TIMBER TITANS BALDWINS ARTICULATED LOGGING LOCOMOTIVES HANSEN HAUFF SANDERS

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Another Great Title from White River Productions!
Timber Titans: Baldwin's Articulated Logging Locomotives
by Martin E. Hansen, Steve Hauff, and Dale Sanders
White River Productions is pleased to announce the release of Timber Titans: Baldwin's Articulated Logging Locomotives. Thirty years in the making, this new hardcover publication tells the complete story of these fascinating logging locomotives. Presented in construction number order, the articulateds are covered individually in great detail with statistics and full histories that document each locomotive from the day it left Baldwin's sprawling Eddystone, Pennsylvania, factory to its ultimate disposition.
Between 1909 and 1937, the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, produced 44 specialized locomotives that were either built for, or later transitioned to, the rigors of hauling raw logs on railroads where the grades were steep and the curves many. While all of these locomotives were built as articulated they varied greatly in design and appearance. Most were built as compound articulateds (Mallets) but two companies, Weyerhaeuser Timber Company and the Uintah Railway, received simple articulateds. Water carrying methods were also wide-ranging. While most were built as tank locomotives others were equipped with a separate tender. Furthering the variations from as-built configurations, several of the tank locomotives were later converted by removing the side or semi-saddle tanks and adding a conventional tender. While most of the logging articulateds toiled away in relative obscurity, several gained acclaim for their well-traveled longevity. Remarkably, ten of the locomotives have survived and several of those remain active over a century after their construction.
Beyond the exhaustively researched text, Timber Titans: Baldwin's Articulated Logging Locomotives features 455 black and white and color photographs that have been painstakingly restored to their original appearance. All have been reproduced in high resolution with many presented full page. Additionally, two full-color drawings, four three-dimensional renderings, and an original oil painting for the cover, were all commissioned specifically for this 256-page volume.
Table of Contents:
A Titan Tale - Page 6
Marketing Department - Page 14
The Competition - Page 16
Exported Cousins - Page 18
The Timber Titans - Page 20
Mechanical Minutia - Page 240
Paint and Style - Page 248
Titan Tabulation - Page 250
Titan Territory - Page 256
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