Over Here

Over Here
Author: R. N. Higgins
Publisher: Big Jim Pub.
Total Pages: 80
Release: 1980-01-01
Genre: Locomotives
ISBN: 9780907224006

Engines of War - An Illustrated Booklet of the Locomotives and Freight Cars of the British Ministry of Supply and of the U.S. Army Transportaton Corps

Engines of War - An Illustrated Booklet of the Locomotives and Freight Cars of the British Ministry of Supply and of the U.S. Army Transportaton Corps
Author: Guy N. Wildish
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2016-09-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 1473357381

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Lima Locomotives

Lima Locomotives
Author: Source Wikipedia
Publisher: University-Press.org
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2013-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781230531410

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 49. Chapters: Atlanta and West Point 290, Baltimore and Ohio Class S, Berkshire locomotive, C&O 2755, Central of Georgia "Big Apple," Chesapeake and Ohio 614, Hetch Hetchy 6, Illinois Central No. 1, Lima-Hamilton 2500HP Transfer Locomotive, Lima 750 and 800 hp switchers, Lima Locomotive Works, Lima LRS-1200, Lima LS-1000, Lima LS-1200, List of Lima-Hamilton diesel locomotives, MAV Class 411, Meadow River Lumber Company 1, Nickel Plate 765, Nickel Plate 779, NYC Hudson, NYC Mohawk, Pere Marquette 1223, Pere Marquette 1225, PRR B6, PRR E1, PRR E2, PRR H6, PRR H8, PRR L1s, PRR L6, PRR M1, SLSF 4018, SNCF Class 141R, Southern Pacific 1293, Southern Pacific 4449, Southern Pacific 4460, Southern Pacific class AC-9, Southern Pacific class GS-2, Southern Pacific class GS-3, Southern Pacific class GS-4, Southern Pacific class GS-5, Southern Pacific class GS-6, Texas and Pacific 610, USATC S160 Class, USATC S200 Class, USRA 0-8-0, USRA Heavy Mikado, USRA Light Mikado. Excerpt: The United States Army Transportation Corps S160 Class is a class of 2-8-0 Consolidation steam locomotive designed for use in Europe during World War II for heavy freight work. A total of 2,120 were built and they worked on railroads across the world, including Africa, Asia, all of Europe and South America. During the 1930s, the United States Army Transportation Corps approved update of a Baldwin Locomotive Works World War I design in contingency for war transportation, to create the S159 Class. During the period of World War Two when America was neutral, the government of Franklin D. Roosevelt approved the Lend-Lease supply to the United Kingdom of the S200 Class, designed specifically to fit into the restricted British loading gauge. With America's entry to World War Two, the USATC needed a developed design from which to create a volume of locomotive power for...