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A non-fiction book written primarily in free verse, the book follows a family as they ride a transcontinental steam engine train in summer of 1869. The book details the workers, passengers, landscape, and effects of building and operating the first transcontinental railroad. The book also contains prose about the earlier and later history of ...
The first known audio adaptation was a 7" (33⅓rpm) EP narrated by the Rev. W. Awdry himself (), with "background effects taken from real engines". This record, released in 1957 by Chiltern Records of Princes Risborough, contained two stories – Edward's Day Out and Edward and Gordon – from the first book in the Railway Series: The Three Railway Engines.
As stated on the cover, the work is a survey of "Man's use of power, from the water wheel to the atomic pile." The topic is covered in short segments, titled "The Age of Engines," "Putting Energy to Work," "The First Engines," "Water and Wind Engines," "Early Steam Engines," "How a Steam Engine Works", "Steam Turbines," "Internal-combustion engines," "Otto Cycle Engines," "Two-stroke Cycle ...
Christopher Awdry has written a new book for the series, titled Thomas and Victoria, which focuses on stories relating to the railway preservation movement. This, the 41st book in the series, was released on 3 September 2007. In April 2010, Egmont Books confirmed that another Railway Series book, no 42 in the series, would be published in 2011. [3]
Leaving Houston, Texas on February 19, 1942, R.P. Resor was carrying 78,729 barrels (12,517 m 3 (442,000 cu ft)) of crude oil to be carried to Fall River, Massachusetts.She had a crew of 41 commanded by Captain Frederick Marcus, and carried an ensign and eight United States Navy gunners.
Star of the South was propelled by a coal-fired steam engine built by the Franklin Works of J. T. Sutton & Company. The engine was unusual for its day. It had two cylinders which were 52 inches (1.3 m) in diameter and had a 3 feet (0.91 m) stroke. A gearbox turned the single propeller shaft at twice the speed of the engine.
Engines of Rebellion: Confederate Ironclads and Steam Engineering in the American Civil War is a 2018 book written by naval historian Saxon Bisbee about the use of ironclad warships by the Confederate States of America. The book discusses 27 vessels, focusing on those with American-produced machinery.
A project to build a steam-powered replica of a GER Class G15 Wisbech and Upwell tram based on a Belgian Cockerill 0-4-0 tram engine has been underway for some time at the Nene Valley Railway. [24] Named "Toby", work on the project stalled following the deaths of the tram's owners, but the project was sold in January 2011 with a view to ...