Twelve Twenty-Five : The Life and Times of a Steam Locomotive / Kevin P. Keefe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keefe, Kevin P., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pere Marquette Railway--History.

Pere Marquette Railway.

Steam locomotives--Michigan--History.

Steam locomotives.

Pere Marquette 1225 (Steam locomotive)--History.

Pere Marquette 1225 (Steam locomotive).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing, [Michigan] : Michigan State University Press, 2016.

Summary:

The against-all-odds story of a World War II-era steam locomotive and the determination of two generations of volunteers to keep it running comes alive in Twelve Twenty-Five: The Life and Times of a Steam Locomotive. Pere Marquette 1225 was built in 1941 at the peak of steam locomotive development.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword by William L. Withuhn

Chapter 1. Steam and the Super Power Revolution

Chapter 2. The Rise of the Pere Marquette

Chapter 3. Berkshires Become Warriors

Chapter 4. A Lucky Number

Chapter 5. Students Take Up a Cause

Chapter 6. Firing It Up

Chapter 7. Back on the Main Line

Chapter 8. The Christmas Locomotive

Chapter 9. The Once and Future Berkshire

Acknowledgments

Notes and Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

1-60917-488-7

OCLC:

956317827