Classic North American Steam
- ISBN-10
- 0831714743
- ISBN-13
- 9780831714741
- Category
- Locomotives
- Pages
- 136
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Publisher
- Smithmark Publishers
- Author
- Nils Huxtable
Description
A glorious, large (10.5 x 14.75") reprint of the 1990 original edition of Gallery Books, a division of W.H. Smith. The present incarnation manifests better resolution & greater contrast in the many b & w photos. Impressive book at a tiny price (a promotional book). An era ended in 1960, when the major railroads in the United States and Canada dieselized.
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