Southern Railway Steam Trains V1 -Passenger
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (527 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1883089948 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"A Sound Review of the Southern's Passenger Steam Engines with Good Natural Setting Photos and Short Essays on Each" according to E. Dean Conley. This is a very good book about Southern Railway passenger steam engines in the 20th Century mainly up to their complete replacement in regular service by diesels in 195A Sound Review of the Southern's Passenger Steam Engines with Good Natural Setting Photos and Short Essays on Each This is a very good book about Southern Railway passenger steam engines in the 20th Century mainly up to their complete replacement in regular service by diesels in 1953. Although there has been some criticism of this book, primarily of its organization, not its accuracy, I found the book profitable, enjoyable and easy to read. While locomotives dominate the presentation, consists (cars making up the trains) and geographic settings are also treated in Tillotson's pictures and text. My positive evaluation also extends to a companion book by Tillotson on diesel locomotives (Volume One: 1950-1982, but, really covering road . . Although there has been some criticism of this book, primarily of its organization, not its accuracy, I found the book profitable, enjoyable and easy to read. While locomotives dominate the presentation, consists (cars making up the trains) and geographic settings are also treated in Tillotson's pictures and text. My positive evaluation also extends to a companion book by Tillotson on diesel locomotives (Volume One: 1950-1982, but, really covering road . great pictures and plenty of them Anthony Carmignani great pictures and plenty of them,i buy railroad books for their picture content so I can't critique the writing content but if you like train pictures all of TLC publishing books are for you!. a good pictorial history of southern railroad passenger steam John Olin super pictures and a painless way to learn more about one aspect of southern railroad operations during the steam era. i liked this book because it had some really great pictures of southern railroad streamlined pacific #1380, the queen, the most beautiful locomotive ever built and my personal favorite.
This book contains over 150 superb photos of steam powered passenger trains in all regions of the system taken by the best photographers covering the road. This will be an ideal book for anyone interested in the South and in the nostalgic steam locomotives that the line operated.. Special chapters cover Southern's mountain lines over the Saluda grade and the Swannoah line. Author Curt Tillotson has organized the photographs and details the images with extensive captions explaining the train, the geography, and the overall operation being shown