When the Steam Railroads Electrified, Revised Second Edition

Name: When the Steam Railroads Electrified, Revised Second Edition
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ISBN: 9780253339799

ISBN-10: 0253339790

ISBN-13: 9780253339799

Edition: 2nd 2002 (Revised)

Authors: William D. Middleton, John Barriger

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Book details

List price: $65.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 3/29/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 480
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.98" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 3.982
Language: English

William D. Middleton is the author of more than 20 books and many hundreds of articles on rail transportation, engineering, and travel topics. He is editor (with George M. Smerk and Roberta L. Diehl) of Encyclopedia of North American Railroads (IUP, 2007) and co-author of Frank Julian Sprague: Electrical Inventor and Engineer (IUP, 2009).



Foreword



Preface to the Second Edition



Electricity challenges steam



Electrics into Grand Central



New Haven's bold venture



Under the rivers to Manhattan



Taming the tunnels



Conquering the Cascades



Big motors in the Appalachians



Montana copper carrier



Catenary over the mountains



Electrifying the 5:15



The great Pennsy electrification



Mine haul and miscellaneous



Traction in Latin America



What future for electrification?


Appendixes



The technology of electrification



The motive power of electrification



The what, where, and when of electrification


Bibliography


Index