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Steam's Lost Empire II

Steam's Lost Empire II
Magazine

Steam’s Lost Empire II features 10 compelling stories celebrating the biggest and fastest locomotives in railroading history from well-known authors including David P. Morgan, Robert A. LeMassena, and Lloyd Stagner.

Back again to a magic era

Steam's Lost Empire II

K4 vs. J-1 in 1931 • NEW YORK TO CHICAGO IN THE CABS OF THE BROADWAY AND CENTURY

Steam’s Empire IN PHOTOS

THE Blue Goose & kin • SANTA FE’S FLOCK OF HIGH-FLYING HUDSONS WERE POTENT MACHINES

Flying on the Blue Goose

Steam’s Empire IN PHOTOS

Have a GOOD DAY • STEAM WAS IN THE SPOTLIGHT ON NOVEMBER 14, 1948, WHEN A RAILFAN PHOTOGRAPHED 15 ENGINES OF 7 WHEEL ARRANGEMENTS (PLUS 2 DIESELS)

Steam’s Empire IN PHOTOS

Was there ever a super 4-8-4? • THERE WERE PLENTY OF CONTENDERS, BUT NYC 5500 CAME CLOSEST TO PERFECTION

Steam’s Empire IN PHOTOS

Cab-ahead classroom • A YOUNG FIREMAN LEARNS A FEW THINGS ON HIS FIRST ROAD TRIP

Steam’s Empire IN PHOTOS

2-10-0s that thought they could — and did! • A TALE OF MOUNTAIN RAILROADING: A GRADE, A DRIVING RAIN, 9,000 TONS OF IRON ORE, A PULLED DRAWBAR, AND FOUR DECAPODS TRYING TO GET GOING AGAIN

Steam’s Empire IN PHOTOS

Twin stacks • A SEABOARD FIREMAN’S FIRST ROAD TRIP WAS ON A 2-6-6-4 AT THE HEAD OF A FAST FREIGHT

Steam’s Empire IN PHOTOS

98 mph behind a Royal Hudson • WATCH THOSE 75-INCH DRIVERS ROLL!

Mile by mile … up into the 90s

The world’s greatest Mikado • GREAT NORTHERN’S UNREMARKED O-8 2-8-2s COULD OUTPERFORM BERKSHIRES

Steam’s Empire IN PHOTOS

In praise of the Ps-4 • SOUTHERN’S RAILWAY’S BIG GREEN PACIFICS WERE IN A CLASS BY THEMSELVES

Steam’s Empire IN PHOTOS

Formats

  • OverDrive Magazine

Languages

  • English