SOUTHERN STEAM POWER BY RANKS / LOWE 1966 THE SOUTHERN LOCOMOTIVE BIBLE for Sale

SOUTHERN STEAM POWER BY RANKS / LOWE 1966 THE SOUTHERN LOCOMOTIVE BIBLE For Sale

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SOUTHERN STEAM POWER BY RANKS / LOWE 1966 THE SOUTHERN LOCOMOTIVE BIBLE:
$149.99

Southern Steam Power by Ranks and Lowe, Pub by Barnhart Press, 1966, 336 pages, hardcover. 100 of photos.\"Fascinating and detailed history of the Southern Railway\'s development and utilization of steam locomotives. Profusely illustrated, this is Ranks\' classic work describing each type: switchers, Moguls, Consolidations, Mikados, Santa Fes, Americans, ten wheelers, Pacifics, Mountains, Mallets, Shays, and motor cars. With additional chapters on the \"Best Friend\" of Charleston, wrecks, decorated locomotives, and the Asheville Division. With extensive locomotive rosters (including for the short lines), detailed schematic diagrams of each model, and time tables. Three color illustrations by N.C. Miller, Jr. laid in. End papers with system map show the operating divisions in color.\"
Contents include:
Switchers -
Moguls -
Consolidations -
Mikados -
Santa Fe\'s -
Americans -
Atlantics -
Ten Wheelers -
Pacifics -
Mountains -
Mallets -
\"Best Friend of Charleston\" -
Inventors & Evangelists -
Sandhouse Subjects
Decorated Locomotives -
Motor Cars -
Shortlines -
Shay Narrow Gauge -
Up to the \"Land in the Sky\"
Smoke Signals -
Index -
(Locomotive) Roster & Diagrams - 41 pages.I have been buying & selling RR books for over 30 years and this title has always been very scarce. I would imagine a very limited printing. (Perhaps 1000 or even less).
Another copy w/o the dust jacket just sold for $250 last DecemberThis copy shows minor wear to covers. Prev owners embossed \"seal\" on title page. No dust jacket. Contents very good.
Postage is $10 in the USA and includes insurance and shipping in a sturdy reinforced box.