How Steam Locomotives Really Work
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 22 April 2004
- ISBN 9780198607823
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages368 pages
- Size 196x129x19 mm
- Weight 264 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous halftones and line illustrations 80
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Short description:
The technology underlying steam trains was one of the foundations of the industrial revolution in the 19th Century, and although it has since been replaced, steam trains can still be found all over the world, in preserved railways and museums. This book describes their components, and how they work; and considers their development over 150 years, all over the world.
MoreLong description:
Steam locomotives were developed in the early part of the 19th Century, initially by Trevithick, and then most successfully by George Stephenson, whose engine Locomotion inaugurated the famous Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825. For the next 150 years, steam locomotives were further developed and refined, until the advent of new electrical technology superseded them. Although British Railways operated its last main-line steam locomotives in 1968, there is still immense interest in the large numbers of locomotives which have been privately preserved, and which run on heritage railways and in various parts of the world. This book describes the anatomy and physiology of the steam train, to enable all train enthusiasts to understand the workings of the various types of engines in use. It covers the design of the engine, the process of converting fuel into mechanical tractive effort to haul passenger and freight trains, and the function and design of the various components of the engine. The authors also outline the reasons behind the safe and efficient operation and maintenance of steam locomotives. Although the steam locomotive originated in the UK, there were parallel lines of development in North America and in various other European countries, many of which introduced their own individual features. These are dealt with in the book, which will appeal to railway enthusiasts throughout the world.
Review from previous edition ...if you are only buying one book for a steam railway enthusiast this Christmas, it has to be this one.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Why use steam
Burning the fuel
Raising Steam
Using the steam
Transmitting the power
The locomotive as a vehicle
The steam locomotive at work
Brakes
Designing a steam locomotive
Index
