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American Locomotives in Historic Photographs 1858 -1949 Ziel Soft Cover
American Locomotives in Historic Photographs 1858-1949 by Ron Ziel
Soft Cover
Copyright 1993 Name written on first page
129 pages
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
page ix
1 "España"
2 Pennsylvania Railroad No. 1
3 Pennsylvania Railroad No. 216
4 Eastern Pennsylvania Railroad No. 7
5 Union Pacific Railroad No. 90
6 Broadway Railroad No. 4
7 Chimbote Railway "Emilia"
8 Chicago & North-Western Railway "Alexander Mitchell"
9 Southern Pacific Railway No. 1008
10 Glendon Iron Co. `Alert"
11 Ferro-Carril de Salaverry á Trujillo No. 9
12 Grand Trunk Railway No. 283
13 Central Railroad of New Jersey No. 125
14 Central Railroad
15 Boston and Maine Railroad No. 47
16 Ashland Iron Co. "Edward Patterson"
17 Hilliard & Bailey's Lumber Railroad "Florida"
18 Brooklyn, Bath & Coney Island Railroad "George"
19 Camden, Gloucester & Mt. Ephraim Railroad No. 2
20 New York Elevated Railroad No. 24
21 Long Island Rail Road No. 71
22 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway No. 91
23 Cincinnati Inclined Plane Railway No. 1
24 Boston, New York & Philadelphia Railroad No. 65
25 Cia. E. de F. Bard() de Araruama No. 3
26 Saint Louis & San Francisco Railroad No. 2
27 Ferrocarril Interoceánico No. 20
28 T. L. Hackney Locomotive
29 Gilpin Tramway No. 181
30 Fort Bragg Railroad Co. No. 2
31 New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad No. 149
32 Sinnemahoning Valley Railroad No. 2
33 Usal Railroad No. 1
34 Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway No. 6
This rare collection of 126 "builder portraits" of American locomotives offers an exciting cavalcade of images that chronicle the momentous rise of steam locomotive power in America. Builder portraits are especially prized by railway historians because they are the exacting official photographs of new models taken before repairs, alterations and weathering altered their original appearance. The builder portraits reprinted here were selected from the William A. Rogers collection, a priceless archive of images documenting the history of American steam locomotion from the pre-Civil War era to the mid-20th century.
While the accent in this book is on the oldest and rarest photographs in the Rogers collection, many modern portraits are included as well to demonstrate how highly developed the American steam locomotive had become before the advent of dieselization. Among the engines depicted are the Espana, a diminutive model built for the Spanish government in 1858; engine no. 216 of the Pennsylvania Railroad, a "fearsome apparition of Gothic character" built in 1861; the Chimbote Emilia, an inspection engine built for railroad company officials in 1868 that is considered a masterpiece of the engine builder's art; and a Union Pacific 1940s' "Big Boy," the largest and heaviest type of steam locomotive ever built.
Clearly, builder portraits are the most revealing record possible of the evolution of the American steam locomotive. This rich selection offers railroading historians and enthusiasts a peerless record of a great age in railway history. Railroading expert Ron Ziel's introduction and captions provide readers with a brief railroading background, a commentary on the art of the builder portrait and key details on each locomotive depicted.
Original Dover (1993) publication. 126 photographs. Introduction. Captions. xi + 129pp. 9 x 12. Paperbound.
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