For nearly half of the nation's history, the steam locomotive was the outstanding symbol for progress and power. It was the literal engine of the Industrial Revolution, and it played an instrumental role in putting the United States on the world stage. While the steam locomotive's basic principle of operation is simple, designers and engineers honed these concepts into 100-mph passenger trains and 600-ton behemoths capable of hauling mile-long freight at incredible speeds. American Steam Locomotives is a thorough and engaging history of the invention that captured public imagination like no other, and the people who brought it to life.

American Steam Locomotives: Design and Development, 1880–1960 (Railroads Past and Present)

Engineering & Transportation

Withuhn, William L.

Transportation

Indiana University Press

American History. Locomotives. Trains. Steam engines.

The Spirit of Steam - The Golden Age of North American Steam

Business & Money

Industries

Smithmark

Photographs and essays offer insight into the importance of the railroad in the twentieth century

The Spirit of Steam: A Photographic Record of the Golden Age of American Steam

Science & Math

Technology

Smithmark Pub.

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