PRAIRIE TYPE LOCOMOTIVES

New York: American Locomotive Company/ALCO [about 1910]. Oblong softcover. Near Fine. Item #36558

Pamphlet code word "Callinicus." The Atlantic or 2-6-2 type locomotive for heavy passenger or fast freight service, where great starting power and large boiler capacity for sustained high speeds are the essential requirements. A catalog of 40 pages with locomotive data and photographs of the passenger and freight types which the company had built for various railroads. Small neat notes hand written next to the photographs with information when that particular locomotive was built. Bound in original red heavy paper covers with printing in black. A near fine copy.

Price: $145.00