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A Century of Locomotive Building J. G. H. Warren

A Century of Locomotive Building By J. G. H. Warren

A Century of Locomotive Building by J. G. H. Warren

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A Century of Locomotive Building: By Robert Stephenson & Co 1823/1923 by J. G. H. Warren

This concise look at the locomotive company Robert Stephenson & Co from 1823 to 1923 by J. G. Warren provides a unique history of the locomotive industry as it came to be built. He includes details such as letters, diagrams, photos, pictures and tables to give a full understanding of that century of progression.

Table of Contents

Introduction by W. A. Tuplin
Introduction by J. G. Warren
George Stephenson (1781-1848)
The Two Stephensons (1803-1859)

Chapter 1: The First Railroads
Chapter 2: The Fist Rail Locomotives (1804-1814)
Chapter 3: George Stephenson's First Locomotives (1814-1825)
Chapter 4: The Stockton and Darlington Railway
Chapter 5: The Edward Pease (1767-1858)
Chapter 6: The Foundation and Development of Robert Stephenson & Co (1823-1859)
Chapter 7: The First Locomotives of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (1825-1829)
Chapter 8: The First Locomotives in France (1828-1829)
Chapter 9: The 'Lancashire Witch' (1828)
Chapter 10: The First Locomotives for America and some Remarkable Designs (1828-1829)
Chapter 11: The Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Chapter 12: The 'Rocket'
Chapter 13: The Rainhill Trails
Chapter 14: The Firebox of the 'Rocket'
Chapter 15: The Blast Pipe
Chapter 16: The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway
Chapter 17: The 'Rocket' Type
Chapter 18: The 'Northumbrian'
Chapter 19: The Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Chapter 20: The 'Planet'
Chapter 21:The 'Planet' Type and come more Experiments
Chapter 22: Hackworth and Stephenson Locomotives on the Stockton and Darlington Railway (1830-1840)
Chapter 23: The Stephenson Locomotive in America (1831-1836)
Chapter 24: The Six-Wheeled Locomotives Robert Stephenson's Planet (1833-1841)
Chapter 25: Brunel and The Broad Gauge
Chapter 26: The 'Long Boiler' Locomotive Robert Stephenson's Patent (1841-1845)
Chapter 27: Evolution of the 'Stephenson' Link Motion (1835-1842)
Chapter 28: The Gauge Experiments and the Stephenson Locomotive (1845-1860)
Chapter 29: The Latter Developments of the Robert Stephenson & Co (1859-1923)
Chapter 30: The Modern Steam Locomotive (1903-1923)

Appendix
Index

Additional information

NLS9781446305867
9781446305867
1446305864
A Century of Locomotive Building: By Robert Stephenson & Co 1823/1923 by J. G. H. Warren
J. G. H. Warren
New
Paperback
David & Charles
2014-09-16
480
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