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151960647Plymouth OH; Chicago IL & San Francisco CA: The J.D. Fate Company The Fate-Root-Heath Co. Plymouth Locomotive Works Garfield & Co. 1232 Hearst Bldg. Western Representatives ca. 1915-1940. Twelve vols. 22 4; 16 w/ corrections updated new labels overlain; 16; 16; 16; 12; 8; 11 1; 12; 44; 37 3; 15 1 pp. With photo illustrations text illustrations diagrams illustrated borders etc. throughout. Self-printed softcovers for first vol. all others w/ colour-illustrated colour-printed or brown textured softcovers uniformly w/ punch holes at gutter margin for post-binders as issued slight shelfwear very slight rubbing still an excellent set. First editions of this excellent small archive of very scarce original catalogues for the amazing array of workhorse industrial locomotives produced by the J.D. Fate and Fate-Root-Heath Co. from before World War I through the Great Depression. The Plymouth Locomotive Co. was originally launched as a joint venture as a gasoline truck builder from 1909-1915 and their first Friction Drive Locomotive was developed for the Bigelow Clay Co. in New London in 1912 leading to their entire line-up of industrial and narrow gauge switching engines as well as underground mining locomotives. The venture proved so successful they sold off the Plymouth Truck Co. badge to Chrysler in 1915 and focused primarily on locomotives. Their friction drive transmission was copied by other locomotive builders but they had perfected the concept and were able to operate their locomotives under a heavy load without sudden jerk sand speed was variable with no changing gears and could climb steeper grades than any other locomotive. The J.D. Fate Co. joined with their in-laws in 1919 to form the Fate-Root-Heath Co. which would later adopt the Plymouth Locomotives Co. label and would later shift from Ohio to Chicago IL as their main distribution hub. Their locomotives serviced logging operations lumber yards and sawmills across the Western United States as well as coal mining gold mining and other large mining operations for open pit as well as underground. Original individual catalogues are quite scarce and not one of these appear in institutional collections although the Hagley Museum Henry Ford and Smithsonian do contain smatterings of catalogues dating from 1920-1974. The J.D. Fate Company, The Fate-Root-Heath Co., Plymouth Locomotive Works, Garfield & Co., 1232 Hearst Bldg., Western Representa paperback