If you like Whitcomb switchers in an industrial setting, this book has many photographs of them. Also, the plant railroad, the Philadelphia, Bethlehem & New England over the years owned a large roster of Electro-Motive switchers plus some ALCO and Baldwin models.
Volume 2 covers the inter-plant railroad operation by Philadelphia, Bethlehem &New England Railroad as well as Bethlehem Steel's own eclectic roster of locomotives. The final years of the huge plant and a locomotive roster complete the picture.
Contents:Bethlehem Steel Company Introduction and Glossary of Terms, pp. 3-4;Making Steel, pp. 5-49;Finished Product Handling, pp. 50-78;The End is Near, pp. 79-85;The Trains Kept Running, pp. 86-111;Engine House Visit: Locomotive Roster of PB&NE and Plant, pp. 112-126;Miscellaneous Equipment, pp. 127-128.
Hardcover with jacket, 128 pages, standard portrait size, Color photographs with captions, glossary, locomotive roster.
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