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American Locomotive Co Louisiana Purchase Exposition Exhibit of ALCO REPRINT
American Locomotive Co Louisiana Purchase Exposition
46 Pages
Spft Cover stapled
A 1904 collector's item reprinted 1976
Contents:
Piston valve
Direct valve motion
Wide firebox
trailing trucks
four cylinder balanced compound locomotive
four cylinder articulated compound locomotive
passenger locomotive four cylinder balanced compound
passenger locomotive CCC&StL, TH&I, B&O, LS&MS, MP, B&O, NYC&HR
Freight locomotive built for Erie, C&O, Kiushiu Ry of Japan
Switcing locomotive Manufacturers Railway
four wheel saddle tank loco American Locomotive Co
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Once in a while, not as often as we might wish, an old publication is discovered tucked away in some obscure place -made priceless through time, like a pearl in an oyster. Such was the finding of an original copy of this booklet, issued by the American Locomotive Company in 1904 to publicize its participation in the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of that year. Held in the 1400 acres of Forest Park in St. Louis from April 20 to December I, the Exposition was a centennial event to commemorate the signing of the Louisiana Purchase a century before, in which the U.S. took title to land that brought thirteen new states into the young republic.
The original copy of the publication was in such excellent condition, and the construction specifications and locomotive photos so indicative of the types of engines being manufactured at the turn of this century, that it was decided to share this collector's item with those interested in American railroading. It is reprinted through the collaboration of the Mohawk & Hudson Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, and Old Dorp Books, publisher of Schenectady historical books, and by courtesy of Alco Products, Inc. (formerly American Locomotive Company), a subsidiary of Studebaker Worthington, Inc. The original negatives of the photos in the booklet are now property of the City of Schenectady, in care of the Mohawk & Hudson Chapter's Alco Historic Photos.
Except for the addition of this page, the booklet is reprinted in its entirety, exactly the way it appeared in 1904.
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