Steam Locomotive Coaling Stations and Diesel Locomotive Fueling Facilities
"Typically, coaling stations were huge towers of steel, concrete, or timber that held 50 to 1,000 tons of coal. This coal would eventually be dumped into steam locomotive tenders to be delivered across the country. The author uses reproduced material and articles that originally appeared in Railway Age and other trade magazines of the era, and advertisements from the three major builders of coaling stations: Fairbanks-Morse, Ogle Engineering and Roberts & Schaefer. Photographs show various types of coaling stations and fueling facilities, stand pipes and tanks, and cinder conveyors."
Steam Locomotives of B & O Railroad: Photo Archive
"The Baltimore & Ohio (B&O), America's first railroad, was formed in 1827. In 1830 the B&O opened its first 13 miles of rail between Baltimore and Ellicott's Mills. By 1838 the B&O was hauling mail between Baltimore and Washington D.C. This book is a look back at the steam engines served the B&O from the Civil War to the end of the steam era. Included are steam engines beginning with small Civil War era 4-6-0s up to the first streamlined locomotive - #5302. A must for all steam enthusiasts. " ~ Amazon.com
Stephensons' Rocket
"The Rocket steam locomotive is one of the best-known icons of the early railway age. In 1999, Michael Bailey and John Glithero undertook a major survey of Rocket, involving an examination of all its components and detailed research into the documentation relating to its history.
This book is based on the results of that study. It describes Rocket, its main components and the way in which they worked. Setting the locomotive in its historical context, the book emphasizes the importance of the father-and-son engineers, George and Robert Stephenson. It also tells of the fame that Rocket achieved in 1829 and its brief career at the very beginning of the railway era."
Superpower - The Making of a Steam Locomotive
"... the reader is virtually transported by osmosis back to the year 1925 and to the dark and dingy backshops of the Lima Locomotive Works of Lima, Ohio, in order to not only personally witness but to actually physically participate in the birth of this magnificent machine, the first 'Super Power' steam locomotive ever." ~ Henry M. Dobb
Those Amazing Cab Forwards
"The story of the Southern Pacific's cab forward locomotives with sketch biographies of their inventors, and the adoption of this type of steam engine by the railroad." 160 Pages, 180 Photographs, 2 Paintings and 10 Line Drawings
Hardcover, 144 pages, More than 120 color and black-and-white photographs and illustrations.
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"Trains of the Old West tells the stories of such pioneering visionaries as Theodore Judah, Mark Hopkins, and Leland Stanford, who faced and overcame tremendous obstacles in their quest to forge a nationwide rail system. Gorgeously illustrated with historical and contemporary photographs, Trains of the Old West is a unique tribute to the adventurous, pioneering spirit in which the United States was built" ~ Metro Books
"The United States Railroad Administration was created in World War I to operate the railroads on their intensified wartime footing. As a result, the USRA changed the face of railroads forever, and left America with twelve now-classic locomotive designs. This superbly illustrated book presents a study of the 30-year impact of the USRA on steam locomotives. " ~ Amazon.com Uncle Sam's Locomotives: The USRA and the Nation's Railroads
"This book is one a series of detailed photo reference works intended for modelers. They are designed to show all the details of their subjects, including those not seen in conventional blueprints and illustrations. The books have been used by Bachmann Kato, Rio Grande Models and others in developing new products." photographs."
Willamette Catalog Reprint 1925
"This is a faithful reprint of the 1925 Willamette Iron & Steel Works full-line catalog, including their geared locomotive. (Oso has also added a few additional pages from their 1926 supplement.) If you're interested in early industrial equipment, especially logging, you're going to really like this."
Details many of the 300+ working steam locomotives in North America. Working Steam: Vintage Locomotives Today
