STEAMING UP! The Autobiography of Samuel M. Vauclain. With Earl Chapin May.
San Marino CA: Golden West Books, 1973. 1st edition thus. 320 pp. Illustrated, primarily from photographs; many of locomotives. 8vo. Grey cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Yellow dust jacket. VG+ (slt lean/)/VG+ (minor wear). Item #31069
Vauclain "was an American engineer, inventor of the Vauclain compound locomotive, and president of the Baldwin Locomotive Works. He was awarded the John Scott Award and the Elliott Cresson Medal by The Franklin Institute in 1891. He was also awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for arming the United States Army during World War I. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1899." [Wiki].
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