The Allegheny Lima's Finest

The Allegheny Lima's Finest
Author: Gene Huddleston
Publisher: Hundman Publishing; Revised edition (November 1990)
Description: 260 pp., hardcover; 270 b/w photos. Second Printing.
ISBN: 0945434030

The Chesapeake and Ohio 2-6-6-6 locomotives were awesome; their essence is captured in this volume. Find the whole story on why these engines were considered the finest high-horsepower steam locomotives ever built.

The Allegheny was perhaps the finest high horsepower steam locomotive ever built which unfortunately never reached its full potential due to the arrival of the diesel engine. Although its size and potential is compared to the Union Pacific Big Boy, the Allegheny was not without controversy - which added to an inaccurate comparison of the two largest high horsepower steam locomotives. Everyone who looks at details closely- cab window, stack height, eccentric crank, air tank end, cab construction, trailing truck casting and bell mounting- will love the attention dedicated to these features and their evolution in the Allegheny as presented in this book. This book brings together the best of the railfan photographer, the railway and the builder. The Allegheny finally receives its due!

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