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Southern Pacific Ten Coupled Locomotives by Robert J Church w dust jacket
Southern Pacific Ten Coupled Locomotives by Robert J Church
Hard Cover w/ dust jacket
532 pages
Copyright 2013
CONTENTS
Dedication 5
Acknowledgements 8
Introduction 9
1 Locomotives to Open the West 11
2 El Gobernador 23
3 Into the New Century 31
4 The Decapods 39
5 The Little Decks: F-1 47
6 The Lone Enigma: F-2 81
7 A Larger Design: F-3 85
8 Confidence in the Future: F-4 97
9 The Prosperity Special 109
10 Muscle Power: F-5 121
11 Experiments in Steam Admission: F-6 135
12 The Gresley-Holcroft Three-Cylinder Conjugated Valve Gear 163
13 The Gresley Three-Cylinder Locomotives in America 183
14 The Stuttering Decks: SP-1 197
15 Other Three-Cylinder Contenders 215
16 More for the Mountains: SP-2 233
17 SP's Ultimate Ten-Coupled Locomotive: SP-3 247
18 Maintenance and Betterments 263
19 Incident at Bosque 301
20 Siskiyou Line 1929-1930 Air Brake Tests With 2-10-2s 317
21 Ten-Coupled Locomotives In Action
Sunset and Golden State Routes 329
San Joaquin Valley Route 363
Coast Route 387
Overland Route 413
Shasta Route 431
22 Locomotives Saved 449
23 Tenders By Arnold S. Menke 459
24 Rosters, Data, Drawings 501
Resources 521
Index 524
DUST JACKET INTRODUCTION
This book presents the complete history of all Southern Pacific locomotives with ten drivers, the heavy-duty workhorse engines found on the railroad's entire far-flung "Golden Empire:' They were assigned to districts where there were heavy grades, on both the Pacific Lines from El Paso to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Ogden and Portland, and the Atlantic Lines of subsidiary Texas & New Orleans, from El Paso to San Antonio and New Orleans.
Coverage includes all classes of the ten-coupled engines, from the 1884 El Gobernador 4-10-0, to the T&NO Decapod 2-10-0s, and the F class 2-10-2s, to the SP class 4-10-2s with three-cylinder Gresley valve gear.
Introductory chapters follow the development of the early locomotives that opened the West, the small engines of the Central Pacific, used on the first Transcontinental Railroad, completed in 1869. Turn of the century designs of compound cylinder engines, including the early cab-forwards, are briefly described.
There are detailed descriptions of the 2-10-2 and the 4-10-2 locomotives, each class having separate chapters. Much material has never before been published in book form. Each chapter provides full details of individual class specifications, parts and appliances, including the single F-6 class engine that tested Two-Flow steam admission and then Caprotti poppet valve gear.
A thorough history of Gresley's valve gear describes its success in England. Included is the 1938 story of LNER locomotive Mallard, that set the record speed run for a steam locomotive that still stands, followed by coverage of the use of Gresley gear here in the US and Canada. The three-cylinder SP class 4-10-2 material gives correct information about the use of Gresley valve gear, with drawings, specifications and maintenance details.
Other chapters cover maintenance and betterments, tender history (by Arnold Menke), and extensive photo coverage of the use of the engines on the Sunset, Coast, San Joaquin, Overland and Shasta Routes of the SP System.
Extensive research was required to make this book the definitive work on these unique locomotives. It is richly documented with 795 photos, most never before published, along with 107 drawings and maps, line elevation charts, rosters, bibliography and index. This definitely is a book for SP historians, modelers and anyone interested in the workings of man's ingenious creation, the steam-powered railroad locomotive.
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