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The Steam Locomotive

 

Author:

Jim Boyd

Publisher:

Barnes & Noble Books

Published:

2000

ISBN:

0-7607-1627-7

Pages:

144

Type:

hardbound

A great pictorial book with lots of Jim's photos, and plenty of accompanying text.

Chapter

Page

Title / Description

1

8

The Early Americans
Covers the very first steam locomotives operating in the United States. Includes many photos. Page 21 has a listing of the popular wheel arrangements.

2

24

Turn of the Century
Covers the 4-4-0, 4-4-2, 4-6-2, 2-8-0, 2-8-2, 4-8-0, 0-6-6-0, 2-8-8-0, and 2-8-8-2. Lots of photos of the Pennsylvania Railroad engines.

3

48

The Standard Era
Covers the mass-production of a lot of the typical steam locomotives seen from World War I through WWII.

4

70

Super Power
The chapter covers the larger engines, such as the 2-10-4, 2-8-4, and 4-8-4. A sidebar on steam turbines can be found in this chapter also.

5

114

Last of the Giants
The remaining huge engines built in the 1950s.