The first and only complete study of the Southwest's most successful railway is back in print! This book documents a proud history with diagrams, maps, and over 300 photographs. Includes a roster of every steam and diesel locomotive owned by the Cotton Belt and its predecessors up to 1977. A must-have for any locomotive enthusiast.
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According to his parents, Joe Strapac has been watching trains ever since he has been old enough to look out of windows. Raised within earshot of the Southern Pacific's San Pedro branch and the Pacific Electric's Southern District, he began a serious interest in locomotives and railroading in 1953. In the years since, he has accumulated a collection of information and photographs pertaining to locomotives in the West, with a particular emphasis upon those of the Southern Pacific and its associates. Over the past decades, he created and refined the "motive power annual" type of publication, preparing successive editions on the current diesel fleet of the Southern Pacific. In addition, he has contributed locomotive information to a number of books on railroading as well as writing many magazine articles.
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Cotton Belt Locomotives,
By Jim Rogerson (Texas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Cotton Belt Locomotives (Hardcover)
This book is a MUST HAVE for all Cotton Belt History Buffs and Railroad Modelers. Very informative and chock full of great photos and write-ups. Wish I had bought it long ago!
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This review is from: Cotton Belt Locomotives (Hardcover)
This book is just what the title implies, a collection of photographs and a roster of Cotton Belt locomotives. The St. Louis Southwestern (the corporate name for the Cotton Belt) has a long and distinguished history and Strapac shows the equipment that made the trains go. The text is detailed, photo reproduction good, and the captions informative. Students of locomotive development and how the SSW fit into the larger SP family will find much of interest here.
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The present-day St. Louis Southwestern Railway traces its beginnings to Northeastern Texas during the 1870s. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
train number indicators, steam roster, power reverse gear, smokebox door, narrow firebox, diesel roster, narrow gauge engines, disc drivers, tender trucks, pilot beam, hood units, commute service, locomotive roster, diesel switchers, grate area, tractive effort, passenger diesels, oil firing, parent road, neighboring roads, trailing truck, steam operations, valve gear, purchased secondhand, gauge locomotives Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cotton Belt, Pine Bluff, Southern Pacific, Rhode Island, San Francisco, New York, Santa Fe, General Electric, Missouri Pacific, Pacific Lines, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Rock Island, World War, Arkansas River, Deering Southwestern, Rio Grande, Tyler Tap, Western Pacific, Electro-Motive Class, Galion Shops, Louis Southwestern, Florida East Coast, Paragould Southeastern, Blue Streak New!
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The present-day St. Louis Southwestern Railway traces its beginnings to Northeastern Texas during the 1870s. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
train number indicators, steam roster, power reverse gear, smokebox door, narrow firebox, diesel roster, narrow gauge engines, disc drivers, tender trucks, pilot beam, hood units, commute service, locomotive roster, diesel switchers, grate area, tractive effort, passenger diesels, oil firing, parent road, neighboring roads, trailing truck, steam operations, valve gear, purchased secondhand, gauge locomotives Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cotton Belt, Pine Bluff, Southern Pacific, Rhode Island, San Francisco, New York, Santa Fe, General Electric, Missouri Pacific, Pacific Lines, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Rock Island, World War, Arkansas River, Deering Southwestern, Rio Grande, Tyler Tap, Western Pacific, Electro-Motive Class, Galion Shops, Louis Southwestern, Florida East Coast, Paragould Southeastern, Blue Streak New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Shortline Railroads of Arkansas by Clifton E. Hull on page 19
- Rhode Island (United States) by Julie Murray on page 39
- Rhode Island (Portrait of America) by Kathleen Thompson on page 36
- South San Francisco (CA) (Images of America) by South San Francisco Historical Society on page 102
- Trains across the Continent, Second Edition: North American Railroad History by Rudolph Daniels in Back Matter
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