Chief Mechanical (7 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. S/B copy in Good Condition. S/B is in Good Condition, Being clean & Tight Throughout. No Inscriptions. Free Postage within the UK.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. S/B copy in Good Condition. S/B is in Good Condition, Being clean & Tight Throughout. Quite an extensive format split into 8 sections No Inscriptions. Free Postage within the UK.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. H/B copy in Good Condition. H/B is in Good Condition, Being clean & Tight Throughout. A Rare possibly a one-off Document. The Document is quite extensive which is divided into 6 sections + Appendices. The Pull-Out Diagrams appear to be in good order. No Inscriptions. Free Postage within the UK.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Oblong 210 x 300mm. The wraps are rubbed and the front wrap has a phone number and some doodling in blue pen. A sinature and phone numbers written to title page. More doodling to blank page facing back wrap and a number of contact phone nos. and names to inside back wrap. The pages are rubbed and furled at the extreme corners.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. S/B copy in Good Condition. S/B is in Good Condition, Being clean & Tight Throughout. The Outer paper cover is loose and torn/missing in places. The Interior is clean throughout. This a Very Rare copy of complete notes of the official testing of the APT Tilt Train. The authorized notes are split into 9 in-depth sections Free Postage within the UK.…

32pp., foolscap 8vo, bound into white wraps with the six fold-out blueprints. In very good condition, on lightly-aged paper, in worn wraps. Figure 1: '2-6-2 Diesel Locomotive V.1601 (showing the 'general characteristics' of the 'new 1400 H.P. Diesel locomotive'). Figure 2: 'General Arrangement of the small standard Shunting Locomotive' ('75 H.P. Diesel shunting locomotive made by the Deutz Motorenfabr, Köln, Germany'). Figure 3: 'general proportions' of 'the old "Flying Hamburger" and the new unit equipped with hydraulic transmission'). Figure 4: '150 H.P. Diesel-Hydraulic Rail Car'. Figure 5: '2-2 + 2-2 Petrol-hydraulic Railcar, series VT63'. Figure 6: 'Acceleration curves for various power-transmissions'. The report begins: 'I spent most of the month of August visiting Germany, Austria, Hungary and Denmark for the purpose of obtaining as much information as I possibly could in connection with the development of rail cars and rail car services in Europe, and I divided my tipe principally into three sections, namely: - | a) Visiting the Works of engine and rail car builders. | b) Discussing the subject with the various Chief Mechanical Engineers and Operating Staff. | c) Travelling on various rail cars for the purpose of forming my own impressions.' Headings: Trip from Strasburg to Cham ('accompanied by Herr Oberbaurat F. Scherrer (Sectional Operating Engineer) of the German State Railways, on a Diesel car of 150 H.P.'); Austrian State Railways; The Steiermarkische Landisbahnem Railway Company; Visit to Austrian State Railways' Offices, Vienna; Visit to Hungarian State Railways; Trial of Egyptian State Railways' Diesel Rail Car; Trial Run on 500 H.P. Diesel Car; Visit to the Headquarters of the German State Rlys., Berlin; Danish State Railways. From the papers of William Frank Stanton.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Extremely rare. Yes, Texas A&M named their annual or yearbook THE LONGHORN for a time. How ironic, right? The original yearbook is in fantastic condition. Beautiful green leather with gold embossed Aggie on front playing trumpet. (BR) Yearbooks.