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Trevithick's locomotive

Railways and locomotives

From our Transactions

Some papers on railways and locomotives. These papers can be purchased on the Internet from our online archive:

VolumeVol. YearTitleAuthor

91928-29The Rainhill Locomotive Trials of 1829 Marshall, C F D
11920-21The Mystery of Trevithick's London LocomotivesPendred, L St L
21921-22The Liverpool & Manchester RailwayMarshall, C F D
21921-22Timothy Hackworth and the Locomotive Young, R
21921-22Gurney's Railway Locomotives, 1830Forward, E A
41923-24The Four Locomotives imported into America in 1829 by the Delaware and Hudson CoLoree, L F
71926-27British Railways of 1825 as seen by Marc Seguin; the four cylinder locomotive Chittaprat Achard, F & Seguin, L
71926-27The First British Locomotives of the St Etienne-Lyon RailwayAchard, F
81927-28Railway BrakesRowatt, T
91928-29Early Days of Railway Signalling Deakin, W H
111930-31John Nuttall's Sketch Book and Notes on Early Locomotives Warren, J G H
121931-32Trevithick's First Rail Locomotive Mason, W W
131932-33The Genesis of the Multiple Unit System of Electric Train ControlSprague, F T
141933-34Sidelights on the High Peak Railway Carr, D P
181937-38History of the Hay Railway, 1810-1864 Ellison, E B
181937-38 Railway Routes across the Rocky Mountains Budd, R
181937-38Stonington Railroad Centennial Langdon, W C
211940-41 Early Railways in Surrey Lee, C E
231942-43 Stephenson Locomotives at Springwell Colliery, 1826 Forward, A E
241943-45 Stephenson Locomotives for the St Etienne-Lyon Railway, 1828Forward, E A
24 1943-45 Early Railways of the Ellesmere and Montgomeryshire Canals, 1794-1914Davies, A S
25 1945-47The World's Oldest Railway Lee, C E
261947-49Norris Locomotives in England, 1838-1842Dewhurst, P C
26 1947-49 Early Railways in Derbyshire Baxter, B
27 1949-51 The Centenary of the Semmering Railway and its LocomotivesHaut, F J G
271949-51Further Notes on Early Railways in SurreyTownsend, C E C
271949-51The Early History of the Electric LocomotiveHaut, F J G
28 1951-53Chapman's Locomotives, 1812-15, some facts and some speculations Forward, A E
28 1951-53The Decapod Locomotive of the Great Eastern RailwaySkeat, W O
281951-53Report on Railways in England in 1826-27Forward, E A
291953-55Report on Railways in England in 1826-27Forward, E A
301955-57George Jackson Churchward, Chief Mechanical Engineer, Great Western Railway Stanier, W
301955-57Some Industrial Steam Locomotives and RailwaysBruton, J F
301955-57The Crampton Locomotive: Parts 1 and 2Dewhurst, P C
331960-61Some Railway Facts and Fallacies (Presidential Address) Lee, C E
331960-61The Talyllyn Railway Rolt, L T C
341961-62The Fairlie Locomotive: Pt I, The Formative PeriodDewhurst, P C
36 1963-64 Railway Engineering: Its Impact on Civilisation (6th Biennial Dickinson Memorial Lecture) Lee, C E
391966-67The Fairlie Locomotive, Pt 2; Later Designs and Productions [Submitted by H Holcroft] Dewhurst, P C
401967-68The Ottawa River Canals and Portage RailwaysLegget, R
40 1967-68 Some Contributions to Locomotive Development by Beyer, Peacock & CoHills, R L
401967-68The Skipton Rock RailwayBiddle, G
1967-68The Easingwold RailwayLee, C E
421969-70The Great Eastern Railways "1500 Class" LocomotivesSkeat, W O
431970-71The Compound Locomotive, Part I, 1876-1901Riemsdijk, J Tvan
43 1970-71 The Tower Subway, the First Tube Railway in the WorldLee, C E
431970-71The Kitson-Still LocomotivePyne, A
431970-71Richard Trevithick's First Steam-Locomotive Trial, Christmas 1801Woodcock, L
431970-71A Note on Railways in England, 1826 and 1827Gilbert, K R
441971-72The Compound Locomotive, Pt 2, 1901-21Riemsdijk, J T van
451972-73The Compound Locomotive, Part 3 Riemsdijk, J T van
451972-73The Pneumatic Despatch Company's Railways Lee, C E
