TIMBER TITANS - Baldwin's Articulated LOGGING Locomotives - (NEW HARDBOUND BOOK)

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Timber Titans
Baldwin's Articulated Logging Locomotives
by
Martin E. Hansen, Steve Hauff, and Dale Sanders
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Published 20
21
Timber Titans
Hardbound
256 pages
455 b&w and color photos
Thirty years in the making, this new hardcover publication tells the complete story of these fascinating
Baldwin Articulated
logging locomotives.
Presented in construction number order, the articulateds are covered individually in great detail with statistics and full histories that document each locomotive from the day it left Baldwin's sprawling Eddystone, Pennsylvania, factory to its ultimate disposition.
Between 1909 and 1937, the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, produced 44 specialized locomotives that were either built for, or later transitioned to, the rigors of hauling raw logs on railroads where the grades were steep and the curves many.
While all of these locomotives were built as articulated they varied greatly in design and appearance. Most were built as compound articulateds (Mallets) but two companies, Weyerhaeuser Timber Company and the Uintah Railway, received simple articulateds.
Water carrying methods were also wide-ranging. While most were built as tank locomotives others were equipped with a separate tender. Furthering the variations from as-built configurations, several of the tank locomotives were later converted by removing the side or semi-saddle tanks and adding a conventional tender.
While most of the logging articulateds toiled away in relative obscurity, several gained acclaim for their well-traveled longevity. Remarkably, ten of the locomotives have survived and several of those remain active over a century after their construction.
Beyond the exhaustively researched text,
Timber Titans: Baldwin's Articulated Logging Locomotives
features 455 black and white and color photographs that have been painstakingly restored to their original appearance. All have been reproduced in high resolution with many presented full page. Additionally, two full-color drawings, four three-dimensional renderings, and an original oil painting for the cover, were all commissioned specifically for this 256-page volume.
Contents:
·
A Titan Tale - Page 6
·
Marketing Department - Page 14
·
The Competition - Page 16
·
Exported Cousins - Page 18
·
The Timber Titans - Page 20
·
Mechanical Minutia - Page 240
·
Paint and Style - Page 248
·
Titan Tabulation - Page 250
·
Titan Territory - Page 256
Hardbound, 11
x8.5
,
256
pages,
455
+
b&w and color p
hotos.
Heavy Handsome Book mails @ 5 lbs.
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