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When the Steam Railroads Electrified - William D. Middleton Kalmbach Publishing
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    A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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    “Edge wear to dust jacket, name on inside title page, no other writing.”
    ISBN
    9780890240281

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    Product Identifiers

    Publisher
    Kalmbach Media Co.
    ISBN-10
    0890240280
    ISBN-13
    9780890240281
    eBay Product ID (ePID)
    2054071

    Product Key Features

    Topic
    Railroads / History
    Book Title
    When the Steam Railroads Electrified
    Publication Year
    1974
    Number of Pages
    440 Pages
    Language
    English
    Illustrator
    Yes
    Genre
    Transportation
    Author
    William D. Middleton
    Format
    Hardcover

    Additional Product Features

    LCCN
    77-018209
    Dewey Edition
    21
    Dewey Decimal
    625.26/3
    Synopsis
    The most comprehensive history of North American railroad electrification, William D. Middleton's When the Steam Railroads Electrified has been out of print for many years. Now, Indiana University Press is proud to announce the return of this much-sought-after volume in a new, updated second edition, with a new final chapter, appendixes, bibliography, index, and approximately 800 illustrations. For most of the first half of the twentieth century, the United States led the world in railroad electrification. Before the outbreak of World War II, it had some 2400 route-miles and more than 6300 track-miles operating under electric power -- far more than any other country, and more than 20 percent of the world total. In almost every instance, electrification was a huge success, Running times were reduced. Tonnage capacities were increased. Fuel and maintenance costs were lowered, and the service lives of electric locomotives promised to be twice as long as those of steam locomotives. In many cases, the savings resulting from electric operation were sufficient to repay the cost of electrification in as little as five years. Yet despite its many triumphs, electrification of U.S. railroads failed to achieve the wide application that once was so confidently predicted. By the 1970s, it was the Soviet Union, with almost 22,000 electrified routemiles, that led the way, and the U.S. had declined to 17th place, behind such countries as Czechoslovakia, Austria, Norway, and Brazil. For a while, the prospects for electric operation of U.S. railroads brightened during the energy crisis of the 1970s, and as power companies began to consider the major market represented by railroads, but then faded away again.

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