The story of a fleet of fine steam locomotives that handled fast passenger trains and provided unexcelled freight service with an enviable record for on-time performance and efficiency. Illustrated with black & white photographs, locomotive schematics, and even reproductions of old time-tables.

Steam Locomotives of the Frisco Line

Stagner, Lloyd E.

Pruett Publishing Co.

Pictorial history of the last years of steam on the Union Pacific's Kansas Division. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. With 1950-56 roster and 1949 list showing assignments and location of engines. 48 pages.

Kansas Division Steam Finale: 1950-1956

South Platte Pr

<p>Fascinating look at the Union Pacific's transition from steam to diesel power. The author provides a behind the scenes discussion of why UP built its "super steam" locomotives and later switched to diesels and turbines. With charts showing the number of steam locomotives and their locations in 1942, 1947, 1955 and 1957. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. With 2 maps. 64 pages.</p>

Union Pacific Motive Power in Transition: 1936-1960

Science & Math

Book is as new study of steam in it's last years. We process and ship daily, securely with tracking.

Illinois Central steam finale, 1936-1960

History

Americas

South Platte Press

<p>Fascinating look at the last decade of steam on the Santa Fe. The author provides a year-by-year account of the system's use of steam, with details on the eventual dieselization of all Santa Fe passenger and freight traffic. Provides black and white photos of each class of steam engines on the roster between 1949 and 1959. Includes rosters of owned and active steam locomotives during these years as well as a list of those on display when the book was written. 72 pages.</p>

Santa Fe steam: The last decade, 1949-1959

Santa Fe Steam : The Last Decade 1949 - 1959

Pictorial history of the Illinois Central's steam locomotives from 1936-1960. There is a section for each of the 19 different classes of IC steam locomotives, well -illustrated with black and white photos, with a description of when they were acquired and how they were used as well as rosters. The book also includes short essays on freight traffic, passenger traffic, mechanical facilities, auxiliary water tenders, the wreck of the 1146, and the shift to dieselization. With bibliography and system maps.

History of the Midland Valley Railroad and the associated line of the Kansas, Oklahoma, & Gulf Railway and the Oklahoma Ada Atoka Railway. Covers freight and passenger service and all forms of motive power (steam, diesel, and motor cars). Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. With rosters, maps, timetables and bibliography. 56 pages.

Midland Valley: Rails for Coal, Cattle and Crude

Pictorial history of the last years of steam on the Burlington Route (the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy) and its two subsidiary roads, the Colorado & Southern and the Fort Worth & Denver. Covers the 1954-68 period as diesel slowly took over from steam. Year by year coverage details how dieselization was carried out. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos of the steam locomotives. With rosters and system map. 60 pages.

Burlington Route steam finale

This book is in good used condition with very slight soiling on inside back cover as you can barely see in photo.

American steam finale, 1954-1970

Brueggenjohann/Reese

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Steam Locomotives of the Frisco Line

Kansas Division Steam Finale: 1950-1956

Union Pacific Motive Power in Transition: 1936-1960

Illinois Central steam finale, 1936-1960

Santa Fe steam: The last decade, 1949-1959

Santa Fe Steam : The Last Decade 1949 - 1959

Illinois Central steam finale, 1936-1960

Midland Valley: Rails for Coal, Cattle and Crude

Burlington Route steam finale

American steam finale, 1954-1970