Steam Locomotive Manuals

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In my collection I have a 5"x7" manual issued by the Santa Fe, Form  
2500: "Instructions for Enginemen - governing - The Care, Maintenance  
and Economical Operation of the Steam Locomotive"   It was  
Copyrighted by the ATSF RR, 1921, revised 1929, and revised 1942.   
It's 221 pages, with nine large pullouts for the various components  
the engineman should be familiar with. Apparently it was issued to  
all newly hired enginemen; a great little book.


In 1979, the late Bill Fitt, then the publisher of Live Steam  
Magazine and owner of Wildwood Publications, published the four  
volume series from ICS "The Steam Locomotive Study Course".  I paid  
$85 for the four volume set in 1980, It is no longer published, but  
you may be able to find used copies on Amazon, our other places.

ISBN #0-914104-05-5

http://www.livesteam.net/

Ron Peisker