Item #38861 STEAM & THUNDER IN THE TIMBER; SAGA OF THE FOREST RAILROADS. Michael Koch.

STEAM & THUNDER IN THE TIMBER; SAGA OF THE FOREST RAILROADS

Denver, CO: World Press, 1979. Ward, Richard. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Item #38861

Copy number 4944 signed by Koch. Recounts the fascinating and colorful history of a century and a half of logging railroads in the area that stretches from the Kennebec River in Maine to Puget Sound on the west coast and from the Gulf of Mexico to Alaska and Canada. Color illustrations by Richard Ward. 528 pages with abundant photographs of logging steam locomotives such as Shay, Heisler, and Climax. Fine in fine dust jacket with mild rubbing and light wear at head of spine panel. A very nice, bright and crisp copy.

Price: $245.00