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Train Shed Cyclopedia #51
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| Locos of the 40’s & 50’s (Steam) Part 5 from the 1941 Loc Cyc and Railway Mechanical Engineer – 64 full-size pages reprinted from the Originals
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Train Shed Cyclopedia #51 Locos of the 40’s & 50’s (Steam) Part 5 from the 1941 Loc Cyc and Railway Mechanical Engineer – 64 full-size pages reprinted from the Originals – Contents: Pictures and Drawings include: Steam Locomotives type; 4-8-4 -- Steam Locomotives type 4-4-4-4 Non- Articulated -- Steam Locomotives type 6-4-4-6 Non-Articulated -- Steam Locomotives type 4-8-4, 4-10-2 and 4-12-2 -- Steam Locomotives Tank and Narrow Gage – Articles included in this issue: Powerful High-Speed Passenger Locomotive Built by Alco, AAR 1000-ton test train hauled at rate of 102 miles per hour, High-capacity tender has unique wheel arrangement – Progressive Changes in Santa Fe 4-8-4 Locomotives, The locomotives of the last order, delivered late in 1941, are equipped partly with plain-bearing Tandem main rods and partly with Timken roller-bearing rods – Central of Georgia Installs Eight 4-8-4 Type Locomotives, Combination freight and passenger units built by Lima re designed, with 73 ½ in wheels, for high-speed service – Have 63,200 lb. Tractive force and weigh 260,000 lb. on drivers -- Twenty-Five Improved Northern Type 4-8-4 Locomotives for CNR – Locomotives for fast freight and heavy passenger service have tractive force of 56,8000 lb. – 10,300 lb more – Milwaukee Buys More 4-8-4 Freight Power, Ten locomotives recently delivered by Baldwin alike in general proportions to those purchased from the same builder two years ago – Chicago & North Western 4-8-4 Locomotives Modernized, Reconstruction of 35 steam locomotives promises reduced maintenance costs and increased availability –Bed castings, fireboxes and many mechanical details changed – Frisco 4-8-4 Locomotives, fifteen units built by Baldwin include three oil-fired locomotives for passenger service – Tractive force 69,000 lb. – D&H 4-8-4 Locomotives, fifteen Alco-built units for fast freight service have a rated tractive force of 62,040 lb. with 285-lb boiler pressure and 75-in. driving wheels – Lehigh Valley Class T2b Fast Freight Locomotives, Ten additional units, built by Alco, bring total of this type on that road to 37-new locomotives weigh 451,000 lb. with 66,700-lb. tractive force – Missouri Pacific Rebuilds Locomotives, Converts seven USRA light 4-8-2’s to modern design and ten 2-8-4’s to high-speed 4-8-4’s in the past two years at Sedalia shops, New shop machinery played important part in keeping costs down – Missouri Pacific buys 15 4-8-4 Freight Locomotives, Baldwin Locomotive Works delivers new power for freight service on the eastern lines, Engines weigh 496,000 lb. and have tractive force of 67,200 lb. with 73-in. driving wheels – N&W Class J 4-8-4 Locomotives, Modern passenger locomotives take advantage of boiler capacity, roller bearings and unusual lubrication capacity to run high mileages at low cost – Condition NEW!
** JUST A NOTE: THE SHIPPING PRICE BELOW CAN COVER THE SHIPPING COST ON THREE TRAINS SHIPPED AT THE SAME TIME! **
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