Diesel Locomotives Mechanical Equipment By John Draney 472 Pages A Practical tre

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Diesel Locomotives Mechanical Equipment By John Draney 472 Pages A Practical tre
Diesel Locomotives Mechanical Equipment By John Draney  A Practical treatise on the operation and maintenance of railway diesel locomotives w/ errata.
Copyright 1943, reprinted 1947
472 pages.  Indexed.
Name written on first page
MANY steps in advance have been taken in Diesel Engineering since the day, toward the end of the nineteenth century, when Dr. Rudolf Diesel proposed to compress pure air only in the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine, and to inject the fuel-in this case, at first, crude oil-when the end of the compression stroke was reached.
That proposal was indeed a stroke of genius, and like many another in the world of discovery and invention, it passed unnoticed for a while in the field of American transportation. The gasoline engine was being developed as motive power for the automobile; and transportation heads were filled, like those of the public, with the possibilities or threats of the gas-powered motor-car. Hence the Diesel engine had to wait, and it is only in recent years that it began to come into its own as an improved form of motive power for railway transportation.
Today Diesel-electric locomotives are in service on many railroads in this and other countries, and their development and use are progressing heavy duty, rapid rate.  Ever since its value the Diesel was first designed for the purposes of industry and transportation has been increasing; and with the demand for Diesel engines has grown the parallel demand for men willing to learn how to operate, service, and maintain them.
Many such men are in railway and industrial employ, watching with interest the steady advance of Diesel engineering and Diesel accomplishments. For such men, and all other young and ambitious men of a practical turn of mind, the Railway Educational Department of the American Technical Society has prepared this and other volumes of instructive text, dealing with the subject of Diesel Engineering and allied topics. This volume on Mechanical Diesel and another volume on Electrical Diesel should go far toward giving the earnest student an exact and expert knowledge of this modem and important branch of engineering.
This text deals in the utmost detail with the Diesel engine in all its developments, with particular reference to its adaptation and use in railway transportation. The text is the well-considered work of eminently practical and competent authors, the following men having collaborated in its preparation and constituting its authority:
JOHN DRANEY, In charge of Diesel Question and Answer Department, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen's Magazine.
R. T. SAWYER, M.E., E.E., Engineer, Diesel Equipment, American Locomotive Co., and Member of American Institute of Electrical Engineers; American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and Society of Automotive Engineers.
MAX ESSL, M.E., Chief Consulting Engineer, Baldwin Locomotive Works.
A. H. CANDEE, Transportation Engineer, Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. East Pittsburgh, Pa.
H. B. Ears, Service Manager, Electromotive Division, General Motors Corp., LaGrange, Ill.
C. A. Clinic'', Transportation Dept., General Electric Company, Erie, Pa.
CLAYTON L. Simile, M.E., Railway Educational Director; Founder and President, Railway Training Institute.
HuGH Omni; M.A., M.E., Vice-President, Railway Division,
Whiting Corp., Harvey, Ill.
L. W. DOWNEY, Superintendent, Automotive Equipment, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry. Co., Chicago, Ill.
H. V. Gus, Supervisor Diesel Engines, Santa Fe Railway System.
L. H. Morrison, B.S., M.E., Formerly Editor, Diesel Power.
Thus, with this invaluable aid and cooperation, we have succeeded in producing for students of Diesel Engineering a most practical and reliable source of information and instruction, for the special benefit and use of railway employes and others who may be, or who desire to be, concerned with the construction, operation, servicing, and general maintenance of Diesel motive power in railway service; or with the use of the Diesel engine in the many forms of industrial service to which it has been adapted, as in tractors, pumping installations, driving electric generators, etc. The authors and collaborators wish to acknowledge the inestimable value and cooperation of the Editorial Advisory Board listed, who have cooperated and helped in making this work a success.
They also wish to acknowledge the use of the technical material and illustrations contributed by all companies, particularly the American Locomotive Company, Baldwin Locomotive Works, ElectroMotive Division of General Motors, General Electric Company, and the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company.
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