451972-73Locomotive Testing Stations: Parts 1 and 2 Carling, D R
48 1976-77Cast Iron Edge Rails at Walker Colliery Skempton, A W& Andrews, A
501978-79Two Early Electro-Magnetic LocomotivesBody, J R
511979-80 Steam and the Mumbles RailwayLlewellyn-Jones, F
511979-80The Origins of the Garratt LocomotiveHills, R L
521980-81George Stephenson - Locomotive Advocate: Background to Rainhill Trials Bailey, M R
541982-83The Chinese 4-8-4 Locomotives Cantlie, K
551983-84A Brief History of the Counter-Pressure Brake for Steam LocomotivesCarling, D R
55 1983-84 F B Behr's Development of the Lartigue Monorail: From Country Crawler to Electric Express Tucker, D G
571985-86Engerth and Similar Locomotives Carling, D R
571985-86The American Steam-Turbine-Electric LocomotiveDuffy, M C
581986-87André Chapelon, Locomotive Engineer: A Survey of His Work, A Symposiumseveral
581986-87André Chapelon: Master of Steam Locomotive Development Carpenter, G W
581986-87André Chapelon: Thermodynamics and the Steam LocomotiveDuffy, M C
591987-88The Still Engine and Railway TractionDuffy, M C
601988-89The Decline in Locomotive Boiler Explosions in Britain 1850-1900Winship, I R
611989-90Waste Heat Recovery and Steam Locomotive DesignDuffy, M C
621990-91Brotan and Brotan-Deffner Type Fireboxes and Boilers Applied to Steam LocomotivesSzontagh, G
621990-91The Effect of Government Policy on Railway Building in Ireland Gould, M F
621990-91The Firefly Locomotive of 1839 Mosse, J
631991-92The Schmidt High Pressure Locomotive and its Influence on American and European Locomotive Design Duffy, M C
651993-94The Coal-Burning Locomotive Gas Turbine Project Duffy, M C
651993-94Thermodynamic Aspects of the Design of German Standard Steam LocomotivesQuellmalz, J
661994-95The Parsons-North British coal burning gas burning locomotiveBolter, J R
661994-95Samson Fox`s American venture and the development of the pressed steel railway vehicle Newby, G A
671995-96Solid state electronics, asynchronous motors and the electric locomotiveDuffy, M C
681996-97Learning through replication: The Planet locomotive projectBailey, M R
681996-97 Power supply to DC electric railwaysDuffy, M C
681996-97600/750V DC electric and electro-diesel locomotives of the Southern Railway and its successorsTaylor, A T H
69:21997-98The application of the Doble steam power concept to coal-fuelled rail tractionComyns-Carr, C A
69:21997-98The Rainton to Seaham Railway 1820-1840Bowman, D
70:11998-99The gas turbine in railway tractionDuffy, M C
70:11998-99The English Electric gas turbine locomotive GT3Lee, A S
71:21999-00The Velox boiler and its application to railway tractionDuffy, M C
71:21999-00Railway dams in Australia: six historic structuresChanson, H
72:12000-01Iu V Lomonosov and Science of Locomotive Testing in Russia: First steps, 1895-1901Heywood, A J
72:22000-01The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway and its Engineers; 1829-1862Rennison, R W
72:22000-01The Metadyne in railway traction. An introduction to the MetadyneDuffy, M C & Yeomans, K A
72:22000-01Iu V Lomonosov and the Science of Locomotive Testing in Russia: Consolidation, Methodology and Impact, 1908-1917 Heywood, A J
72:22000-01 William and Edward Mackenzie as railway contractors; the evidence of JH Watel's ofice diaries from 1849 & 1850Otter, R A & Thomas, J H
73:12001-02 Metallurgical Evaluation of the Tyre of Lion Locomotive Shelton, P W; Clark, E F; Heward, P & Almond, J K
74:12002-03 The Planning and Construction of the Uganda RailwayGunston, H
74:22002-03Some Notes on Early Railway LubricationWhite, J H
76:22004-05From Waggonway to Bullet Train: Railway Engineering through the MillenniumDivall, C
77:12005-06Trevithick's CircleTyler, N

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