Steam Engine Book

[shred]

ah, that's a good one. Kind of an earlier version of the Locomotive Cyclopedia.

 

[Noitoen]

Don't know why but I can't read it (along with a bunch of others)

 

[ChooChooMike]

Here is one that is guaranteed to have the loco buffs frothing at the mouth.
It has a huge number of highly detailed illustrations.

What a loco book find. If you like steam locomotives and have not already run across this book, this is a must see.

http://books.google.com/books?id=jC...&resnum=3&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false

Pat J

loco buffs

I, I, ... I think I may have been insulted 8) :big: I prefer the term loco-aficionado

Yes, that's a copy of the 1906 Locomotive Dictionary and killer book for steam loco nuts such as myself. I'm not sure if this book was the precursor to the Locomotive Cyclopedias or not ?? Those books are serious drool materiel. woohoo1 I have 7 or 8 different ones 1919, 1925, 1927, 1930, 1938, 1944, 1956 and 1 or 2 others. New ones came out every 5-8 years. Several of them are readily available from eBay or AbeBooks.com, e.g. the 1944 edition is very common. The 1925 edition was the last fully steam book, after which it started including diseasels There are more contemporary versions too.

Reprints of the 1906 Locomotive Dictionary are also readily available from a few places. It's also available on CD :

http://www.raildriver.com/products/cyclopedias/1906.locomotive.dictionary.php

They also have several other related books on CD too including the 1922 Locomotive Cyclopedia :

http://www.raildriver.com/products/cyclopedias.php

(no relation, just a plug for them as I have both !)

Mike

 

[doubletop]

I too have difficulty downloading from googlebooks.

try www.archive.org

I seem to have more success on this site

yours,
peatoluser

Excellent link thanks search on "Steam Engine" and ignore any that reference Googlebooks. The only problem now is reading all these 500 page books.

Pete