The German Pacific Locomotive (Its Design and Development) is David
Maidments fourth book in the series of Locomotive Profiles published
by Pen & Sword. It is the first in the series to tackle an important
range of overseas steam locomotives, the German pacific locomotives,
which, with the Paris-Orleans pacific in France, were the first of
that wheel layout in Europe and came to be the dominant type for
express passenger work throughout Western Europe for the following
fifty years, until displaced by diesel and electric traction. The
German railways in the first two decades of the twentieth century were
run principally as regional State railways, and two distinct styles of
design developed, which were influenced by the natural terrain. In the
south, in the mountainous foothills of the European Alps, four
cylinder compound locomotives with comparatively small coupled wheels,
most produced by the famous firm of Maffei in Munich, held sway from
1907 until the late 1930s, and in parts of Bavaria that were not yet
electrified, even until the early 1960s. In the flatter lands of the
north, Prussian 4-6-0s sufficed until Paul Wagners standard two
cylinder simple pacifics came onto the scene in 1925, and were
followed by the three cylinder streamlined pacifics at the start of
the Second World War. After addressing the devastating damage to the
German railways in the conflict, the book follows the modernization of
the locomotive fleet in the postwar period until the elimination of
steam in both East and West Germany in the mid-late 1970s. The book
describes the design, construction and operation of the full range of
pacifics that ran in both parts of Germany, and the large numbers of
these locomotives that have been preserved, and is illustrated with
over 180 black and white and 80 colour photos.
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ISBN
9781473852501
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Vendor
Pen & Sword Transport
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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