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Santa Fe Locomotive Development
The Journey to Supreme Steam
and Pioneer Diesels

By: Larry E. Brasher

Signature Press ( Second Edition ) 2006
Hard Bound, 304 Pages, 8.5" x 11",
291 Photographs (19 Color)

The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe began furnishing its own specifications for locomotives to builders in 1880. In succeeding years, design of steam locomotives became increasingly complete on the part of the railroad. The culmination of this process was the "Supreme Steam" of the 1930s, exemplified in the magnificent accomplishment of the 3460 Class of 4-6-4s, the 3765 Class of 4-8-4s, and the 5001 Class of 2-10-4s.
Also in the 1930s, the Santa Fe played a pioneering role in the development of Diesel locomotives for road service, beginning with the well-known "One-Spot Twins" and continuing with passenger E1 and E3 models, and the FT freight model, from Electro-Motive. Very extensive road testing and usage under Santa Fe's demanding conditions led to many changes and improvements in these pioneer Diesels.
This volume explores all these topics, and brings together the men behind these events, particularly John Purcell, with the complexities of design, construction, testing, and service of these locomotives, from generations of advancing steam design, to the culmination by 1941 of both Supreme Steam and the Diesel pioneers.
Author Larry E. Brasher, whose father was one of the original Santa Fe Diesel Maintainers, has drawn on many company documents and photos, along with his father's memoirs and recollections, to tell this story in a way few others could have done.
The book is a fascinating account of the progress of steam locomotive design, the early days of Diesel service, and above all, the powerful role played by Santa Fe men in these developments. It is sure to be enjoyed by anyone interested in locomotives, and of course by any fan of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe.
CONTENTS:
Dedication...5
Acknowledgements...8
Foreword...10 Chapter 1: Early Steam Development -
The 132 Introduces Larger Power
Part 1: Uncle Dick and The Cyrus K. Holliday...16
Part 2: William Strong and Number 738...28

Chapter 2: Compounding - The Articulated Compounds -
The Threshold of Modern Power
Part 3: Experimentation and Expansion...36
Part 4: Compounds and Balanced Four-Cylinders...48
Part 5: Mallet Instability and Flexible Boilers...65

Chapter 3: The Compound Effort Ends -
The Quest For Supreme Steam Begins
Part 6: Charles T. Ripley and Superheaters...86
Part 7: Purcell, Ripley, and Lanning...93
Part 8: E.E. Chapman and Baldwin's No. 60000...129
Part 9: 3450-Class 4-6-4s and 3751-Class 4-8-4s...132
Part 10: The New 5000 and The Last 3751...144

Chapter 4: The Coming of the Diesels -
The Twins Arrive
Part 11: Power In Transition - The M.190...160
Part 12: Bledsoe Gambles on Diesel-Electric...164
Part 13: Testing the One-Spot Twins...174
Part 14: The One-Spot Twins and The Super Chief...184

Chapter 5: The Coming of the FT -
Supreme Steam Reigns - John Purcell's Legacy
Part 15: From Spoke to Disc Drivers...206
Part 16: Streamlining and Supreme Steam...212
Part 17: Electro-Motive Corporation's FT...249
Part 18: Review of Steam Power in 1941...266
Part 19: Purcell's Diesel-Electric Acquisitions...278

Bibliography...297
Index...300

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