbine-electric locomotives | p. 487 |
| The Turbo-Diesel Locomotive | |
| Swedish turbo-diesel locomotives | p. 492 |
| French experimental turbo-diesel locomotive, No. 040. GA. 1 | p. 492 |
| Concise Biographies of Famous Locomotive Designers and Engineers | p. 494 |
| Wheel arrangement: steam power | p. 504 |
| Wheel arrangement: diesel and electric wheel notation | p. 505 |
| Glossary of Locomotive Terms | p. 506 |
| For Further Reading | p. 509 |
| Notes on Contributors | p. 512 |
| Featured Plates | |
| Victorian Railways of Australia | p. 57 |
| Norwegian State Railway | p. 83 |
| Canadian Pacific Railways | p. 133 |
| Pennsylvania-Reading Railroad | p. 151 |
| South African Railways | p. 177 |
| French State Railways (S.N.C.F.) | p. 203 |
| French State Railways (S.N.C.F.) | p. 229 |
| Canadian Pacific Railways | p. 247 |
| Southern Pacific Railroad | p. 289 |
| Canadian National Railways | p. 307 |
| British Railways: Southern Region | p. 381 |
| British Railways: London Midland Region | p. 399 |
| British Railways: London Midland Region | p. 417 |
| Indian Government Railways | p. 443 |
| Brienz-Rothorn Railway, Switzerland | p. 469 |
| Union Pacific Railroad | p. 495 |
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ISBN: 9780486412474
ISBN-10: 0486412474
Series: Trains
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 512
Published: 17th September 2012
Dimensions (cm): 27.3 x 20.3
x 2.5
Weight (kg): 1.107
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