Steam Over Scranton: The Locomotives of Steamtown (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Steam Over Scranton: The Locomotives of SteamtownThe main text of this report consists of individual chapters on each locomotive in the Steamtown National Historic Site collection.Each chapter contains a brief history of the locomotive and the company or companies that Operated it. It is followed by a short assessment of its mechanical condition, some recommendations for further study and treatment, and a bibliography of relevant sources. The chapters are grouped into sections dealing with American steam locomotives, Canadian steam locomotives, American electric locomotives, and American diesel-electric locomotives.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.