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Chesapeake & Ohio Super Power Steam Locomotives | 
 enlarge | Author: Eugene L Huddleston
Publisher: TLC Publishing
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 206219
Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 168
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 8.8 x 0.5
ISBN: 0939487756
Dewey Decimal Number: 385
EAN: 9780939487752
ASIN: 0939487756
Publication Date: December 15, 2005
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from the publisher: "This book fuels the world-wide interest in American locomotives of the late-steam era, when strong performance, high horsepower, and functional beauty were givens. Among roads wealthy enough to afford such engines, Chesapeake & Ohio was in the forefront with its 'Super Power,' and this new book systematically sets forth the development, use, maintenance, and performance of these 'custom made' designs from the introduction in 1930 of the C&O T-1, then the world's most powerful two-cylinder locomotive, through the 'Kanawhas' and 'Greenbriers' of the 1940s, to the L-2 class of 1942 and 1948, the worlds heaviest Hudsons, to the last fifteen of the Allegheny type, which had established the highest drawbar horsepower record of any steam locomotive in the world."The fascinating story of C&O Super Power involves not only the road's own Mechanical Department in Richmond, Va., but its close association with Lima Locomotive Works, of Lima, Ohio, and its even closer kinship with the authoritative Advisory Mechanical Committee of Cleveland, Ohio. "In giving the reader a fresh and penetrating examination of C&O Super Power, this book brings together over 175 photos, plus reproductions of C&O's own locomotive diagrams and an ICC inspection report for Allegheny no. 1604, preserved today in Baltimore. The photos were carefully selected for quality, relevance to the text, and originality. These action and still photos hopefully will offer images seldom if ever seen before that the viewer will greet with surprise and delight."8.5x11", 168 pp, heavy coated stock, many b/w photos throughout, color laminated hardcover.
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Chesapeake & Ohio Super Power - Super Book. October 3, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
For anyone interested in steam locomotives of any nationality this is one to
buy for their library. A beautifully laid out book with hundreds of photo's it gives the history and running abilities of these huge engines. The engineering background and building is well covered including line drawings,
"Mechanical Diagrams" of all the engines covered in this book. It is easy to
read which makes it hard to put down. Well worth the money.
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