The Electric Pullman - Brough, Lawrence A.

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Auteur(s) : Brough, Lawrence A.

Editeur : Indiana University Press

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/04/2013

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 132.0

Expédition : 499

Dimensions : 25.4 x 17.8 x 1.3

ISBN : 0253007909

Résumé :

Entering an already crowded and established industry, the Niles Car &...

Biographie:

Lawrence A. Brough is a retired metallurgical engineer. He is a member of the Society of Automotive Historians and has written several articles on automotive history. He is author (with James H. Graebner) of From Small Town to Downtown: A History of the Jewett Car Company, 1893-1919 (IUP, 2004) and Autos on the Water.

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Sommaire:
Manufacturing Company in Ohio began business with surprising success, producing well over 1,000 electric and steam railway cars-cars so durable they rarely needed to be replaced. That durability essentially put the company out of business, and it vanished from the scene as quickly as it had appeared, leaving little behind except its sturdy railway cars. The story of this highly regarded company spans just 16 years, from Niles's incorporation in 1901 to the abandonment of railway car production and sale of the property to a firm that would briefly build engine parts during World War I. Including unpublished photographs and rosters of railway cars produced by the company and still in existence in railroad museums, The Electric Pullman will appeal to railroad enthusiasts everywhere.

Although not one of the major manufacturers in its field, the Niles company produced some notable and well-remembered equipment during the height of the electric interurban railway era. Indeed, among some interurban railway historians, Niles cars are sacred objects. As such, its story deserves to be told and theoretically would be a logical complement to IUP's books on the Brill and Jewett companies. Brough himself is a serious historian who knows his subject and has clearly mined all the sources that seem to exist.Herbert H. Harwood, Jr., author of The Railroad that Never Was and The New York, Westchester & Boston Railway--Herbert H. Harwood, Jr., author of The Railroad that Never Was and The New York, Westchester & Boston Railway