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Edwardian Steam

- A Locomotive Kaleidoscope
Af: Philip Atkins Engelsk Hardback

Edwardian Steam

- A Locomotive Kaleidoscope
Af: Philip Atkins Engelsk Hardback
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On the eve of WWI, there were 19,245 route miles of railway in Britain. Apart from some suburban electrification in a few major city areas, this vast network was worked entirely by steam locomotives.  Each year several hundred locomotives were built while others were scrapped. The picture was therefore continually changing almost by the day, as between 1901 and 1914 a new build locomotive design or variant appeared somewhere, on average, at the rate of one every three weeks. The dramatic increase in the size of locomotives during this fairly short period was also unparalleled.  It was goods rather than passenger traffic that earned most revenue for many railways. Railway engines consumed about 13 million tons of coal annually and as the pit head price of coal steadily increased, the railways sought ways to reduce their coal consumption and thereby maintain profitability, superheating being an important innovation in this respect at this time.  This book closely examines all aspects of steam operations in this era, making use of largely overlooked published official statistics to present a detailed and fascinating picture of the time which has been described as the Golden Age of Britain''s railways
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On the eve of WWI, there were 19,245 route miles of railway in Britain. Apart from some suburban electrification in a few major city areas, this vast network was worked entirely by steam locomotives.  Each year several hundred locomotives were built while others were scrapped. The picture was therefore continually changing almost by the day, as between 1901 and 1914 a new build locomotive design or variant appeared somewhere, on average, at the rate of one every three weeks. The dramatic increase in the size of locomotives during this fairly short period was also unparalleled.  It was goods rather than passenger traffic that earned most revenue for many railways. Railway engines consumed about 13 million tons of coal annually and as the pit head price of coal steadily increased, the railways sought ways to reduce their coal consumption and thereby maintain profitability, superheating being an important innovation in this respect at this time.  This book closely examines all aspects of steam operations in this era, making use of largely overlooked published official statistics to present a detailed and fascinating picture of the time which has been described as the Golden Age of Britain''s railways
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 176
ISBN-13: 9781910809655
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1910809659
Kategori: Jernbaneselskaber
Udg. Dato: 30 sep 2020
Længde: 16mm
Bredde: 285mm
Højde: 222mm
Forlag: Crecy Publishing
Oplagsdato: 30 sep 2020
Forfatter(e): Philip Atkins
Forfatter(e) Philip Atkins

Kategori Jernbaneselskaber

ISBN-13 9781910809655

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 176

Udgave

Længde 16mm

Bredde 285mm

Højde 222mm

Udg. Dato 30 sep 2020

Oplagsdato 30 sep 2020

Forlag Crecy Publishing

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