Operation & Technical
SLEZAK, Josef Otto
Der Giesl-Ejektor - Verjüngungskur für Dampflokomotiven / The Giesl Ejector - Rejuvenation of Steam Locomotives
Internationales Archiv für Lokomotivgeschichte / International Annals of Locomotive History 7
Development and operation of the Giesl ejector with photograph section to rear. German text with English summary, photograph captions bi-lingual.
SMITH, Walter M.
The Application of Cylindrical Steam Distributing Valves to Locomotives
Institution of Mechanical Engineers Proceedings - 30th July 1902
Extract of IME 1902 proceedings with tables and diagrams supporting the paper. Thirty pages plus nine pages of photographs and diagram plates.
SYLVESTER, Charles
Report on Rail-Roads and Locomotive Engines
Reprint of 1824 report to the directors of the Liverpool and Manchester. Sylvester visted colliery railways and tested locomotives, comparing high and low pressure locomotives.
TERRY, Keith
On the Footplate at Bushbury 1947 - 1962: An Engineman's Tale
Oakwood Reminiscences Series RS15
Autobiography of Bushbury driver from 1940s train spotting to driver in the 1950's. Includes technical detail on steam locomotives and personal assessment of the classes on which the author worked. Usual Oakwood high standard, illustrated throughout.
The Engineer
The Reid-MacLeod Steam Turbine Locomotive
Detailed article describing this turbine locomotive built by the North British Railway in 1924. It was exhibited at the Wembley exhibition in 1924 and trialled in 1926 /1927. Detailed technical photographs and two foldout drawings of the locomotive.
The Locomotive Publishing Company
The Locomotive of To-Day
Technical aspects of steam locomotive construction with photographs and numerous drawings, including fold-out detailed diagrams. Based on reprinted articles published by the Locomotive Magazine, it first appeared in 1899 with several editions thereafter.
