For nearly half of the nation's history, the steam locomotive was the outstanding symbol for progress and power. It was the literal engine of the Industrial Revolution, and it played an instrumental role in putting the United States on the world stage. While the steam locomotive's basic principle of operation is simple, designers and engineers honed these concepts into 100-mph passenger trains and 600-ton behemoths capable of hauling mile-long freight at incredible speeds. American Steam Locomotives is a thorough and engaging history of the invention that captured public imagination like no other, and the people who brought it to life. (Publisher)
...MoreReview Joseph Strapac (2019) Review of "American steam locomotives : Design and development, 1880-1960". Railroad History (pp. 94-95).
Review Thomas C. Cornillie (December 2020) Review of "American steam locomotives : Design and development, 1880-1960". The Journal of Transport History (pp. 474-477).
Similar Citations
Article
John H., Jr. White;
(Fall-Winter 2007)
A Short History of American Locomotive Builders in the Steam Era: Introduction
(/isis/citation/CBB193960582/)
Book
Brian Solomon;
(2010)
Baldwin locomotives
(/isis/citation/CBB298507659/)
Book
Kenneth R. Middleton;
Norman F. Priebe;
(2010)
Steam locomotives of the Great Northern Railway
(/isis/citation/CBB254825924/)
Article
John H., Jr. White;
(Fall-Winter 2007)
Men Behind the Machines
(/isis/citation/CBB421979021/)
Article
David R. Starbuck;
(1994)
The Cog Railway on Mount Washington (Photo Essay)
(/isis/citation/CBB102288586/)
Article
Mark Aldrich;
(2020)
When Steam Railroads burned oil
(/isis/citation/CBB267297131/)
Article
Robert Gwynne;
(2021)
Sticking with steam – why Britain’s railways stayed loyal to Georgian technology into the ‘space age’
(/isis/citation/CBB699478752/)
Book
Michael R. Bailey;
(2014)
Loco Motion: The World's Oldest Steam Locomotives
(/isis/citation/CBB451724895/)
Book
Brian Solomon;
(2009)
Alco Locomotives
(/isis/citation/CBB754760779/)
Book
Gregory P. Ames;
(2006)
Old Maud - A Life & Times: America's Pioneer Mallet Locomotive
(/isis/citation/CBB231989593/)
Book
Brian Solomon;
(2015)
Streamliners: Locomotives and Trains in the Age of Speed and Style
(/isis/citation/CBB973953203/)
Book
Brian Solomon;
(2015)
The Majesty of Big Steam
(/isis/citation/CBB990498078/)
Book
Brasher, Larry E.;
(2006)
Santa Fe Locomotive Development: The Journey to Supreme Steam and Pioneer Diesels
(/isis/citation/CBB291156817/)
Article
Ray State;
Albert Rutherford;
(2020)
The West Point Foundry Association: America's First commercial locomotive builder.
(/isis/citation/CBB669668914/)
Article
Pete Claussen;
(Spring-Summer 2018)
"Mississippi"
(/isis/citation/CBB531005418/)
Article
Ron Goldfeder;
(Spring-Summer 2018)
The "Daniel Nason"
(/isis/citation/CBB797586158/)
Book
Lorenz P. Schenk;
Robert L. Frey;
(1985)
Northern Pacific Railway: Supersteam Era, 1925-1945
(/isis/citation/CBB032979829/)
Book
Tom Morrison;
(2018)
The American Steam Locomotive in the Twentieth Century
(/isis/citation/CBB104974564/)
Book
Wendy Burton;
Jeffrey T. Brouws;
(2015)
Railroad Vision: Steam Era Images from Trains Magazine archives
(/isis/citation/CBB965302166/)
Review
Dan Cupper;
(Fall-Winter 2009)
Review of "Baltimore & Ohio's Magnificent 2-8-8-4 EM-1 Articulated Locomotives"
(/isis/citation/CBB119826336/)
Be the first to comment!