LOCOMOTIVES of the PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
Volume 1, THE EARLY YEARS, 1848 to 1874 

by Richard D. Adams 2010

Originally authored by the late Richard D. Adams this book has been brought to fruition by the efforts of Gary Rauch and Chuck Blardone.

This 8½” x 11” landscape format 192 page book has 182 black and white photographs and illustrations, 24 charts and a 24 page roster of the early steam fleet. It is organized into the following chapters -1. The Pennsylvania Railroad in 1874, 2. The Locomotives of PRR’s Predecessor Lines, 3. Men, Shops & Machinery: Motive Power Development on the PRR, 4. Shops & Enginehouses in 1874, 5. Locomotive Practice, 6. Locomotive Liveries, 7. Locomotive Numbering; and a Locomotive Register corrected to January 1, 1874, as well as several appendices.

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