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Colorful stories of the old steam engines of yesteryear fill these pages--from the steam carriage operated on the streets of Paris in 1769 to the mighty locomotives that thundered across the American West in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Fine, rare illustrations, many rendered by the author, depict the famous Tom Thumb, the first American-built steam locomotive to be operated on a common-carrier railroad; the John Bull, one of the first successful locomotives in the U.S., which today is the world's oldest operating engine; as well as 'Crab' and 'Mud Digger' types of locomotives. Brimming with ideal prototypes for model railroaders, this absorbing book will be prized by railroad enthusiasts and collectors of Americana. 98 plates of illustrations.

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