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Southern Pacific Ten-Coupled Locomotives
By Robert J. Church.
Cloth with dust jacket, 8.5x11", 534 pages, 795 b/w and color photos, maps, graphics, bibliography, index. 2013.
"This long-awaited book from noted SP locomotive authority Bob Church covers all the ten-coupled types, from El Gobernador of the 1880s and the T&NO 2-10-0s, to all the 2-10-2s and 4-10-2s.
"Extensive research has yielded the full details about SP’s experiments with valve gear on 2-10-2 number 3769, and equally full details about the design and construction of the three-cylinder locomotives with Gresley valve gear in the SP Class 4-10-2s.
"Typical of Church’s in-depth information, it has many unpublished photos, some in color, and includes line profiles, maps, and locomotive/tender plans in its 24 chapters, and also features a chapter on tenders by Arnold Menke. Exhaustive information on history, operations and maintenance is also presented."
Contents
| Dedication | 5
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| Acknowledgements | 8
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| Introduction | 9
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| 1. Locomotives to Open the West | 11
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| 2. El Gobernador | 23
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| 3. Into the New Century | 31
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| 4. The Decapods | 39
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| 5. The Little Decks: F-1 | 47
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| 6. The Lone Enigma: F-2 | 81
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| 7. A Larger Design: F-3 | 85
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| 8. Confidence in the Future: F-4 | 97
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| 9. The Prosperity Special | 109
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| 10. Muscle Power: F-5 | 121
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| 11. Experiments in Steam Admission: F-6 | 135
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| 12. The Gresley-Holcroft Three-Cylinder Conjugated Valve Gear | 163
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| 13. The Gresley Three-Cylinder Locomotives in America | 183
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| 14. The Stuttering Decks: SP-1 | 197
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| 15. Other Three-Cylinder Contenders | 215
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| 16. More for the Mountains: SP-2 | 233
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| 17. SP’s Ultimate Ten-Coupled Locomotive: SP-3 | 247
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| 18. Maintenance and Betterments | 263
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| 19. Incident at Bosque | 301
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| 20. Siskiyou Line Air Brake Tests, 1929-1930 | 317
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| 21. Ten-Coupled Locomotives in Action |
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| Sunset and Golden State Routes | 329
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| San Joaquin Valley Route | 363
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| Coast Route | 387
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| Overland Route | 413
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| Shasta Route | 431
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| 22. Locomotives Saved | 449
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| 23. Tenders, by Arnold Menke | 459
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| 24. Rosters, Data, Drawings | 501
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| Resources | 521
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| Index | 524
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