First edition. Oblong 6" x 9" pictorial, stiff wrappers, 40 pp., illustrated from drawings and photographs. Nine large illustrations of locomotives from photographs, including their specifications, and twenty-one figures throughout the text. The purpose of this trade paper was to call to the attention of the engineering audience the necessity to meet the growing need for greater power in American locomotives for future growth. Lower portion of the front cover lightly toned, else a near fine copy.

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Title: ARTICULATED COMPOUND LOCOMOTIVES. A PAPER READ BEFORE THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, NEW YORK CITY, DECEMBER 1908
Publisher: Walters & Mahon Inc.], 1908., [New York
Publication Date: 1908
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: First edition.

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