The three vintage locomotive book pages below feature a partial but detailed description of locomotives (powered rail vehicles for pulling trains) in the early 1900s. An illustration is included on each of the pages.
The first page includes an illustration of a large locomotive with a man, small in comparison, standing beside it. Below the illustration is the description of a modern locomotive (modern in 1922). The description reads, “The illustration is that of a locomotive over seventy-five feet long, which weights 212 ½ tons. A man six feet tall and wearing a silk hat can stand erect in the smaller end of the boiler. A barrel could be placed within one of the cylinders. Fewer than ninety years of development lie between the above monster and the “Rocket” of 1829.”
You can read an interesting article and see an illustration of the Rocket, which was chosen as the best design to power the railway in 1829, on Wikipedia here.
The second page below includes two side-view sketches of the locomotive with numbers attached to the various parts. A list of the names of the corresponding numbered parts of the locomotive is included below the sketches.
The third of the vintage locomotive book pages that I scanned includes an illustration of the rear of the locomotive. The numbered parts correspond to the names of the parts listed on the previous page. The page also includes information on the structure and efficiency of the electric locomotive.
I scanned the original vintage locomotive book pages from an encyclopedia in my collection that was published in the United States in 1922.
New in my Etsy shop this week is set #8 in my series of vintage variety ephemera packs. Printable digital collage sheet pages and individual images are all included.
Preview image is linked to my shop.
WOW these book pages are amazing, I have always loved trains but have no idea why since we do not have trains in Iceland. Maybe that is the reason LOL LOL Thank you for sharing these. Have a good weekend.
You’re welcome, Tora. I’m so glad you like these! I had no idea there were no trains in Iceland. I enjoy learning bits of information like that.
I love trains too. When I was young my Grandma lived in a house right across from the train tracks. It was exciting when we were visiting Grandma and a train would go by. If we were playing outside, we would wave to the engineer and the man in the caboose (when there was one there) and I remember them always waving back. Sometimes we would put pennies on the tracks. It was fascinating to see how flat they would be after the train had gone by.
You have a good weekend as well! 🙂
Thank you so much for the beautiful images! They bring back memories of my childhood too. I love the information included, since I spent a good part of my life in Europe. As a Canadian now, I’m always eager to find as much as possible about everything Canadian/ North American.
You’re welcome, Dina! It’s nice to know that these bring back childhood memories for you as well. 🙂
Very nice share!
Thank you,
You’re welcome, Suzy. I’m happy to know you like these! 🙂
Thank you for the beautiful images.
You’re welcome, Kath. 🙂
How fun! Thank you . . . especially for page three which has a description of the Mallet locomotive ~ my maiden name! I saw one of these at the Baltimore, MD train depot/museum . . . my Dad was so thrilled ~ I’ll be forwarding a copy of this post to him; again thanks!!
You’re welcome, Beth. It’s very cool that your maiden name is the same as the Mallet locomotive! I hope your Dad enjoys the article. 🙂
These are wonderful, thank you so much for sharing them with us, much appreciated.
It’s my pleasure, KT Fit Kitty. I’m happy to know you appreciate them. 🙂
I was so excited to see these!!! Thank you! i was reading the other comments – trains still seem to make us all happy.
You’re welcome, Brenda! I think you’re right that trains still seem to make us all happy. 🙂 I can hear the trains go by in the distance where I live, but only when the city is quiet, which is generally in the evening or early morning. Love when I hear those distant trains, such a nostalgic, soothing sound.