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Early Locomotives Tahoe Introduction . 6 Minnetonka . 70 Shawnigan Lake Lumber Company No . 2 . 130 Southern Pacific No . 4449 . 190 Historical perspective . 8 Reno . 72 Eastern Arizona Railway No . 3 . 132 Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range No . 225 and Union Pacific No . 4012 . 192 Torch Lake . 74 Pickering Lumber Company No . 2 . 134 Canadian National No . 6213 . .194 Early locomotives Tahoe . 76 Cherokee Brick & Tile Company No . 1 . 136 Southern Pacific No . 4294 . 196 Edison No . 1 . 78 Newfoundland Railway No . 593 . 158 Norfolk & Western No . 611 . 198 Steam Waggon . 14 Ammonoosuc . 80 Grand Canyon Railway No . 4960 . 140 Rocket . 16 Sonoma . 82 Woodward Iron Company No . 38 . 142 Tom Thumb . 18 Nevada Short Line No . 1 . 84 Chesapeake & Ohio No . 490 . 144 Postwar technologies Best Friend of Charleston . 20 New York, Chicago & St . Louis No . 170 . 146. DeWitt Clinton . 22 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe No . 3759 . 148 Nickel Plate Road No . 190 . 202 York . 24 Steam across America Hammond Lumber Company No . 17 . 150 Nashville, Chattanooga & St . Louis No . 100 . 204 John Bull . 26 Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern No . 21 . 206 Pennsylvania Railroad No . 1 . 28 Denver, South Park & Pacific No . 191 . 88 Chicago & North Western No . 411, Southern Railway No . 6133, Atlantic . 30 Botwood Railway No . 7 . 90 Transition from steam to electric and diesel and Wabash No . 1189 . 208 Mississippi . 32 Madison . 92 The Aerotrain . 210 Dorchester . 34 Satsop Railroad Company No . 1 . 94 Montreal Park & Island Railway / Cornwall Street Railway No . 7 . 154 Union Pacific No . 18 . 212 Raleigh . 36 Black Diamond . 96 Niagara Falls Ice Drag . 156 Pennsylvania Railroad No . 4465 . 214 Lafayette . 38 Central of Georgia No . 349 . 98 Electra . 158 Modern era Samson . 40 Manitou & Pike’s Peak Railroad No . 1 . 100 Tunnel Rat / S-Motor No . 113 . 160 John Molson . 42 Boston & Maine No . 494 . .102 Pennsylvania Railroad No . 3936 and No . 3937 . 162 Memnon . 44 Queen of Speed . 104 Milwaukee Road No . E-2 . 164 New England Central No . 3845, Norfolk Southern First Responder No . 5642, Pennsylvania Railroad No . 7002/8063 . 106 Ingersoll-Rand No . 90 . 166 and Nebraska, Kansas & Colorado No . 5101 . 218 Detroit & Lima Northern Railway No . 7 . 108 Cornwall Electric Railway No . 17 . 168 CSX No . 1149 and No . 1144 . 220 The classic, definitive American locomotive Galloping Goose . 170 Amtrak No . 915 . 222 Pennsylvania Railroad No . 5690 . 172 Canadian National No . 2104, Norfolk Southern No . 7702, and Union Pacific No . 7499 . 224 Luraville Locomotive . 48 Golden age of the locomotive Birmingham Southern No . 82 . 174 Amtrak Veterans Special Commemorative No . 42 . 226 Pioneer . 50 General Pershing Zephyr . 176 Siemens Concept . 228 General . 52 Minneapolis, St . Paul & Sault Ste . Marie No . 2645 . 112 Canadian Pacific Inspection Car M235 . 178 Texas . 54 E . E . Bigge . 114 EMC FT No . 103 . 180 President . 56 Illinois Central No . 790 . 116 Pennsylvania Railroad No . 4935 . 182 Daniel Nason . 58 Sharon Steel Hoop Company No . 4 . 118 Bibliography . 230 Governor Leland Stanford . 60 Pennsylvania Railroad No . 1223 . 120 Acknowledgments . 230 C . P . Huntington . 62 Southern Railway No . 630 and No . 4501 . 122 Final advances in steam development About the author . 231 Thatcher Perkins . 64 Greenbrier and Elk River / Cass Scenic No . 5 . 124 Peppersass . 66 Orange Blossom Cannonball . .126 Canadian Pacific No . 2839 . 186 Baltimore & Ohio No . 305 . 68 Chattanooga Choo Choo . 128 Pennsylvania Power & Light No . 4094-D . 188 Introduction he locomotive has always been much As a follow-up to my earlier book The Art of the addition, I have included a few images of European more than a method of transport. For more Locomotive, I began to consider the possibility of locomotives to illustrate important connections to than 200 years, painters, photographers, producing an entire book with all of the primary engineering developments across the Atlantic as writers,T and musicians have shared their visions locomotive images presented on a clean, simple, and American technology evolved. commemorating the power and magnificence of the uncluttered background. Background removal is an Along with the photographic images, you will find locomotive. Locomotive builders and designers have elegant approach for many photographic images, basic information about each locomotive, such as long shown their passion for these massive machines especially those with detailed dates of construction or by producing not only functional engines but ones and mechanical subjects like rebuild and alternative names that make statements on energy, form, and style. As a locomotives that are often set My objective, my goal as and numbers that were used result, locomotives endure as inspirational marvels against cluttered backgrounds. over the years. I have also of technology. Today, the locomotive remains as For this book, I extracted more a photographer is not offered selective yet relevant 6captivating and entrancing as it was in the early days than 200 historic locomotive commentary and observations of the 1800s. images from their back- to just take pictures but about the locomotives, their As a young adult, I became fascinated with both grounds, leaving the locomo- operations, and the railroads. locomotives and photography. That was almost four tives as portraits on rails or to make fine-art images. This book emphasizes the decades ago. Just as locomotive designs evolved over roadbeds. This was a tedious beautiful and amazing time, my understanding of light and appreciation for but rewarding process. locomotives from the 1800s, composition progressed, along with my artistic vision My overall process involved much more than but I have also included a sampling of 20th century and photographic skills—first with film in the wet presenting the locomotives on clean backgrounds. locomotives. darkroom and later with the digital camera and the While every attempt was made to take each photo- Some images in the book were taken at the world’s computer. I always wanted to learn and improve. graph in the best possible light, locomotives can be greatest transportation museums and these are As was Ansel Adams’ objective, my goal as a challenging to photograph since they are reflective credited. Other images are photographs taken at photographer is not to just.
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