03-10-2011, 10:27 PM
Previously owned copies of the Cyclopedia are out there on EBay ... and maybe not all that pricey!
Back in October I acquired the MODEL RAILROADER CYCLOPEDIA, "STEAM LOCOMOTIVES, VOL. 1" 1960 for $13.10 plus $5.83 shipping. The dust jacket shows a little fading of the color at the binding, but other than that, the book is in like-new condition.
On the other hand, when I decided I was way overdue in learning about diesels (I've been totally ignorant, and had no interest whatssoever in learning) because I had just bought my first one (after 63 years of "nuttin' but steam!") I began lurking in the Ebay shadows looking for the Diesel version of the Cyclopedia. Well,when I found one, it set me back $52.00 and $4.95 shipping. That was pricey ... but the book has been extremely helpful to this old novice to the world of "Bunker Two-fueled" motive power.
Both books are really invaluable, now that I have them. Before having these two volumes on my shelf to refer to when needed, I was just making semi-educated guesses based on what I thought I was seeing in a photograph of a steamer. And before, when it came to diesels, I was admittedly just out'n'out clueless! :oops:
Back in October I acquired the MODEL RAILROADER CYCLOPEDIA, "STEAM LOCOMOTIVES, VOL. 1" 1960 for $13.10 plus $5.83 shipping. The dust jacket shows a little fading of the color at the binding, but other than that, the book is in like-new condition.
On the other hand, when I decided I was way overdue in learning about diesels (I've been totally ignorant, and had no interest whatssoever in learning) because I had just bought my first one (after 63 years of "nuttin' but steam!") I began lurking in the Ebay shadows looking for the Diesel version of the Cyclopedia. Well,when I found one, it set me back $52.00 and $4.95 shipping. That was pricey ... but the book has been extremely helpful to this old novice to the world of "Bunker Two-fueled" motive power.
Both books are really invaluable, now that I have them. Before having these two volumes on my shelf to refer to when needed, I was just making semi-educated guesses based on what I thought I was seeing in a photograph of a steamer. And before, when it came to diesels, I was admittedly just out'n'out clueless! :oops:
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Lehigh Susquehanna & WesternÂ
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~~Abraham Lincoln