Definitions and typical illustrations of turbine, electric and diesel locomotives, their parts and equipment, including a section on diesel locomotive shops and servicing facilities. Editorial presentation of steam locomotives limited mostly to historical and tabular data. Photographs, illustrations and diagrams. 728 pages. Bound in original dark green cloth. Light bumping to corners. Neat bookplate on front endpaper. Evidence of removal of bookplate from front paste-down endpaper. Near fine. Seller Inventory # 13189

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Title: LOCOMOTIVE CYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN PRACTICE, ...

Publisher: Simmons-Boardman,, New York, NY;

Publication Date: 1956

Binding: Hardcover.

Edition: Fifteenth edition.

Book Type: Book

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