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Development Of The Locomotive Engine Angus Sinclair history growth REPRINT
Development Of The Locomotive Engine By Angus Sinclair A history of the growth of the locomotive from its most elementary form, showing the gradual steps made toward the developed engine, with biographical sketches of the eminent engineers and inventors who nursed it on its way to the perfected form of today. Many particulars are also given concerning railroad Development.
Copyright 1907, 1970 reprint.
Hard cover with dust jacket Dust jacket has some damage
695 pages. Indexed.
Contents
Introduction to the Annotated Edition, by John H. White, Jr.vii
Prefacexi
Chapter r Origin and Growth of the Steam Engine1
Chapter ii Early Attempts at Locomotive Construction17
Chapter iii Development of Locomotives in Great Britain32
Chapter iv Genesis of American Railways44
Chapter v Connecting the Ocean with Western Rivers61
Chapter vi First Links of the Pennsylvania Railroad84
Chapter VII The Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad101
Chapter viii How the United States Worked into
Locomotive Building110
Chapter ix Triumphs of Baldwin122
Chapter x Sellers and Other Philadelphia Pioneers137
Chapter xi First Links of the New York Central Railroad150
Chapter xii First Railroad Construction in New England163
Chapter xiii Locomotive Building in New England177
Chapter xiv Work of New England Pioneer
Master Mechanics199
Chapter xv Troublous Times in Railway and Locomotive
Construction221
Chapter xvi Locomotive Building in New Jersey229
Chapter xvii The Erie Railroad256
Chapter xviii Reading's Mark on the Locomotive280
Chapter xix The Lackawanna Railroad295
Chapter xx The Lehigh Valley Railroad and
Its Motive Power311
Chapter xxi Demand for Multi-Coupled Engines326
Chapter xxii Railroads Westward Ho!357
Chapter xxiii Locomotive Boilers376
Chapter xxiv Smoke-Preventing Appliances390
Chapter xxv Spark Arresters and Draft Appliances408
Chapter xxvi Development of Valves and Valve Motion431
Chapter xxvii Freaks and Curiosities in Locomotive Designs 481
Chapter xxviii Growth of the Train Brake512
Chapter xxix Special Forms of Locomotives544
Preface
My purpose in writing this book was based on the belief that all intelligent railway men and hosts of others are sufficiently interested in the locomotive to desire a book giving a comprehensive history of the growth of this form of engine. The first moving cause for the determination to write this book originated about thirty years ago when I read an article in a popular magazine professing to give a condensed history of the locomotive engine that was full of misstatements and errors. I wrote to the editor, pointing out sonic of the most glaring mistakes, such as one stating that the first portion of the New York Central Railroad was opened with an engine called the "John Bull," which had an upright boiler. The editor replied that the article was written by a person who was an authority on such matters, and that there was no doubt that the statements made were correct. On reading the editor's letter I determined to write a history of the locomotive, and I have been collecting material for it ever since.
Most of the articles composing the book have been published in the pages of Railway and Locomotive Engineering, my own journal. As the articles appeared I invited readers to' send in corrections if they found any mistakes. They responded very exhaustively, and many of the statements have led to long discussions and correspondence. I have been actuated by an earnest desire to publish exact facts, and after sifting conflicting statements have used my best judgment to give those that are founded on the most reliable authority. That has caused the material in the book to be practically rewritten.
I give this book of history to the world with the humble hope that it may prove as free from mistakes as the most carefully written historical books have been, and that it may be found of interest to many who are engaged in railroad operations, or who may be interested in the appliances which have been used so successfully in the development of this great country. Whatever may be the popular estimate of the work, however, nothing can ever deprive me of the pleasant recollection of the many cheering words of encouragement and help connected with its preparation that have come from almost every part of the world.
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