description: Handsomely done and authoritative history of the steam locomotives of the Reading Railroad, the Pennsylvania and Reading Railroad and the associated railroads. Covers the early experimental period (1833-65), expansion and standardization (1865-1900), detailed locomotive classification drawings by class (supplemented with photos and informative text), and post-World War II reconstruction. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. With 9 appendices including a total locomotive roster and a complete chronological steam roster. This is one of the finest, most complete, and detailed books on the subject. Originally issued with 30 plates (15 loose leaf pages, double-sided, each folding out to 3 page width, showing schematics of locomotives). With end papers showing system map. 288 pages.
language: English
title: Steam locomotives of the Reading and P & R railroads: The complete history from the 10-ton Pioneer engines of 1837 to the last giant 220-ton T1s of the 1970s
titlecomplete: Steam locomotives of the Reading and P & R railroads: The complete history from the 10-ton Pioneer engines of 1837 to the last giant 220-ton T1s of the 1970s
publisher: Greenberg, 1988