"Engineering History Railroads Technology Transportation" downloads

From the 1830s to today, the railroad industry has developed myriad complex mechanisms to help keep North America's railroad rights-of-ways...

The diesel locomotive sent shock waves through rigid corporate cultures and staid government regulators. For some, the new technology promised...

Authoritative international survey reviews everything from standard steam engines, diesels and gas turbines to subways and electric motor coaches. Includes...

Relive train travel's earliest days with this splendidly illustrated story of steam locomotion, from "teakettles" to "titans." Working from builders'...

Efforts to create and mould new technologies have been a central, recurrent feature of the American experience since at least...

The incredible biography of the most famous steam locomotive in the world. Think of the Golden Age of Steam and...