Super Steam Locomotives (Enthusiast Color)

100 Pages·2000·20.398 MB·English

by  Brian Solomon

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Acknowledgmen
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Chapter 1
American Steam
Chapter2
Superpower Emerges
21
Chapter3
Hudsons
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Chapter4
Northerns
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Chapter5
Articulated Locomotives
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Glossary
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Steam Locomotive FactBars
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Index
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
One ofthe great pleasures ofassembling a proofreading. My brother Sean Solomon and
booklike this oneislookingatallthewon- mother Maureen Solomon have also helped in
derful photographs that people have made of manywaysovertheyears.
trains over theyears. This book represents the WilliamKratvilleoftheUnionPacificMuseum
effortsofmanyphotographers,andIwouldliketo inOmaha,Nebraska,helpedlocateseveralphotos,as
thank everyonewho lentme theirwork and pho- didlibrariansattheDenverPublicLibraryandCali-
tographs fromtheircollections, especiallythe fol- forniaStateRailroadMuseum. Mike Gardnerlent
lowing: George C. Corey, FredMatthews,William me the use ofhis darkroomandprovided trans-
D.Middleton,RobertA. Buck,TimDoherty,John portationonseveralsteamquests.
Gruber, BrianJennison, George Diamond, Robert Italwayshelpstohaveexperiencedeyesreviewa
W.Jones ofPineTree Press, Russ Porter,Andrew text,soIthankGeorgeCorey,RobertA. Buck,and
Spieker,VicStone,J. R. Quinn, Doug Eisele, and HarryVallasfortechnicalassistanceandproofread-
JamesA.Speaker.Iwouldliketothankmyfather, ing.ThanksalsotoLeeKlancherandAmyGlaserof
RichardJaySolomon, for giving me unlimited MBI Publishingfortheirhelpintheeditingand
access to his vast collection ofphotographs, reviewingofthemanuscript.Ioftentravelwithother
timetables, andbooks. Manyofthe texts usedto photographers, andI thankall ofthemfortheir
researchthisbookarefromhispersonallibrary.In companyandvisualwisdom.
addition, he assistedwith photo research and —BrianSolomon,September1999
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climbsSP'slegendaryCuestaHillnorthofSanLuisObispo,California,onApril27,1977.BrianJennison
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