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Civil War Railroads & Models Edwin P. Alexander w/ dust jacket
Civil War Railroads & Models Edwin P. Alexander
Civil War Railroads & Models
Edwin P. Alexander
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
Copyright MCMLXXVII (1978)
Contents
PREFACE page 7
Chapter I HISTORICAL BACKGROUND page 9
Chapter II TRACK CONSTRUCTION: ACTUAL & SCALE page 38
Chapter III RAILROAD STRUCTURES page 51
Chapter IV NONRAILROAD STRUCTURES page 77
Chapter V RAILROAD BRIDGES page 91
Chapter VI U.S. MILITARY RAILROADS
& LOCOMOTIVES page 101
Chapter VII NORTHERN LOCOMOTIVES page 121
Chapter VIII BALTIMORE & OHIO LOCOMOTIVES page 149
Chapter IX SOUTHERN LOCOMOTIVES page 165
Chapter X PASSENGER CARS page 181
Chapter XI FREIGHT CARS page 197
Chapter XII ARMORED CARS page 211
Chapter XIII MILITARY SUPPLY BASES & CAMPS page 221
Chapter XIV ORDNANCE page 231
Chapter XV ALEXANDRIA page 236
Chapter XVI ATLANTA page 243
Chapter XVII SCENES WORTH MODELING page 247
BIBLIOGRAPHY page 253
SOURCES FOR MODEL COMPONENTS page 254
INDEX page 255
For all fans, historians, and model builders, this is the definitive work on Civil War railroads and models. Civil War Railroads & Models combines historical information culled from newspaper clippings, military reports, railroad company documents, and eyewitness accounts with hundreds of rare photographs and drawings of the period, making this volume one that will please Civil War and railroad historians alike. In addition, many scale drawings of locomotives, railroad cars, and buildings of the 1860s are provided as a guide for hobbyists interested in building historically accurate working model railroads of the Civil War period.
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