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Informationen zum Autor William L. Withuhn (1941-2017) was the long-time transportation curator at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. He was a licensed locomotive engineer who ran dozens of steam engines, from saddle-tankers to Northerns. Withuhn was also the chairman of the Federal Railroad Administration's Engineering Standards Committee, which re-wrote regulations for the 21st century and thus helped ensure continued operation of heritage locomotives. He was author of The Spirit of Steam and Rails Across America. Klappentext William L. Withuhn (1941¿2017) was the long-time transportation curator at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. He was a licensed locomotive engineer who ran dozens of steam engines, from saddle-tankers to Northerns. Withuhn was also the chairman of the Federal Railroad Administration's Engineering Standards Committee, which re-wrote regulations for the 21st century and thus helped ensure continued operation of heritage locomotives. He was author of The Spirit of Steam and Rails Across America. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. High-Wheeled Racers 2. More Wheels and Bigger Fireboxes 3. Vehicular Design for Horsepower 4. Big Wheels Turnin': A History of Counterbalancing 5. Innovation and Risk in Design: From Compound Cylinders to Superheating 6. Superheating: Design and Risk 7. Francis Cole and his Triumph of Empiracl Science 8. Locomotive Safety Regulation: The Locomotive Inspection Act of 1911 and the Nationwide Shopmen's Strike of 1922 9. Leadership in Industrial Research 10. Federal Takeover: Engineering and Politics -The U.S. Railroad Administration, 1917-1920 11. The Formative Contest 12. The Steam Locomotive's Final Form - The Hudson 13. The Steam Locomotive's Final Form - The Texas 14. The Steam Locomotive's Final Form - The Hudson - Part 2 15. The Steam Locomotive's Final Form - The Northern 16. Giants in the Earth 17. Counterpoint: Why the Diesel? 18. "Big Boy" and Allegheny: The Most Powerful of All 19. The T1 and Poppet Valves: The Last Important Innovation 20. The "Big Three" of the Norfolk & Western 21. Resisting the Revolution 22. Industrial Beauty and the Beholder ...
