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The Art of Railroading

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Alymer-Small, Sidney
Publication Date
1908
Call Number
385 ALY
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Call Number
385 ALY
Author
Alymer-Small, Sidney
Place of Publication
Chicago, IL
Publisher
Railway Publications Society
Publication Date
1908
Series
The Prior Self-Educational Railway Series
Printer
Frederick J. Drake & Co.
Physical Description
924 p. : ill. 6 cm thick
Library Subject (LOC)
Railroads--Design and construction
Railroads
Electric railroads
Subjects
Transportation
Notes
Electrical Railroading / Electricity as applied to railroad transportation
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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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