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Mikados Book Update

P&LE's MIKADOS by Jack Polaritz
 

P&LE’s Mikados is offered only in a hard cover version containing a total of 142 pages, published in the fall of 2002. It presents details relating to the history of all three H-type class locomotives used by P&LE. The book contains 164 photographs, including several in color, 47 significant documents relating to these locomotives from the railroad’s archives, and numerous maps, drawings and charts. A complete roster with the ultimate disposition of each locomotive is included in the book, as are many previously unknown historical details relating to steam operations. This book is Volume 1 of a two-unit series that tells the story of P&LE’s Mikado and Berkshire locomotives.

PRICE: see our DEALERS PAGE to Purchase please.

AVAILABILITY: P&LE's Mikados is sold out and available only through its dealer network .

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REVIEW:

S Gaugian - “For anyone interested in Mikados, this book is a must – The rarity of many of these documents and never-before-published photographs is sure to those who want the inside story on the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie’s 2-8-2s”

Model Railroad News- "Be prepared to see more backhead shots, single Mikes heading long train shots, drawings, engine service forms, maps, and sidebar stories on train wrecks and other human angle stories. This is not a book you read once, throw up on the shelf and forget about. Even if you're fooling with some other steam topic, you may find yourself back in this book for background information. Modelers will definitely find a lot to copy in these pages."

"The Mikados of this Little Giant make for a nice tightly-focused topic, and yet leaves plenty of room for the surrounding history and circumstances." "It is also a book full of photos, drawings, and other wonderful information which might help you make models or simply pass a pleasant evening (or several) reading, looking, learning and enjoying"

New York Central Historical Society's Central Headlight- "a very fine book, and our members are encouraged to add a copy to their library"

P&LE's Berkshires by Jack Polaritz
 

This is the definitive book about these historically significant locomotives that were last domestically produced steam from the American Locomotive Company.  They were the product of corporate politics that never should have built at a time when the diesel had become the railroad industry's choice for motive power.  In fact, the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie did not want these locomotives, and could not even operate them over a significant portion of their railroad when received.   The story is supported with many previously never before published historical documents

P&LE’s BERKSHIRES is a hard cover edition with dust jacket -  8 3/4" x 11 1/2", with over 130 pages containing 134 photographs, plus 52 documents, 13 maps and 6 drawings, fully indexed.  It tells the story of how these locomotives came to be, their development and operations, both on the P&LE and New York Central Railroad.  Anyone fascinated by these locomotives will love this book.

          Price: $45 (US)

AVAILABILITY: P&LE's Berkshires is available from both Kahndog Publications and its dealer network.

P&LE's GONDOLA CARS by Jerry Gorzoch, Jack Polaritz & Joe  Sparico

P&LE’s Gondola Cars is offered only in a soft cover version containing a total of 80 pages, published in the spring of 2004. Authored by three original members of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Historical Society, it is replete with 170 color and black and white photographs.  In addition the book contains a number of original documents and drawings relating to this equipment, along with rosters for the various car series. The book also contains information about modifications to the equipment, operating histories and the important role that gondolas played within the steel manufacturing.

P&LE’s Gondola Cars is the first installment of a planned series about P&LE freight car equipment, including cabooses. These books will be produced utilizing both black and white and color pictures, though production runs may be split between hard and soft cover versions.

AVAILABILITY: P&LE's Gondola Cars is available from both Kahndog Publications and its dealer network.
 

Price:  $24.95 (US)

REVIEWS:

Excerpt taken from a review done January, 2005 MODEL RAILROAD NEWS:

Pittsburgh & Youngstown are still trying to figure out life without the steel mills and the railroads, both of which pumped so much into their communities.  Fortunately for us, people like the authors of this book have taken the time and trouble to chronicle the specifics of history, before they are lost from memory. P&LE’s Gondola Cars is more than just a resource for railfans and model makers; it’s a time capsule to read and enjoy.

Review written by John Sipple: This review is a scanned article which is in Image JPG form which will take time to load. It is well worth reading.