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 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.
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
Railroad History
Author: Welding Journal
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Welding
Languages : en
Pages : 1812
Book Description
"Current welding literature" included in each volume.
Baltimore and Ohio Employes Magazine
Author: The New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad
Author: Robert E. MohowskiPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801872228
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad arose in 1881 through the merger of several smaller railway companies that linked the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania to the industrial centers of the New York–New Jersey metropolitan area. Immediately successful in the coal business, the NYS&W also attracted tourists by promoting the beauty and rural charm of the Delaware Water Gap and building picnic facilities for same-day excursions from both ends of the line. The company's fortunes rose through the 1920s, fell in the 1930s, surged in the 1940s as it became one of the region's busiest and most innovative passenger lines, and slowly declined from the 1950s until finally passing into bankruptcy in 1976 and reorganization into a regional freight hauler. As expertly and engagingly told in this heavily illustrated book—the first in-depth history of the line—the story of the NYS&W vividly illustrates the challenges faced by the many smaller railroad companies that contributed to America's industrial growth and the inventive solutions their directors devised to surmount these difficulties in the service of local and regional needs. Robert E. Mohowski traces the company's tangled history from the founding of its direct ancestor—the New Jersey, Hudson, and Delaware Railroad—in 1832 through its acquisition by the Erie Railroad in 1898, its reemergence as an independent entity in 1940, and its thirty-six-year-long struggle to keep the railroad in business. As Mohowski accounts, the NYS&W throughout its history aggressively sought out new sources of revenue, particularly as the traffic in coal dwindled. Commuter service became the most successful of these activities, and the line's management invested heavily in upgrading its locomotive and passenger car fleets. The company introduced streamlined, self-propelled cars that provided fast, comfortable travel in northeast New Jersey (a prototype for New Jersey Transit's present-day Midtown Direct service). These efforts, however, proved insufficient to prevent the company's demise. Beloved by railroad enthusiasts, the New York, Susquehanna & Western serves as a case study in technological innovation and creative management and stands as an important chapter in the history of American railroads.
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