N.J. Above is an advertisement which appeared in a book published in 1899, The Locomotive Up To Date by Charles McShane, a 700-page volume covering all aspects of locomotive design and use. The engine Cooke chose to advertise is nearly identical to the engine Samuel Dunning posed with, right down to the markings of Missouri Pacific Railway. Samuel Dunning posed with, and presumably delivered, engine No. 765. It is entirely possible, of course, that he subsequently delivered the very engine photographed for Cooke s advertisement. For information about Paterson s role in locomotive history, click here .
Copies are scarce, but they can occasionally be found on the rare book market.
The book contains a tremendous amount of technical information about locomotives, as it is essentially a textbook for engineers. At the back of the book are advertisements placed by the major locomotive builders of a century ago. Click to return to the main page of Samuel Dunning s photographs.