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Color laminated hardcover, 8.5x11", 160 pages, ALL color. "Alco closed out diesel production many years ago, however, the intense interest lingers for these fascinating diesel locomotives. Featured are cab & booster units as well as many types of switches & road switchers. Most roads are represented."
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Dragon Steel: The Alco Locomotive Action Album
Published by
Four Ways West Publications, 2000
ISBN 10: 188561439X
ISBN 13: 9781885614391
New
Hardcover
Seller: Arizona Hobbies LLC, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Condition: New. Four Ways West Publications, hardcover, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 x.5 in., Color photographs; bicentennial roster. There never lived an ALCO Diesel that liked to stay tuned up, so goes the old saying. The RS-series, with its husky 244 or 251 engine idling, makes sounds befitting a fire-breathing dragon. Notched-out, it rattles and thumps, exuding dark, oily smoke as turbo blades try to catch up with combustion chambers. Slithering through the early morning California smog, or hauling ore through the echoing rock of Utah, the sound is reminiscent of some supernatural creature. While the photographs in this Volume are grouped by the familiar marketing names of the various model lines designed and built over the years, the author has made no attempt to cover every railroad which ever owned an ALCO-though you will find most models. Over 200 Color photographs, covering virtually every ALCO model, including more than 90 railroads. Contents: Ch. 1: Dragons, pp. 5â"10 Ch. 2: Early RS Series, pp. 11â"46 Ch. 3: Notched-Noses, pp. 47â"64 Ch. 4: Century Series, pp. 65â"92 Ch. 5: Switchers, pp. 93â"106 Ch. 6: Montreal Locomotives Works and Export, pp. 107â"110 Ch. 7: Cab Units, pp. 111â"118 Ch. 8: Oddballs, pp. 119â"124 Ch. 9: Bicentennials, pp. 125â"128. Seller Inventory # FWW391