General Electric
70-Ton Diesels The Definitive New Book!
The familiar 70-tonner was
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it
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and industries. Versions were
adapted for industrial, export and narrow gauge service. Over 400 70-tonners were built between 1946 and 1957, eventually operating from Canada’s Hudson Bay to Chile. This book details the 200 domestic units and another 200 exported variations.
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270 black-and-white photos Shortlines and Class I Users,
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Abraham Lincoln changed trains at Hanover Junction, Penn., on his way to deliver the Gettysburg Address. Steam Into History now operates a heritage railroad on the line, using a brand new 4-4-0 built in 1860s style. the locomotive is passing the Hanover Junction station.
the cheer that went up from the delighted assembly. Union Army officer E. W. Andrews, anoth-
er member of the entourage, provides more details about events on the train, writing that, “during the ride to Gettysburg the President placed every one who approached him at his ease, relating numerous stories, some of them laughable, and others of a character that deeply touched the hearts of his listeners.” In one instance he reportedly told the father of a young man who had died in the battle, “You have been called upon to make a terrible sacrifice for the Union, and a visit to that spot, I fear, will open your wounds afresh. But oh! My dear sir, if we had reached the end of such sacrifices, and had nothing left for us to do but to place gar- lands on the graves of those who have al-
ready fallen, we could give thanks even amidst our tears; but when I think of the sacrifices of life yet to be offered [the war would last nearly two more years] and the hearts and homes yet to be made desolate before this dreadful war, so wickedly forced upon us, is over, my heart is like lead within me, and I feel, at times, like hiding in deep darkness.”
And the Meal?: The aforementioned
Wayne MacVeagh, a Pennsylvania politician and, during the war, a Cavalry officer, re- membered: “At Baltimore a baggage-car in which had been provided luncheon was at- tached to the train, and thither we were in- vited just as we were leaving Baltimore. As the train had entered a deep cut on the line of the railway, the baggage-car was even darker than usual, and, of course, the noise
Rio Grande
A Last Look Back 1974-2010
By R. C. Farewell
Get It Before It’s Gone! T
his spectacular volume relives the
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past 36 years of Rio Grande’s presence with 280 pages and more than 400 color photos. Visit fabled Tennessee Pass, the storied Moff at, and sites like the Utah desert and Ruby Canyon. More than a dozen charts and maps that will bring the Rio Grande to life.
A last look back at the Rio Grande, a railroad never to be forgotten.
MICHAEL T. BURKHART
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