This rare collection of 126 "builder portraits" of American locomotives offers an exciting cavalcade of images that chronicle the momentous rise of steam locomotive power in America. Builder portraits are especially prized by railway historians because they are the exacting official photographs of new models taken before repairs, alterations, and weathering altered their original appearance. The builder portraits reprinted here were selected from the William A. Rogers collection, a priceless archive of images documenting the history of American steam locomotion from the pre-Civil War era to the mid-20th century.
While the accent in this book is on the oldest and rarest photographs in the Rogers collection, many modern portraits are included as well to demonstrate how highly developed the American steam locomotive had become before the advent of dieselization. Among the engines depicted are the España, a diminutive model built for the Spanish government in 1858; engine no. 216 of the Pennsylvania Railroad, a "fearsome apparition of Gothic character" built in 1861; the Chimbote Emilia, an inspection engine built for railroad company officials in 1868 that is considered a masterpiece of the engine builder's art; and a Union Pacific 1940s' "Big Boy," the largest and heaviest type of steam locomotive ever built.
Clearly, builder portraits are the most revealing record possible of the evolution of the American steam locomotive. This rich selection offers railroading historians and enthusiasts a peerless record of a great age in railway history. Railroading expert Ron Zeil's introduction and captions provide readers with a brief railroading background, a commentary on the art of the builder portrait and key details on each locomotive depicted.
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INTRODUCTION
"España"
Pennsylvania Railroad No. 1
Pennsylvania Railroad No. 216
Eastern Pennsylvania Railroad No. 7
Union Pacific Railroad No. 90
Broadway Railroad No. 4
"Chimbote Railway "Emilia"
"Chicago & North-Western Railway "Alexander Mitchell"
Southern Pacific Railway No. 1008
"Glendon Iron Co. "Alert"
Ferro-Carril de Salaverry á Trujillo No. 9
Grand Trunk Railway No. 283
Central Railroad of New Jersey No. 125
Central Railroad
Boston and Maine Railroad No. 47
"Ashland Iron Co. "Edward Patterson"
"Hilliard & Bailey's Lumber Railroad "Florida"
"Brooklyn, Bath & Coney Island Railroad "George"
"Camden, Gloucester & Mt. Ephraim Railroad No. 2"
New York Elevated Railroad No. 24
Long Island Rail Road No. 71
"Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway No. 91"
Cincinnati Inclined Plane Railway No. 1
"Boston, New York & Philadelphia Railroad No. 65"
Cia. E. de F. Barão de Araruama No. 3
Saint Louis & San Francisco Railroad No. 2
Ferrocarril Interoceánico No. 20
T. L. Hackney Locomotive
Gilpin Tramway No. 181
Fort Bragg Railroad Co. No. 2
"New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad No. 149"
Sinnemahoning Valley Railroad No. 2
Usal Railroad No. 1
Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway No. 6
Sinnemahoning Valley Railroad No. 3
South Side Rapid Transit No. 1
Greenfield & Northern Railroad No. 4
Lehigh Valley Railroad No. 708
"Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway No. 125"
"Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad No. 2"
Erie Railroad No. 512
Seaboard Air Line Railway No. 606
Union Pacific Railroad No. 9
W.I. Company No. 16
Southern Pacific Railway No. 3048
Great Northern Railway No. 1800
Ferrocarril de Guantánamo
"Dai Nippon Seito Kwaisha, Ltd., No. 1"
South Manchurian Railway No. 1
Lehigh & Hudson River Railway No. 64
"Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway No. 1301"
California Western Railway & Navigation Company No. 7
Lehigh Valley Railroad No. 1597
Lehigh & New England Railroad No. 32
"Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad No. 290"
Pennsylvania Railroad No. 5400
"Louisiana State Penitentiary "Jack"
Croft Lumber Company No. 4
Nevada-California-Oregon Railway No. 14
Erie Railroad No. 2603
Union Pacific Railroad No. 187
Great Northern Railway No. 1755
Pennsylvania Railroad No. 9710
Illinois Central Railroad No. 1701
New York Central Railroad No. 3983
Virginian Railway No. 700
Southern Railway No. 4537
Imperial Russian Railways Ye Class No. 541
Central Railroad of New Jersey No. 825
Chaparra Railroad Company No. 33
Kin-Han Railway No. 351
"Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway No. 333"
Texas-Mexican Railway No. 1
"Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad No. 399"
Nickel Plate Road No. 627
Imperial Forest Railway of Japan
Lake Independence Lumber Company No. 4
Grand Trunk Western Railway No. 8222
Long Island Rail Road No. 268
Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad No. 43
Insular Lumber Company No. 7
Lima Locomotive Works No. 1
Texas & Pacific Railway No. 600
Ferrocarril del Pacífico No. 63
Manila Railway No. 144
"Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway No. 3450"
Baldwin Locomotive Works No. 60000
Boston and Maine Railroad No. 4000
Erie Railroad No. 3389
New York Central Railroad No. 5271
Boston & Albany Railroad No. 610
Nickel Plate Road No. 177
Royal State Railways of Siam
Southern Pacific Lines No. 4114
Alton and Southern Railroad No. 14
Durham and Southern Railroad No. 200
Pennsylvania Railroad No. 6775
Chicago Great Western Railroad No. 854
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway No. 3004
"Duluth, Missabe & Iron Rane Railroad No. 223"
Lehigh Valley Railroad No. 5101
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad No. 1101
Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México No. 3000
Union Railroad No. 303
Boston and Maine Railroad No. 3715
Kansas City Southern Railroad No. 900
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad No. 3702
"New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad No. 1408"
New York Central Railroad No. 5453
"Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway No. 5004"
Frisco Lines No. 1065
Southern Pacific Lines No. 3800
Pennsylvania Railroad No. 6100
New York Central Railroad No. 3037
Union Pacific Railroad No. 3976
Union Pacific Railroad No. 4002
Boston and Maine Railroad No. 4117
Southern Pacific Lines No. 4436
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway No. 1605
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway No. 246
Western Maryland Railway No. 6
Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français 141.R No. 446
Polish State Railways Ty246 No. 91
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway No. 610
Louisville & Nashville Railroad No. 1970
Nickel Plate Road No. 779
GENERAL INDEX
INDEX OF LOCOMOTIVE WHEEL ARRANGEMENTS
