PDF-[READ]-The American Railroad Freight Car: From the Wood-Car Era to the Coming of Steel

From the former Curator of Transportation at the Smithsonian Institution Illustrated with 530 photographs drawings and engravings Includes plans diagrams and detailed specifications for modelbuilders 665 oversized pages in a handsomely jacketed hardcover or specially priced paperback edition In this sequel to his bestselling American Railroad Passenger Car John White forever changes the freight cars lowly image Including hundreds of historical photographs and detailed blueprints The American Railroad Freight Car establishes the sophistication and expertise that marked the development of freight cars in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Along with an overview of freight transportations historical importance White offers detailed accounts of technological developments and examines lesser known aspects of everyday freight service such as yard management train operations and the origins of the interchange system. Overstrength and Ductility. M.A.Sc. Student: Carla Dickof. Supervisor: Professor Stiemer, UBC; . Professor . Tesfamariam. , UBC Okanagan. FP innovations: Erol Karacabeyli. Marjan Popovski. Goal. Unit 9 Western Frontier. Unit 10 Immigration. Unit 11The Gilded Age. Unit 12 Industrial Development. Unit 13 Growth of Big Business. Unit 14 Growth of the Labor Movement. Unit 15 Populists and Progressives. 2 images collected there were used to develop several types of machine vision algorithms to analyze images of railcar underframes and assess the condition of certain structural components. The resul Industry Comes of Age. Railroads. Iron Colt become and Iron Horse. Railroads in US. 1865: 35,000 miles of track. 1900: 192,556 miles of track. Government. Gave land and grants to railroad companies. Railroad= . . a. Explain the impact of the railroads on other industries, such as steel, and on the organization of big business.. The railroad companies contributed to the development of the West by selling low-cost parcels of their western land for farming. . Journal. Why were the railroads significant to America’s development during the Gilded Age. Use Google to find one specific example on how the railroad was good for the average American, and one specific example of how the railroad took advantage of the average American.. Railroads skyrocketed after the Civil War. Track mileage increased from 35,000 miles in 1865 to over 192,000 miles by 1900. . Congress encouraged this boom by giving millions of acres of land to the railroad companies. The total acreage was greater than the size of Texas. . Chapter 14: The Second Industrial Revolution. Main idea: During the late 1800s, new technology led to rapid industrial growth and expansion of railroads.. Chapter 14 Section 1: Industry and Railroads. Immigration . REVIEW GAME. What tactic enabled Samuel Gompers to develop the American Federation of Labor into the largest labor union in the United States?. Allowing women and minorities to join the union. ). Industrial Growth. Progressive Era. Foreign Relations @ turn of the Century. a. . Explain the impact of the railroads on other industries, such as steel, and on the organization of big business.. The railroad companies contributed to the development of the West by selling low-cost parcels of their western land for farming. . The “Average” Freight . Train !!! No. Contract Rates . Paperwork Path (EDI) . Demurrage. Two Primary Documents . Bill of Lading. Contract of carriage between the shipper and the rail line. -Legal contract once signed by shipper. This made skyscrapers possible, advances in shipbuilding, construction, railroads, etc…. Bessemer process. Elbert H. Gary was corporate lawyer who became the __ president in 1898. . It was the leading steel producer at the time.. 02-657 Warszawa ul. Wielicka 40 lok. U2 www.meveline.com biuro@meveline.pl External dimensions: 10x3, 5 m Construction: steel construction with wooden elements, OSB bo - ard, drawbar and two axles ? From the former Curator of Transportation at the Smithsonian Institution ? Illustrated with 530 photographs, drawings, and engravings ? Includes plans, diagrams, and detailed specifications for model-builders ? 665 oversized pages in a handsomely jacketed hardcover or specially priced paperback edition In this sequel to his best-selling American Railroad Passenger Car, John White forever changes the freight car\'s lowly image. Including hundreds of historical photographs and detailed blueprints, The American Railroad Freight Car establishes the sophistication and expertise that marked the development of freight cars in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Along with an overview of freight transportation\'s historical importance, White offers detailed accounts of technological developments and examines lesser known aspects of everyday freight service such as yard management, train operations, and the origins of the interchange system.