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Complete practical railroading : a complete series of text-books on modern railway transportation

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
National Institute of Practical Mechanics
Publication Date
c1911
Call Number
385 NAT
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV006.24.45
Call Number
385 NAT
Author
National Institute of Practical Mechanics
Contributor
International School of Engineering
Place of Publication
Chicago
Publisher
International School of Engineering
Publication Date
c1911
Printer
Allied Printing
Physical Description
492 p., xix : ill. : 18 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Trainmen--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Trainmen
Railroads--Design and construction
Railroads
Subjects
Transportation
Notes
"A series of text books prepared especially and exclusively for instruction on locomotive engineering by motive power superintendents, master mechanics, traveling engineers and mechanical experts associated with the International School of Engineering" -- Title page
"Locomotive boilers and engines, their construction, care, operation and management, firemen's duties, heat, fuel combustion, injectors, lubrication, and the setting of valves. Also complete description of walschaert and other valve gears, their defects and how to remedy them" -- Title page
Includes index.
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The how and why wonder book of railroads

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Scharff, Robert
Publication Date
c1964
Call Number
625.1 SCH
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV004.20.21
Call Number
625.1 SCH
Author
Scharff, Robert
Contributor
Zaffo, George J.
Wolf, Donald D.
Blackwood, Paul E., 1913-1997
White, Oakes A.
Place of Publication
New York, N.Y.
Publisher
Wonder Books
Publication Date
c1964
Series
How and why wonder books series, No. 5052.
Physical Description
48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Inscription
The How and Why Wonder Book of Railroads
Library Subject (LOC)
Railroads
Railroad trains
Juvenile literature
Subjects
Transportation
Notes
Includes index.
White, Oakes A from Brookelyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Price: 59 cents.
"Illustrated by George J. Zaffo."
"Editorial producation" : Donald D. Wolf
"Edited under the supervision of Paul Everett Blackwood"
"Text and illustrations approved by Oakes A. White
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