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El Paso & Southwestern Steam Locomotives

44449731182768New. Hardcover with dust jacket 221 pages 8. 5 x 11 in. B&W photographs illustrations and roster. The El Paso & Southwestern was the largest single corporate acquisition that the Southern Pacific ever made - a century ago when rail mergers were popular. Even though the EP&SW corporation disappeared in 1924 its steam loco- motives became an active part of the Southern Pacific roster a few lasting into the 1950s. Furthermore the lines of the former EP&SW from Tucson to El Paso to Tucumcari were operated with coal fuel requiring distinctive service facilities and specialized locomotive tenders.While Vernon Glover's El Paso & Southwestern Railroad System explains the history of the railroad from its beginnings until 1924 this new book effectively a second volume carries forward the story of EP&SW's steam locomotives taken over by the SP continuing through their final revenue service in 1959.There's more to the story though: the Southern Pacific chose to continue coal-fired locomotive operation in the former EP&SW territory converting many of its own 2-10-2 locomotives from oil fuel to coal then purchasing new coal-fuel 2-8-8-4 locomotives and finally buying secondhand 2-8-4s from the Boston & Maine in the days before dieselization.With 221 pages and 250 pictures maps and drawings this new book takes the EP&SW locomotive story from its earliest days through the SP takeover comprehensively illustrating the EP&SW fleet as it served the SP for nearly thirty years all the way to final dieselization and beyond to preservation efforts on the three surviving steam engines. The story of Southern Pacific steam locomotives is now more nearly complete!. Contents:. Early Locomotives pp. 8–41. Decapods. Moguls and Shays pp. 42–530-6-0 and 0-8-0 Locomotives pp. 54–754-6-0 Locomotives pp. 76–932-6-2 Locomotives pp. 94–1034-6-2 Locomotives pp. 104–1272-8-0 Locomotives pp. 128–1752-8-2 Locomotives pp. 176–1954-8-2 Locomotives pp. 196–203. Coal Burning Southern Pacific Locomotives pp. 204–221. Features: New Hardcover Joseph A. Strapc Southern Pacific Historical and Technical Society 2024 Technology History hardcover

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Southern Pacific H&T SocietyBiblio.com

El Paso & Southwestern Railroad System

44567746904240New. Hardcover with dust jacket 216 pages standard landscape format 11 x 8.5 x .75 in. over 330 photographs maps and diagrams. This long-awaited title lives up to the expectations. The EP&SW along with its parent Phelps-Dodge Corporation spurred the growth of Arizona and New Mexico beginning with copper mining and smelting and later coal mining and timber harvesting. The author Vernon J. Glover I consider 'Mr. New Mexico Railroads' as he has collected much information regarding the state over the years. In the late 1800s and early 1900s copper was a growth industry in the United States. The rapid growth of copper production and the surrounding towns in southeastern Arizona made it clear that wagon freight to and from main line railheads was no longer a sufficient means of transportation - there was a need for more direct rail connections to the eastern markets. Fruitless discussions with the Southern Pacific led to building the El Paso & Southwestern Railroad an independent railroad to El Paso Texas financed entirely from cash reserves of the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company. In the meantime the El Paso & Northeastern a line not affiliated with either railroad was building northward from El Paso up through the Territory of New Mexico creating new towns as it went along the way. In 1905 the two railroads were joined and their operations merged as rapidly as possible. The EP&SW story is told in three parts: first the origins of the western part of the system second connecting El Paso with the coal mines of Dawson New Mexico and third the merger of the eastern and western lines in 1905 into a unified system. Throughout its story strong personalities influenced the activities of the system: James Douglas of the Copper Queen at Bisbee Arizona Charles Bishop Eddy and John Arthur Eddy guiding the EP&NE Attorney William Ashton Hawkins who along with Douglas influenced the merged EP&SW system until its sale to the Southern Pacific in 1924. Contents:Introduction pp. 5-10Land Minerals Mines and Railroads pp. 11-28A New Railroad to El Paso pp. 29-58El Paso & Northeastern System pp. 59-86EP&NE Operations and Merger with EP&SW pp. 87-106Alamogordo & Sacramento Mountain Railway pp. 107-136EP&SW Eastern Division Improvements pp. 137-162Years of Growth pp. 163-198The SP Years - An Epilogue pp. 199-208Appendices: Locomotive Rosters Notes pp. 209-212Index pp. 213-216. hardcover

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