The largest collection of Pennsylvania Railroad electric photographs ever published!
The Pennsylvania Railroad did everything on a large scale and the acquisition of 267 Electric Locomotive to move both freight and passengers over its 674 route-miles of electrification was no exception. From the famed GG1, the classic P5 Box cabs and Modified, modern-looking E44s, and even the experimental E2Bs, E2Cs, and E3Bs of the early 1950s,all are covered in this book containing more than 300 crisp B&W photographs. A specially commissioned cover painting by Gil Bennet highlights this must-have book for Pennsy and electric fans alike.
Contents:Early Pennsy Electrics, pp. 7-14,P5, pp. 15-46,GG1, pp. 47-117,E44, pp. 118-146,Experimental and Second-hand Motors, pp. 147-159,Bibliography, pg. 160.
Withers Publishing, hardcover with jacket, 160 pages, 11 x 8.5 x .75 in., large-format B&W photographs with captions.