Overview

A rare collection of 126 meticulously detailed official photographs, called ""builder portraits,"" majestically chronicle the rise of steam locomotive power in America. 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 España, 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 Zeil'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.

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Author:   Ron Ziel
Publisher:   Dover Publications Inc.
Imprint:   Dover Publications Inc.
Dimensions:   Width: 22.80cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 30.40cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9780486273938

ISBN 10:   0486273938
Pages:   140
Publication Date:   14 January 1993
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"INTRODUCTION ""Espana"" Pennsylvania Railroad No. 1 Pennsylvania Railroad No. 216 Eastern Pennsylvania Railroad No. 7 Union Pacific Railroad No. 90 Broadway Railroad No. 4 ""Chimbote Railway ""Emilia"" ""Chicago & North-Western Railway ""Alexander Mitchell"" Southern Pacific Railway No. 1008 ""Glendon Iron Co. ""Alert"" Ferro-Carril de Salaverry a Trujillo No. 9 Grand Trunk Railway No. 283 Central Railroad of New Jersey No. 125 Central Railroad Boston and Maine Railroad No. 47 ""Ashland Iron Co. ""Edward Patterson"" ""Hilliard & Bailey's Lumber Railroad ""Florida"" ""Brooklyn, Bath & Coney Island Railroad ""George"" ""Camden, Gloucester & Mt. Ephraim Railroad No. 2"" New York Elevated Railroad No. 24 Long Island Rail Road No. 71 ""Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway No. 91"" Cincinnati Inclined Plane Railway No. 1 ""Boston, New York & Philadelphia Railroad No. 65"" Cia. E. de F. Barao de Araruama No. 3 Saint Louis & San Francisco Railroad No. 2 Ferrocarril Interoceanico No. 20 T. L. Hackney Locomotive Gilpin Tramway No. 181 Fort Bragg Railroad Co. No. 2 ""New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad No. 149"" Sinnemahoning Valley Railroad No. 2 Usal Railroad No. 1 Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway No. 6 Sinnemahoning Valley Railroad No. 3 South Side Rapid Transit No. 1 Greenfield & Northern Railroad No. 4 Lehigh Valley Railroad No. 708 ""Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway No. 125"" ""Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad No. 2"" Erie Railroad No. 512 Seaboard Air Line Railway No. 606 Union Pacific Railroad No. 9 W.I. Company No. 16 Southern Pacific Railway No. 3048 Great Northern Railway No. 1800 Ferrocarril de Guantanamo ""Dai Nippon Seito Kwaisha, Ltd., No. 1"" South Manchurian Railway No. 1 Lehigh & Hudson River Railway No. 64 ""Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway No. 1301"" California Western Railway & Navigation Company No. 7 Lehigh Valley Railroad No. 1597 Lehigh & New England Railroad No. 32 ""Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad No. 290"" Pennsylvania Railroad No. 5400 ""Louisiana State Penitentiary ""Jack"" Croft Lumber Company No. 4 Nevada-California-Oregon Railway No. 14 Erie Railroad No. 2603 Union Pacific Railroad No. 187 Great Northern Railway No. 1755 Pennsylvania Railroad No. 9710 Illinois Central Railroad No. 1701 New York Central Railroad No. 3983 Virginian Railway No. 700 Southern Railway No. 4537 Imperial Russian Railways Ye Class No. 541 Central Railroad of New Jersey No. 825 Chaparra Railroad Company No. 33 Kin-Han Railway No. 351 ""Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway No. 333"" Texas-Mexican Railway No. 1 ""Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad No. 399"" Nickel Plate Road No. 627 Imperial Forest Railway of Japan Lake Independence Lumber Company No. 4 Grand Trunk Western Railway No. 8222 Long Island Rail Road No. 268 Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad No. 43 Insular Lumber Company No. 7 Lima Locomotive Works No. 1 Texas & Pacific Railway No. 600 Ferrocarril del Pacifico No. 63 Manila Railway No. 144 ""Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway No. 3450"" Baldwin Locomotive Works No. 60000 Boston and Maine Railroad No. 4000 Erie Railroad No. 3389 New York Central Railroad No. 5271 Boston & Albany Railroad No. 610 Nickel Plate Road No. 177 Royal State Railways of Siam Southern Pacific Lines No. 4114 Alton and Southern Railroad No. 14 Durham and Southern Railroad No. 200 Pennsylvania Railroad No. 6775 Chicago Great Western Railroad No. 854 Chesapeake & Ohio Railway No. 3004 ""Duluth, Missabe & Iron Rane Railroad No. 223"" Lehigh Valley Railroad No. 5101 Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad No. 1101 Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico No. 3000 Union Railroad No. 303 Boston and Maine Railroad No. 3715 Kansas City Southern Railroad No. 900 Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad No. 3702 ""New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad No. 1408"" New York Central Railroad No. 5453 ""Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway No. 5004"" Frisco Lines No. 1065 Southern Pacific Lines No. 3800 Pennsylvania Railroad No. 6100 New York Central Railroad No. 3037 Union Pacific Railroad No. 3976 Union Pacific Railroad No. 4002 Boston and Maine Railroad No. 4117 Southern Pacific Lines No. 4436 Chesapeake & Ohio Railway No. 1605 Chesapeake & Ohio Railway No. 246 Western Maryland Railway No. 6 Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais 141.R No. 446 Polish State Railways Ty246 No. 91 Chesapeake & Ohio Railway No. 610 Louisville & Nashville Railroad No. 1970 Nickel Plate Road No. 779 GENERAL INDEX INDEX OF LOCOMOTIVE WHEEL ARRANGEMENTS"

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