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Missouri Pacific in Color Vol 1 by Jim Boyd Era of the Eagles Morning Sun Books
Missouri Pacific in Color Vol 1 by Jim Boyd Era of the Eagles Morning Sun
Missouri Pacific in Color
Volume 1
The Era of the Eagles
Jim Boyd
Hard Cover w/dust jacket
128 Pages
Copyright 2004
Contents
FOREWORD / 3
INTRODUCTION / 5
CHAPTER 1
Emery in Texas, 1945 / 6
Texas Pacifics / Brownsville Mikes / 13 Texas Ten-Wheelers / Miscellaneous Power / 24 Switching to with Stam /
CHAPTER 2
Diesels and Eagles /
Hatching an Eagle / 30 The Eagle Takes Flight / 32 Doodlebugs and the Eaglet/ 38 The Eagle at Jefferson City / 40 More E's and More Eagles / 42 EMD's FT: Wartime Freight Diesels / 48
The F3 Fleet /Covered Wagons from Schenectady / 52
A Handful of Hermaphrodites / 56 The Unique F5s /Babyfaces / 58
More Power: F7s and E8s / 60 Alcos for the Eagles /
Black Switchers / 66 Geeps /Alco FA2s /
Baldwin AS16s and Alco RS3s / 7t, Last of the First Generation /
Eagle Merchandise Service /
Grand Avenue Junction: September 11, 1960 /
CHAPTER 3
The Texas & Pacific /
Steam on the Texas & Pacific / 86 Swamp Holly Orange /
T&P Switchers Orange and Otherwise /
Variations on an Eagle / 92 The Midland Valley /
CHAPTER 4
Jenks Blue / 100
New Colors / Old Numbers /Old Colors / New Numbers / 104
Transition in Texas and Oklahoma /
A Second-Hand E8 / 112 Jenks Blue with a Different Slant /114
The Amazing "Mike & Ike" / 116 Blue Alco Road Switchers /118
Missouri Pacific Capsule History /122Rosters and Map /123
Epilogue: Preview "Screamin' Eagles" /128
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