Author: Coverdale & ColpittsPublisher:
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Category : Railroad trains
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Report on Light-weight Trains of the Zephyr Type
Author: Coverdale & ColpittsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad trains
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
New Types of Light Weight Passenger Trains
Author: United States. Interstate Commerce CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad trains
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
New Types of Light Weight Passenger Trains
Author: United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. Bureau of StatisticsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad trains
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
From Steam to Diesel
Author: Albert J. ChurellaPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400822688
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This overview of the leading locomotive producers in the United States during the twentieth century shows how they responded to a radical technological change: the replacement of steam locomotives by diesels. The locomotive industry provides a valuable case study of business practices and dramatic shifts in innovation patterns, since two companies--General Motors and General Electric--that had no traditional ties to locomotive production demolished established steam locomotive manufacturers. Albert Churella uses many previously untapped sources to illustrate how producers responded to technological change, particularly between the 1920s and the 1960s. Companies discussed include the American Locomotive Company (ALCo), the Baldwin Locomotive Works, the Lima Locomotive Works, Fairbanks-Morse, the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors, and General Electric. A comparative work of business history and the history of technology, the book is not a complete history of any locomotive builder, nor does it explore the origins of the diesel engine in great detail. What it does, and does superbly, is to demonstrate how managers addressed radical shifts in technology and production methods. Churella reveals that managerial culture and corporate organizational routines, more than technological competency per se, allowed some companies to succeed, yet constrained the actions of others. He details the shift from small-batch custom manufacturing techniques in the steam locomotive industry to mass-production methods in the diesel locomotive industry. He also explains that chance events and fortuitous technological linkages helped to shape competitive patterns in the locomotive industry.
Report on Streamline, Light-weight, High-speed Passenger Trains
Author: Coverdale & ColpittsPublisher:
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Category : Railroad trains
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Transcript of Proceedings of the Arbitration Board (Arb. 140, NMB Case A-3391)
Author: United States. National Mediation BoardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arbitration, Industrial
Languages : en
Pages : 1664
Book Description
JFK International Airport Light Rail System
Author: Awards ... Third Division, National Railroad Adjustment Board
Author: United States. National Railroad Adjustment BoardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arbitration, Industrial
Languages : en
Pages : 956
Book Description
Dictionary of Metals
Author: Harold M. CobbPublisher: ASM International
ISBN: 1615039929
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Book Description: The Dictionary of Metals is the authoritative reference work for terms and definitions of metals and terms relating to metals. It also includes a considerable amount of history starting with the seven metals of antiquity. Each of the metallic elements has a discussion that includes the discoverer and date, the naming of the metal and its meaning, the major applications, the significance of the discovery, and physical properties. Includes a timeline of important events in the history of metals and metallurgy.
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