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Excerpt from One Thousand Pointers for Machinists and EngineersThe necessity for a revision and enlargement of this work is due to the approbation bestowed upon it by Machinists, and repeated requests from Engineers and Firemen that Air Brakes, Break Downs, Blows and Pounds, of a locomotive be treated with its construction. This I have endeavored to do, the best authorities on each subject being frequently consulted, how far my execution has c...

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A book about classic American locomotives from the Golden Era of trains - it's a must for all train enthusiasts.

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Excerpt from The Locomotive Up to Date I desire to express my sincere thanks to the Railway Public for the generous reception accorded my former efforts, and trust that in this work I may be deemed, in some degree at least, to have made good my pledges to the gentlemen who requested the preparation by me of a more comprehensive work on the same subject. The number of contributors, inventors, locomotive works and mechanical journals who have ...

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Excerpt from One Thousand Pointers for Machinists and Engineers The necessity for a revision and enlargement of this work is due to the approbation bestowed upon it by Machinists, and repeated requests from Engineers and Firemen that Air Brakes, Break Downs, Blows and Pounds, of a locomotive be treated with its construction. This I have endeavored to do, the best authorities on each subject being frequently consulted, how far my execution has...

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When it was originally published in 1899, The Locomotive Up to Date was hailed as "...the most definitive work ever published concerning the mechanism that has transformed the American nation: the steam locomotive." Filled with over 750 pages of text, diagrams and photos, this astonishing volume remains one of the most important railroading books ever written. From steam valves to sanders, trucks to side rods, bells to whistles, it's a treasur...