Locomotives of the Gsr

Locomotives of the Gsr
Title Locomotives of the Gsr PDF eBook
Author Jeremy Clements
Publisher
Pages 384
Release 2008-12-01
Genre Locomotives
ISBN 9781906578268

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The Great Southern Railways of Ireland was the largest of the major Irish railways and was created in 1924 by the amalgamation all the railways which were completely within the Irish Free State, as it was called at that time. This book includes all locomotives inherited by the GSR in 1924, broad and narrow guage.

Southern Railway

Southern Railway
Title Southern Railway PDF eBook
Author David Maidment
Publisher Pen and Sword
Pages 447
Release 2018-10-30
Genre Transportation
ISBN 1526732149

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Southern Maunsell Moguls and Tank Engines is a volume in the series of Locomotive Profiles being published by Pen & Sword. It describes the conception, design and construction of the two- and three-cylinder 2-6-0s initially the Ns constructed at the end of the First World War, many at government initiative by the Woolwich Arsenal and their three-cylinder variants, the N1s. It also describes in similar fashion the class K River 2-6-4 tank engines, their riding problems and the decision to convert them as class U two-cylinder moguls after the disastrous Sevenoaks derailment in 1927. The solitary K1 three-cylinder 2-6-4T was similarly converted as the prototype three-cylinder U1 with new build Us and U1s following in the early 1930s.The moguls, originally built by Richard Maunsell for the South Eastern & Chatham Railway, became the standard mixed traffic locomotives throughout the Southern Railway for virtually the whole of its existence and many remained until near the end of BR Southern Regions steam stock in 1965/6.After the experience with the passenger 2-6-4 tank engines, Maunsell restricted his larger tank engine designs to freight work the class W for heavy cross-London interchange freight traffic and the Z0-8-0T for heavy shunting and banking work. Maunsell also redesigned some elderly LB&SCR E1 0-6-0Ts for branch line work in rural Devon and North Cornwall, providing a radial axle as 0-6-2T class E1/R.The book covers the allocation, operation and performance of these classes and includes some personal reminiscences of the author who experienced the moguls at first hand. It also covers the sale of some of the Woolwich moguls to the CIE in Ireland and the conversion of a number to 2-6-4 freight tank engines for the Metropolitan Railway. The book is lavishly illustrated with over 300 black and white and thirty colour photographs.

Design and Development of Heavy Duty Diesel Engines

Design and Development of Heavy Duty Diesel Engines
Title Design and Development of Heavy Duty Diesel Engines PDF eBook
Author P. A. Lakshminarayanan
Publisher Springer Nature
Pages 912
Release 2019-11-05
Genre Technology & Engineering
ISBN 9811509700

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This book is intended to serve as a comprehensive reference on the design and development of diesel engines. It talks about combustion and gas exchange processes with important references to emissions and fuel consumption and descriptions of the design of various parts of an engine, its coolants and lubricants, and emission control and optimization techniques. Some of the topics covered are turbocharging and supercharging, noise and vibrational control, emission and combustion control, and the future of heavy duty diesel engines. This volume will be of interest to researchers and professionals working in this area.

Transport and Climate Change

Transport and Climate Change
Title Transport and Climate Change PDF eBook
Author Tim Ryley
Publisher Emerald Group Publishing
Pages 409
Release 2012-07-17
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1780524412

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This topical volume covers the intersection between transport and climate change, with papers from the 'Transport & Climate Change' session of the RGS-IBG conference in London, September 2010. It considers the role of transport modes at varying spatial dimensions and a range of perspectives on the relationship between transport and climate change.

Trains, Coal and Turf

Trains, Coal and Turf
Title Trains, Coal and Turf PDF eBook
Author Peter Rigney
Publisher
Pages 244
Release 2010
Genre Coal trade
ISBN 9780716530107

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The GSR operated all railway lines which lay wholly within Éire, and was the main transport provider during the Emergency. Rigney describes how the company coped to keep trains moving, and challenges the view that Emergency rail service was one of unremitting chaos. In fact, the experience of the GSR in these years was similar to railway companies in other neutral countries. The GSR was Ireland's biggest coal importer, one of its largest single employers, and its biggest owner of engineering workshops. It played a key role in the Anglo-Irish trade diplomacy which helped the Allied war effort, kept the Irish economy ticking over and was the main means of transporting turf to heat homes. The book is based on a wide range of sources such as the British and Irish National Archives; the Archives of the Irish Railway Record Society; national and provincial newspapers; the trade press; and of memoirs written by railwaymen of the period. The author also examines such diverse themes as soap rationing, fuel poverty and desertion from the British forces. He also shows that wartime trade co-operation was much greater than previously thought. The Emergency experience caused Irish railway managers to move towards diesel locomotives earlier than their counterparts in Europe and particularly their counterparts in Britain.

Classic British Steam Locos

Classic British Steam Locos
Title Classic British Steam Locos PDF eBook
Author compiled from Wikipedia entries and published byby DrGoogelberg
Publisher Lulu.com
Pages 570
Release 2012-06-11
Genre Technology & Engineering
ISBN 1291079734

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do you want to know everything on steam locos, how they work? Read about the technology and lots of steam locos like the flying Scotsman. Compiled from Wikipedia pages and published by dr Googelberg.

The West Clare Railway

The West Clare Railway
Title The West Clare Railway PDF eBook
Author Patrick M. Taylor
Publisher
Pages 224
Release 1994
Genre Railroads
ISBN 9781871980165

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