When the Steam Railroads Electrified, Revised Second Edition

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.

Sommario

Foreword

Preface

1: Electricity challenges steam

2: Electrics into Grand Central

3: New Haven's bold venture

4: Under the rivers to Manhattan

5: Taming the tunnels

6: Conquering the Cascades

7: Big motors in the Appalachians

8: Montana copper carrier

9: Catenary over the mountains

10: Electrifying the 5:15

11: The great Pennsy electrification

12: Mine haul and miscellaneous

13: Traction in Latin America

14: What future for electrification?

Appendixes

A: The technology of electrification

B: The motive power of electrification

C: The what, where, and when of electrification

Bibliography

Index

Info autore

William D. Middleton

Riassunto

A comprehensive history of North American railroad electrification.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: William D Middleton, William D. Middleton
• Editore: Indiana University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 29.03.2002
• EAN: 9780253339799
• ISBN: 978-0-253-33979-9
• Pagine: 480
• Dimensioni: 226 mm x 291 mm x 42 mm
• Peso: 1752 g
• Illustrazioni: 697 b&w photos, 34 maps
• Serie: Railroads Past and Present; Railroads Past and Present
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Veicoli, aerei , imbarcazioni, viaggi aerospaziali > Veicoli su rotaia; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Tecnica > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie