Some useful conversion factors -- Diesel Railway Traction / J. M. Doherty, A.M.I. Mech.E., A.M.I. Loco.E. -- Engines -- Basic requirements -- Construction -- Development -- Four- and two-stroke cycles -- Injection systems -- Lubrication and cooling -- Power output and speed control -- Pressure charging and intercooling -- Starting equipment and auxiliaries -- Tabulated particulars -- Torque and power curves -- Transmissions -- Automatic control.
Factors governing choice of engine and transmission -- Ideal performance and transmission efficiency -- Multiple-unit operation -- Transmissions: Electric -- Control equipment -- Generators -- Load control: constant speed -- Load control: variable speed -- Traction motors -- Transmissions: Hydraulic -- Hydraulic torque converters -- Krupp transmission -- Lysholm-Smith transmission -- Mekydro transmission -- Voith transmissions -- Zahnradfabric: hydromedia transmission.
Transmissions: Mechanical -- Fluid couplings and friction clutches -- Gears: constant mesh -- Gears: epicyclic -- Gears: synchro-mesh -- Propulsion by the Fell system -- Diesel Locomotives -- Bogie and articulated locomotives -- Rigid frame locomotives -- Structural data: frames and superstructure -- Brakes, types of -- Diesel Railcars and Diesel Trains -- Bogie and articulated railcars -- Structural data -- Four-wheeled railcars.
Diesel Locomotives and Railcars: Other Equipment and Testing -- Braking systems -- Exhaust-conditioning and flame-proofing -- Fire protection -- Testing -- Train heating -- Diesel Traction in North America / David P. Morgan -- The Conquest of Diesel Traction in North America -- Dieselization in North America -- Ease of financing -- Indices of diesel efficiency -- Operating advantages -- Steam power development reaches finality -- History of Dieselization in North America.
1906-23. Self-propelled railcars -- 1923. The first diesel-electric locomotive -- 1925. First "commercially produced" diesel -- 1925-36. Early diesel switcher production and acceptance -- 1928. The first road diesel locomotive -- 1934. Enter the streamliners -- 1935. Non-articulated road diesel passenger units -- 1936. The yards "go diesel" -- 1939. The road freight diesel appears -- 1941. Introduction of road-switchers -- 1941-45. Effect of World War II on dieselization.
1946. The diesel at War's end -- The Diesel Locomotive -- The basic diesel unit -- Car body design -- Optional equipment -- Running a diesel -- Wheel arrangements -- Diesel Locomotive Builders -- Alco Products Inc., Schenectady, N.Y. -- Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation, Philadelphia, Pa. -- Electro-motive division of General Motors Corporation -- Fairbanks-Morse and Co. -- General Electric Corporation -- Other manufacturers -- The Operating of Diesel Locomotives.
The "building block" principle -- Dieselization methods -- The road-switcher -- Rostering of diesels -- Technological developments in physical plant -- Diesel Locomotive Maintenance and Rebuilding -- Maintenance facilities -- Maintenance procedures -- Rebuilding or upgrading? -- By-Products of Dieselization -- Demonstrations -- The export market -- Influence of the diesel on other types of motive power -- Non-locomotive uses for the diesel engine -- Rail diesel cars.
The Future -- The diesel of tomorrow -- Competition from other forms of motive power -- Prediction -- Electric Motive Power / F.J.G.HAUT, F.R.S.A., B.Sc.(Eng.), A.M.I. Mech.E., M.I. and S.Inst. -- Development of Electric Traction -- 1835-70. Early attempts to use electricity for railway traction -- 1870-95. Early locomotives in the United States and Europe -- 1890-1910. The first main line electrifications -- 1907-18. Noteworthy electrification schemes in America.
1902-22. Railway electrification and electric locomotives in Europe -- 1919-39. World development of electric locomotives and motor coaches -- An Evaluation of the Principal Electrical Systems on Railways, and Locomotive Types Employed -- Design and Construction of Electric Motive Power -- Basic design principles -- The electrical part -- The mechanical part -- Modern Electric Locomotives: A Survey of Current Practice -- British Railways -- French State Railways (S.N.C.F).
Indian Railways -- Netherlands Railways (N.S.) -- New York, New Haven and Hartford R.R. (USA) -- New Zealand Government Railways -- Pennsylvania R.R. (USA) -- South African Railways -- Swiss Federal Railways (S.B.B.) -- Turkish State Railways -- Virginian Railroad (USA) -- The Electric Motor Coach and Motor Coach Train -- Basic considerations -- The Germanium power rectifier for motor coaches -- Modern equipment for British Railways -- Motor coach trains for India.
Motor coaches in Switzerland -- Suburban train sets for the S.N.C.F. -- Train sets for the Netherlands Railways -- Train sets for the Swedish State Railways -- Underground Rail Ways -- London's underground railways -- The Paris Metro -- Rome underground railway -- Toronto subway coaches -- The Reciprocating Steam Locomotive / C.R.H. Simpson, A.M.I. Loco.E. -- Construction And Design: A Concise Encyclopedia -- Steam Locomotive Experiments -- Blast pipes -- Boilers -- Boosters.
Compounding -- Condensing -- Cylinders -- Fuels -- Streamlining -- Superheaters -- Valves -- Valve gears -- Illustrated Survey of Modern Steam Locomotives / H. M. Le Fleming, M.A.(Cantab.), A.M.I. Mech.E., M.I. Loco.E., M.N.E.C. Inst. -- Standard Gauge: 4 ft 8 1/2 in. North American -- Standard Gauge: 4 ft 8 1/2 in. North American Articulated -- Standard Gauge: 4 ft 8 1/2 in. British and Austarllan -- Standard Gauge: 4 ft 8 1/2 in. French.
Standard Gauge: 4 ft 8 1/2 in. Austrian, Czechoslovak, and Scandinavian -- Standard Gauge: 4 ft 8 1/2 in. German and South-Eastern European -- Broad Gauge: 5 ft 6 in. -- 5 ft O in -- Cape Gauge: 3 ft 6 in -- Meter Gauge: 3 ft 3 3/8 in -- Narrow Gauge: 3 ft o in. -- 2 ft o in -- The Testing of Locomotives / S. O.Ell -- Steam Locomotive Theory and Data -- Action of the locomotive -- Boiler performance -- Coals -- Combustion -- Cylinder performance -- Draughting -- Heat transfer.
The measurement of coal and water consumption -- Stationary Testing Plants -- Objects and origins -- Brief description of the British stationary plants -- Diesel Locomotives -- Road Testing -- Dynamometer cars -- Methods and systems of road testing -- Resistance of locomotives -- Resistance of vehicles -- Traction relations -- Performance and Cost of Energy -- The Steam Locomotive in Traffic / O. S. Nock, B.Sc.(Eng.), M.I.C.E., M.I. Mech.E. -- Conditions of Service.
Firing rates -- Effect of fuel -- Influence of gradients -- Civil engineering restrictions -- Rostering of locomotives -- Route availability (the effect of hammer blow) -- Locomotives for special service -- Technical train timing -- Standardization of Locomotive Designs -- General utility locomotives -- Range of standard designs -- Valve design: its importance -- Overseas practice: a comparison -- Human Factors in Locomotive Running.
Introductory: the training and selection of enginemen -- The British position -- Allocation of engines to crews -- Psychology in running -- Signalling and automatic train control -- Performance: an Analysis of Some Severe Passenger Duties -- British, French, and American work compared -- Steam versus diesel trials on N.Y.C. system -- Working of Beyer-Garratt locomotives in Africa.
The Organization of a Steam Motive Power Depot / G. Freeman Allen, Parts I, II & III, P. Ransome-Wallis, Part IV -- The Motive Power Department -- Allocation of locomotives -- District organization -- Local organization -- the shedmaster and his staff -- The Planning and Layout of a Running Shed -- The Routine of a Large Running Shed -- Cleaning of engines -- Preparation of engines -- Repairs and the X-day scheme -- X-days -- boiler washouts and periodical examinations.
Steam Engine Terminals in the United States -- Unconventional Forms of Railway Motive Power / P. Ransome-Wallis, M.B., Ch.B. -- Multi-Cylinder Steam Locomotives -- Reciprocating steam locomotives with gear drive -- Multi-cylinder steam locomotives with direct drive -- Steam Locomotives Using Very High Pressures -- Steam Turbine Driven Locomotives -- Condensing turbine locomotives with electrical transmission -- Condensing turbine locomotives with mechanical transmission.
Non-condensing turbine locomotives with electrical transmission -- Non-condensing turbine locomotives with mechanical transmission -- Other applications of the steam turbine to the railway locomotive -- Condensing Tenders for Reciprocating Locomotives -- Rack and Similar Locomotives -- Rack locomotives: steam -- Rack locomotives: diesel -- Rack locomotives: electric -- Some systems of rack working -- Braking systems -- The Fell system -- Dual powered locomotives.
Electrically heated steam locomotives -- The Kitson-Still locomotive, 1927 -- Propeller-driven railcars -- The Gas Turbine in Railway Service / P. Ransome-Wallis, M.B., Ch.B. -- Gas Turbine-Electric Locomotives -- Outline of the basic principles of the working of a gas turbine-electric locomotive -- Brief description of some gas turbine-electric locomotives -- The Turbo-Diesel Locomotive -- Swedish turbo-diesel locomotives.
French experimental turbo-diesel locomotive, No. 040. GA. 1 -- Concise Biographies of Famous Locomotive Designers and Engineers / H.M. Le Fleming, M.A.(Cantab.), A.M.I. Mech.E., M.I. Loco.E., M.N.E.C. Inst. -- Wheel arrangement: steam power -- Wheel arrangement: diesel and electric wheel notation -- Victorian Railways of Australia -- Norwegian State Railway -- Canadian Pacific Railways -- Pennsylvania-Reading Railroad -- South African Railways -- French State Railways (S.N.C.F.).
French State Railways (S.N.C.F.) -- Canadian Pacific Railways -- Southern Pacific Railroad -- Canadian National Railways -- British Railways: Southern Region -- British Railways: London Midland Region -- British Railways: London Midland Region -- Indian Government Railways -- Brienz-Rothorn Railway, Switzerland -- Union Pacific Railroad.
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