When The Steam Railroads Electrified
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When The Steam Railroads Electrified Revised Second Edition
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Author : William D. Middleton
language : en
Publisher: Railroads Past and Present
Release Date : 2001
When The Steam Railroads Electrified Revised Second Edition written by William D. Middleton and has been published by Railroads Past and Present this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Transportation categories.
This comprehensive history of North American railroad electrification has been out of print for many years. Now, Indiana University Press is proud to announce its return in an new, updated second edition. For most of the first half of the 20th century the United States led the way in railroad electrification. Before the outbreak of World War II, the country had some 2,400 route-miles and more than 6,300 track-miles operating under electric power, far more than any other nation and more than 20 percent of the world's total. In almost every instance, electrification was a huge success. Running times were reduced. Tonnage capacities were increased. Fuel and maintenance costs were lowered, and the service lives of electric locomotives promised to be twice as long as those of steam locomotives. Yet despite its many triumphs, electrification of U.S. railroads failed to achieve the wide application that once was so confidently predicted. By the 1970s, it was the Soviet Union, with almost 22,000 electrified route-miles, that led the way, and the U.S. had declined to 17th place. Today, electric operation of U.S. railroads is back in the limelight. The federally funded Northeast Corridor Improvement Program has provided an expanded Northeast Corridor electrification, with high-speed trains that are giving the fastest rail passenger service ever seen in North America, while still other high-speed corridors are planned for other parts of the country. And with U.S. rail freight tonnage at its highest levels in history, the ability of electric locomotives to expand capacity promises to bring renewed consideration of freight railroad electrification. Middleton begins his ambitious chronicle of the ups and downs of railway electrification with the history of its early days, and brings it right up to the present—which is surely not the end of this complex and mercurial story.
Electrification Of Steam Railroads
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Author : Kent T. Healy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1929
Electrification Of Steam Railroads written by Kent T. Healy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1929 with Railroads categories.
Railroad Electrification And The Electric Locomotive
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Author : Arthur J. Manson
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2015-06-15
Railroad Electrification And The Electric Locomotive written by Arthur J. Manson and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-15 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Excerpt from Railroad Electrification and the Electric Locomotive: Outline of Principles Involved in Railroad Electrification; A Comparison of Steam and Electric Locomotives; History of Electrification in United States; Data on Electrification in America, Europe and Australia The importance of electrification as a method for increasing the capacity of existing steam railway facilities and reducing the cost of train operation, makes it imperative that railway officers and operating men should have some knowledge concerning the elementary theory, the design, construction, care, and operation of electric locomotives, as well as their application to all classes of railroad service. The electric locomotive is no longer an experiment. Although in the beginning, its use on steam railroads in certain localities was practically compulsory, in order to overcome the smoke nuisance, its relation to the general transportation problem soon surpassed this state, and today, the electric locomotive stands as one of the most feasible means available for meeting the problems incident to the continually increasing traffic density as found on many American railroads. Longer and heavier trains must be handled at higher speeds and the use of electricity appears to be the logical solution of the problem. The reliability of operation of the electric locomotive, and its flexibility of control, have been proved and the advantages that may be expected from electric operation are well known. Electric locomotives are operating successfully over a length of continuous line 440 lines long and during 24 consecutive hours a single locomotive has been able to attain a mileage of 766 miles, while the monthly mileage has reached the high figure of more than 12,000 miles. The economy in fuel consumption per unit of power delivered at the drawbar will become of increasing importance as available fuel resources decrease. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
New England In National Leadership 1895
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Author : Howard Shirley Palmer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1945
New England In National Leadership 1895 written by Howard Shirley Palmer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1945 with Railroads categories.
Electrification Of Steam Railroads
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Author : Kent T. Healy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1929
Electrification Of Steam Railroads written by Kent T. Healy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1929 with Railroads categories.
Railroad Electrification And The Electric Locomotive
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Author : A.J. Manson
language : en
Publisher: Рипол Классик
Release Date : 1923
Railroad Electrification And The Electric Locomotive written by A.J. Manson and has been published by Рипол Классик this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1923 with History categories.
Railroad electrification and the electric locomotive outline of principles involved in railroad electrification. A comparison of steam and electric locomotives. History of electrification in United States. Data on electrification in America, Europe and Australia.
The Evolution Of Steam Railroad Electrification
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Author : Myles Elliott Robinson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1932
The Evolution Of Steam Railroad Electrification written by Myles Elliott Robinson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1932 with Railroads categories.
The Pioneer Stage Of Railroad Electrification
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Author : Carl W. Condit
language : en
Publisher: Philadelphia : American Philosophical Society
Release Date : 1977
The Pioneer Stage Of Railroad Electrification written by Carl W. Condit and has been published by Philadelphia : American Philosophical Society this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Transportation categories.
Economic Problems And Results Of Electrification Of Steam Railroadsin The United States
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Author : Yun Yuan Wong
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1931
Economic Problems And Results Of Electrification Of Steam Railroadsin The United States written by Yun Yuan Wong and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1931 with Railroads categories.
Railroad Electrification And The Electric Locomotive
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Author : Arthur J. Manson
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-09-17
Railroad Electrification And The Electric Locomotive written by Arthur J. Manson and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-17 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Excerpt from Railroad Electrification and the Electric Locomotive: Outline of Principles Involved in Railroad Electrification; A Comparison of Steam and Electric Locomotives; History of Electrification in United States; Data on Electrification in America, Europe and Australia The reliability Of Operation of the electric locomotive, and its flexibility of control, have been proved and the advantages that may be expected from el/ectric operation are well known. Electric locomotives are operating successfully over a length of continuous line 440 lines long and during 24 consecutive hours a single locomotive has been able to attain a mileage of 766 miles, while the monthly mileage has reached the high figure Of more than miles. The economy in fuel con sumption per unit of power delivered at the drawbar will become Of increasing importance as available fuel resources decrease. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.