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Early Motive Power Of The Baltimore And Ohio Railroad B&O By J Snowden Bell HC
The Early Motive Power Of The Baltimore And Ohio Railroad B&O By J Snowden Bell Hard Cover 1912 First Edition 157 pages Indexed
HARD COVER
PREFACE
A historical review of the origin and development of the motive power of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad so largely comprehends that of the locomotive upon other railroads in the United States as to render it of more general interest and less local in its scope than might be inferred from its title. Descriptions, not always entirely accurate, of some of the early locomotives of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad have appeared, from time to time, in technical literature, but no complete or classified description of all of the types used on that road, prior to the introduction of those that may properly be classed as modern, has ever been presented.
The non-existence of records as to many of these early types, the loss and destruction of records of others, and the fact that but very few of those who were familiar with them are now living, necessarily render the preparation of such a description a matter of difficulty, and its completeness one of impossibility. In undertaking it, the writer is aware that he is entitled to no credit beyond that of a compiler, and his work is submitted, with a full recognition of its imperfections, in the hope of rescuing from oblivion those examples of early practice, which, while, perhaps, no longer instructive to the designer of locomotives, were novel and progressive at their date, and have embodied principles and features that are still accepted as correct and practical.
The writer acknowledges his obligations for information furnished and courtesies extended, to Messrs. 0. C. Cromwell, Mechanical Engineer Baltimore & Ohio Railroad; R. H. Sanford, of the Baldwin Locomotive Works; C. H. Caruthers, Yeadon, Pa., and Herbert Fisher, Taunton, Mass.
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