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Principles of LOCOMOTIVE OPERATION: A Study of the Modern Locomotive  and Air Brakes Formerly published under the title "Principles of  Locomotive Operation and Train Control"

Principles of LOCOMOTIVE OPERATION: A Study of the Modern Locomotive and Air Brakes Formerly published under the title "Principles of Locomotive Operation and Train Control"

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Principles of LOCOMOTIVE OPERATION: A Study of the Modern Locomotive and Air Brakes Formerly published under the title "Principles of Locomotive Operation and Train Control"

by Wood, Arthur Julius

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New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1925. Second Edition. Hardcover. Publishers green cloth with gilt spine lettering, many b&w illustrations including fold-outs. Revised, Enlarged and Reset; no indication of any further printings. In rewriting this text, the author has featured the locomotive as a power plant in which the maximum possible amount of energy in the fuel should be available at the drawbar. ; 6" x 9"; xiii, 315 pp; Light wear/soiling to covers, light soiling and erased price to front free endpaper, sound binding, pages otherwise clean and unmarked. .

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Title
Principles of LOCOMOTIVE OPERATION: A Study of the Modern Locomotive and Air Brakes Formerly published under the title "Principles of Locomotive Operation and Train Control"
Author
Wood, Arthur Julius
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
Edition
Second Edition
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Book Company
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1925
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Railroads;

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