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Author:	Guy L. Dunscomb
Title:	A Century Of Southern Pacific Steam Locomotives
Publisher:	Dunscomb
Country:	USA
Date:	1963
Format:	Hardcover
Genre:	Transport
Total Editions:	2
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WPLives 6th Oct 2021		Review Review "this book captures not only the changes in American steam locomotive development, but also the why that it happened. And that makes it worth reading" ----The Santa Fe Railway Historical and Modeling Society--- ✔︎ Helpful Review?



WPLives 6th Oct 2021		Century of Southern Pacific Steam Locomotives by Guy L Dunscomb with dust jacket. Includes map supplement and amplifications/additions adn corrections Copyright 1963 THIRD EDITION first printing 1984 480 pages Section One-----------------------19-362 Steam locomotive photographs Section Two--------------------363-433 Corporate history Section Three-------------------Miscellaneous Electric cars, McKeen Cars, Gas Electric cars, more photos, etc. 800 illustrations, 2 color plates, 18 division maps. The historic Southern Pacific, the road whose rails extend from the Pacific Ocean to the Great Salt Lake, and from the forests of Oregon to the Mississippi has operated or controlled over 16,000 miles of railroad. It operated in eight states and the Republic of Mexico; it had the longest north-south route of any railroad on the North American continent; it operated nearly a thousand miles of electric lines, and over a thousand miles of narrow gauge lines, San Francisco Bay and Mississippi River ferry boats, Sacramento and Colorado River steamers, and oceangoing steamships, and now operates, in addition to its rail properties, fourteen hundred miles of pipe lines and twenty-five thousand miles of truck lines. It was in February, 1863, that active construction started at Sacramento on the SP's parent Central Pacific, and was carried on under the management of the famed "Big Four," Huntington, Hopkins, Crocker, and Stanford, until a connection was made with the Union Pacific at Promontory, Utah, in May, 1869. Since that date nearly three hundred railroad organizations have been consolidated to form what is known today as the Southern Pacific Company, and over four thousand steam locomotives have appeared on the scene, and have now forever departed. It is of these locomotives and companies that this book is written, for of all that has previously appeared in print, nothing has presented the pictorial coverage of the steam locomotives that is found here, nor has there ever before been a systematic listing of all the companies, well-known and obscure, that took their place in the forming of the west's largest transportation system. Included as a supplement to the book is a set of eighteen maps covering the SP empire when it was at its greatest, and by the use of these maps and the text in the book, the reader may trace the development of practically every mile of railroad now or previously under Southern Pacific control. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



WPLives 6th Oct 2021		158 pages plus 6 unnumbered pages of detail photos. Illustrated by photographs including a color plate at page xii by M.F. Kotowski (also used for jacket art), engineering diagrams and schematics. An excellent book which includes interesting text on robberies, accidents, technical information and pictures of all 60 of these oddly configured 3-cylinder behemoths used in the US. Description Between 1900 and 1950, Americans built the most powerful steam locomotives of all time--enormous engines that powered an industry of colossal scale and intensity. They were deceptively simple machines yet even as the technology was being perfected it was becoming obscure (and obsolete.) Despite immense and sustained effort, they remained grossly inefficient in their use of increasingly costly fuel and labor. In the end, they baffled their masters and, as soon as diesel-electric technology provided an alternative, the steam locomotive disappeared from American railroads. Drawing on the work of eminent engineers and railroad managers of the day, this lavishly illustrated history chronicles the challenges, triumphs and failures of steam locomotive development and operation. CONTENTS PREFACE Page The Southern Pacific Company--5 The Steam Locomotives----------10 Section 1 -- STEAM LOCOMOTIVE PHOTOGRAPHS American (4-4-0)----------------------19 Switcher (0-6-0)------------------------77 Switcher (0-8-0)------------------------91 Mogul (2-6-0)----------------------------95 Prairie (2-6-2)--------------------------115 Ten Wheel (4-6-0)-------------------121 Pacific (4-6-2)-------------------------163 Consolidation (2-8-0)-------------181 Twelve Wheel (4-8-0)--------------205 El Gobernador (4-10-0)-----------225 Atlantic (4-4-2)------------------------227 Mikado (2-8-2)------------------------243 Berkshire (2-8-4)---------------------253 Santa Fe (2-10-2)--------------------257 Decapod (2-10-0)--------------------263 Articulateds (Various)------------265 Mountain (4-8-2)--------------------289 General Service (4-8-4)-----------301 Southern Pacific (4-10-2)-------319 Miscellaneous (Various)--------323 Narrow Gauge (Various)--------349 SECTION 2 -- CORPORATE HISTORY General-----------------------------------363 Pacific Lines---------------------------364 Texas and Louisiana Lines----422 SECTION 3 -- MISCELLANEOUS Electric Cars---------------------------434 McKeen Cars--------------------------443 Gas Electric Cars--------------------446 Miscellaneous Pictures----------448 Significant Dates--------------------463 List of Companies------------------475 Last Minute Developments------------------------478 Personal Remarks------------------479 Finis----------------------------------------480 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



WPLives 29th Jul 2021		First edition of this comprehensive history of the Southern Pacific line, focusing specifically on the steam locomotives in use from 1862-1962. Over the years the SP had over 4000 steam locomotives and this book is intended to provide a pictorial review of those engines as well as a systematic listing of the nearly 300 railroad companies that were consolidated into SP over the years. The book is divided into three sections: Section 1 is a pictorial of the 21 classes of steam locomotives; Section 2 is a corporate history; Section 3 covers miscellaneous subjects such as electric cars, McKeen cars, gas electric cars, significant dates, and list of merged companies. Profusely illustrated with black & white photographs, all with detailed captions. With Map Supplement consisting of 18 maps of Southern Pacific's Divisions showing each at its greatest extent. 480 pages. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Guy L. Dunscomb - A Century Of Southern Pacific Steam Locomotives - Dunscomb - Hardcover - USA (1963)