Softcover, 108 pages, more than 110 photographs, illustrations and maps, most in B&W. This is the Revised and Expanded Edition.
Explore these fascinating and unique railroad motorcars in this expanded and revised edition which contains minor corrections and 12 pages of all new material covering the Geese in recent years!
Excerpt from the book:It is hardly news that the Rio Grande Southern survived the double-barreled blasts of the Ames Slide and The Great Depression by hatching a flock of geese. The "Galloping Geese," the unique amalgamations of rubber tire and flanged wheel, not only kept the railroad running but spread the fame of the RGS across the land, and eventually, far beyond our shores. This remarkable story burgeons with Goose invention, fabrication, operation, deterioration, restoration and re-creation. Even more remarkable is the fact that all the Geese are alive and well, and three of the seven have migrated to the Colorado Railroad Museum.
Contents:A Goose, A Goose, A Kingdom for a Goose, pp. 6-15,Building the Galloping Geese, pp. 16-30,Goose Modifications, pp. 31-42,Train Time on the RGS, pp. 43-61,The Tourists Arrive - Too Late, pp. 62-75,The Goose Still Gallops, pp. 76-97,Bibliography, pp. 98-99,Appendix, Drawings, Condensed Profile of the RGS, Stan Rhine, pp. 100-107.
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