The Climax Locomotive [Hardcover]

Dennis Thompson (Author), Richard Dunn (Author), Steve Hauff (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 497 pages
• Publisher: Oso Pub (August 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0964752166
• ISBN-13: 978-0964752160
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #654,009 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, Poor Editing, March 17, 2004

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Earle S. Libby (Norfolk, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Climax Locomotive (Hardcover)

For those interested in geared locomotives and the American logging craft this is a nice addition to their library. It complements, but does not compete with, "Climax - An Unusual Steam Locomotive" by Thomas T. Taber III and Walter Casler, Railroadians of America Inc., 1960 - a very rare text.

Please understand - this is NOT a reprint of Climax: A.U.S.L. but an entirely new edition.

The first printing of the first edition has several typos, places where text just drops off, and is in need of not a few edits. But to be fair, Oso Rail has created a Corrections data sheet ready for download as a PDF file at:
www.osorail.com

Get to the books page, click on the Climax link and at the bottom of the popup window you'll find the link to download the Corrections file.

Being a Shay lover and having "SHAY: Titan of the Timber" and "Steam and Thunder", both by Michael Koch, I was hoping that The Climax Locomotive would be of the same high standard.

Perhaps the first printing of the first edition may be a collector's delight someday. Meanwhile, I CAN recommend this book, however, do avoid the first print.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything you always wanted to know about the Climax Loco, November 16, 2004

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Rob RR Brinker "RRB" (Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Climax Locomotive (Hardcover)

Wonderfully comprehensive book taking you through the history of the Climax locomotive!

The high quality pictures (all in B/W) almost bring the logging era alive and will offer a huge amount of inspiration to any railroad modeller interested in logging scenery and operation.

And compared to the First edition, first print this second print version has been corrected as per Oso's errata list and therefore has become even more readable.