The Heisler Locomotive 1891-1941
Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Self Published, 1982. Hardcover. 4to., 199 pp., many historical photographs. -- frontispiece: A Heisler heads a log train in a steep sided ravine on the operation of the Milwaukee Lumber Company near St. Maries, Idaho. Front end sheet: Salmon Creek Lumber Company No. 4 loading logs along Salmon Creek near Kelletville, Pennsylvania. Rear end sheet: Dents Run Railroad No. 2, crosses the Bennetts Branch of the Susquehanna River after leaving Dents Run Junction with the Pennsylvania Railroad. Dust jacket illustration: Smith Mcgowen Mill Company No. 6. The erecting shop of the Heisler Locomotive Works forms the background. -- 4 page addenda errata sheet laid in loose, dated 1983. Near fine / good +. Item #9946
Table of Contents: Charles L. Heisler, Stearns Manufacturing Company, Heisler Locomotive Works, Whitney Engineering Company, Heisler Geared Locomotive Origin, Development, Refinement...Purpose Distribution, Performance. Erection of a Heisler Geared Locomotive. Heisler's Last Years -- 1930-1941. Heisler Scale Drawings, Heisler Builders List, Heisler Owners Index. Bibliography, Index.
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