Author: Alvin F. StauferPublisher: Staufer Books & Prints
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Copy donated to Michigan Room by Charles List, 1995.
Steam Power of the New York Central System, 1915-1955
Author: Alvin F. StauferPublisher: Staufer Books & Prints
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Copy donated to Michigan Room by Charles List, 1995.
Thoroughbreds
Author: Alvin F. StauferPublisher: Staufer Books & Prints
ISBN: 9780944513033
Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Know Thy Late Mohawks
Author: Thomas GerbrachtPublisher:
ISBN: 9780578712925
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A 320 page hard cover book,, printed on archival stock, and containing a technical narrative, profusely illustrated with photographs including a 32 page color section, and engineering drawings of the last series of Mohawk type steam locomotives owned and operated by the New York Central railroad. The book describes and illustrates the original Late Mohawk design of 1940, and documents the evolution of the design and the introduction of the last Mohawks, the L-4B class, in 1942. The design is compared with other steam locomotive designs used in the railroad's service area, and documents the final Mohawk operation in early 1957.
The New York Central System
Author: Michael LeavyPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738549282
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
A full generation has passed since a New York Central emblem dashed across the countryside on a railroad car, but few could ever forget "the greatest railroad in the world." The New York Central System grew from an amalgamation of smaller lines stretching from Albany to Buffalo in the 1830s. Twenty years later, the lines were gathered into a single company. Its phenomenal success did not go unnoticed by Cornelius "the Commodore" Vanderbilt. In his late sixties, when most men retire, he methodically started acquiring railroads in the New York City and Hudson River region. He then acquired the New York Central and merged it with his Hudson River Railroad. The Commodore and his son William, the foremost rail barons of their age, forged ahead with one of the most dynamic future-directed endeavors in the world-a railroad empire that traversed 11 states and 2 Canadian provinces.
Know Thy Niagaras
Author: Thomas R. GerbrachtPublisher:
ISBN: 9780692081877
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The complete story of the New York Central railroad's famous Niagara type steam locomotives
Railway and Locomotive Engineering ...
Author: Steam Power of the New York Central System
Author: Alvin F. StauferRailroad Age Gazette
Author: New York Central Railroad
Author: Brian SolomonPublisher: Voyageur Press
ISBN: 9780760329283
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
For decades the New York Central reigned as one of Americas most important railroads. Beginning with the 1853 consolidation of a group of fledgling railways that formed a route from Buffalo to Albany, the New York Central grew into a powerhouse transportation company with more than 10,000 route miles. This illustrated history of the railroad that grew to power under the Vanderbilt dynasty covers every aspect of the New York Central through its 1968 merger with longtime rival Pennsylvania Railroad and the eventual merger of Penn Centrals successor, Conrail, into Norfolk Southern and CSX. Along the way, readers are treated to a selection of archival photographs, commissioned route maps, period ads, and timetables detailing all of New York Centrals operations--steam and diesel, freight and passenger--not to mention associated icons like Grand Central Terminal, the legendary Henry Dreyfuss shrouded Hudson steam locomotives, the Water Level Route, and the 20th Century Limited passenger trains. Prolific railway author Brian Solomon sources 150 evocative photographs, promotional materials, and postcards not included in the previous edition to deliver a nostalgic and colorful look at the New York Central. In addition, there are four specially commissioned maps.
The First Quarter-century of Steam Locomotives in North America
Author: Smith Hempstone OliverPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description