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“Capturing
the richness of America’s Industrial History”
is the underlying theme of books and media produced by On
Track Publishers. Our landmark book, The American
Locomotive Company – A Centennial Remembrance,
focuses on the history of the American Locomotive Company,
once the largest builder of locomotives in America, engaged
in both domestic and foreign markets.
Our research on ALCO is ongoing
and continues to yield a wide range of additional material.
Currently in development is a series of books on this subject,
covering almost two centuries of history. These are on more
specific subjects within the broad focus of our “Big
Book”. The first of these, America’s Pioneer
Mallet: Old Maud – A Life & Times, was
published in 2006. In the near term two more are in the process
of preparation and publication by On Track Publishers. Historians
and railroad enthusiasts worldwide are sure to enjoy!
Beginning
with the 1960 demonstration tours, our book looks back onalmost
a half-century history of this often underestimated locomotive
design that managed to sell only 26 units, but:
• Led to several of ALCO’s most successful designs
in the Century Series.
• Despite a nomadic existence, has achieved a remarkable
longevity, led
by 2 units that remain in operation today.
The Authors
• Chris MacDermot chronicles with great insight and
rare wit his year
riding and technically supporting the demonstrator units.
• Dick Steinbrenner documents the migrations of each
of the individual
units during the course of their lifetimes.
• The authors – and railroaders engaged in operation
and maintenance of
the DL-640s – provide a technical analysis of those
factors that
contributed to their longevity.
Illustrated by
Color and b&w Photos – 150 in Color
Publicity Releases, Maps, Plans, Technical Reports
This landmark
book proved so popular that its initial production run sold
out in 2005, and, in response to continuing demand, On Track
Publishers has now produced a 2nd printing. We have incorporated
a number of modifications, including some suggested by our
past readers.
We are very proud of our dust
jacket artwork. Experience has shown us that dust jackets,
while protecting the hard covers of the book often do so at
their own vulnerability. Therefore, as we did with Old
Maud, in our 2nd printing of Centennial Remembrance
we have reproduced the dust jacket artwork inside the book
for more permanent reference by taking advantage of the endsheets.
We hope that these modifications will add to your enjoyment
of this book.
Please Note -
The Second Printing of our popular book,
The American Locomotive Company - A Centennial Remembrance,
has sold out. Because of its continuing sales success we have
decided to proceed with a Third Printing. After doing further
research, we are implementing a small but important change
regarding the year 1850 at the Schenectady Locomotive Engine
Manufactory and its operation as the Norris Locomotive Works.
We plan the
Third Printing to be available in the Spring 2011. Look for
our announcements here and our advertisements in Classic Trains!
Pre-ORDER
YOUR COPY!
America's
Pioneer Mallet Old Maud - A Life & Times-- Preview
11 Pages!
In 1904 a
dramatic, new locomotive was built at the Schenectady Works
of the American Locomotive Company for the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad. It immediately went to the World’s Fair
in St. Louis, where it became an instant star as the World’s
Largest Locomotive.
In the varied and interesting
history of American motive power, few stories are as gripping
as Old Maud’s, North America’s first
Mallet locomotive. Once one of the most celebrated locomotives
ever built, to many turn of the century Americans it was a
household word. The B&O’s No. 2400 was talked about
and written about perhaps more than any locomotive before
or since.
Old Maud, as a technological
innovation, became a subject of intense rivalry between two
giants of American industry – ALCO and the Baldwin Locomotive
Works. This book contains not only the biography of Old
Maud, but also the socio-economic environment of the
turn of the century that promoted the locomotive’s fame
and its affectionate nickname. Gregory Ames’ highly-researched
saga spans Old Maud’s precedents, its birth
and its undeserved demise to provide a wide-ranging perspective
on this historic locomotive’s impact on 20th Century
American railroad history.
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