GM&O-The Alton Route In Color Volume 1: The First Generation

An examination of the formation of the motive power of the predecessor roads of the Gulf Mobile & Ohio. Steam and first-generation diesels.There are a number of B&W steam locomotive photographs to compliment the text which is a general discussion of the motive power policies of the predecessor railroads of the GM&O. This book includes more text than most Morning Sun titles. This is welcome to the general reader who may not be an expert on the subject.Contents: Ch. 1: The Rebel Route Predecessors, pp. 6-51, Ch. 2: The Alton Railroad, pp. 52-79, Ch. 3: Gulf, Mobile & Ohio, pp. 80-113, Ch. 4: Motor Car Country, pp. 114-127, Preview of Volume II, pg. 128.Hardcover with dust jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., Color photographs with captions.Features: New Hardcover Jim Boyd Morning Sun Books