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Wonderful book from Indiana University Press featuring a comprehensive book by Eugene L Huddleston, professor at Michigan State University and author of several widely respected books on railroading. This book has 220 with hundreds of photographs of US Locomotives. I purchased several Railroad books from an avid collector\'s estate. No writing or damage to any, most appear as new. ISBN 0253340861Please view scans and my response, and offer with confidence!
Detailed item info SynopsisDuring World War I, President Woodrow Wilson established the U.S. Railroad Administration. One of the USRA\'s first acts was to rationalize the railroad supply industry by standardizing rolling stock designs, including twelve locomotive types, at a time when customized designs were taken for granted. Uncle Sam\'s Locomotives looks at these magnificent locomotives and discusses how and why the designs were chosen, how they related to existing designs, what standardizing entailed, and how each performed. Huddleston deals masterfully with the complex and often controversial relations between the U.S. Railroad Administration, the railroad companies, the major locomotive builders, and the numerous smaller companies that supplied locomotive accessories. Featured is a Picture Gallery of USRA Locomotives-light and heavy Mikados, Pacifics, Mountains, Switchers, Santa Fes, and Mallets., The United States Railroad Administration was created in World War I to operate the railroads on their intensified wartime footing. As a result, the USRA changed the face of railroads forever, and left America with twelve now-classic locomotive designs. This superbly illustrated book presents a study of the 30-year impact of the USRA on steam locomotives.When the U.S. entered World War I, the railroads proved unable tocope with the resulting large increase in traffic, and after 8 monthsPresident Wilson established the U.S. Railroad Administration to operatethe railroads until the war ended. One of the USRA\'s first acts was torationalise the railroad supply industry by standardising rolling stock designs, including twelve locomotive types, at a time when customised designs were taken for granted. Rather unexpectedly, the twelve standard USRA designs proved to be triumphs, somewhat quieting the controversy about government control. _Uncle Sam\'s Locomotives_ looks at these twelve classic locomotives and discusses how and why the designs were chosen, how they related to existing designs, what standardising entailed, and how each performed. \"While the standardisation experiment had little if any effect on winning the war,\" remarks Huddleston, \"it was highly successful from an engineering standpoint. . . . many railroads kept their original USRA locomotives in service until the end of steam on these roads. Also, [they] made repeat orders of these designs. . . . locomotives of USRA design were generally among the last steamers to be withdrawn from service in the move toward dieselization on American railroads.\" Features a Picture Gallery of USRA Locomotives, with 189 superb illustrations and informative captions.
Product class=\"br\">Key DetailsAuthorEugene L. HuddlestonNumber Of Pages220 pagesSeriesRailroads Past and PresentFormatHardcoverPublication University PressPublication Year2002
Additional DetailsCopyright Date2002IllustratedYes
DimensionsWeight41.4 OzHeight0.8 In.Width8.5 In.Length11 In.
Target AudienceGroupTrade
Classification MethodLCCN2001-007526LC Classification NumberTJ695.H83 2002Dewey Decimal625.26/1/0973Dewey Edition21
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