American Car & Foundry Company

Signature Press, 1999, 1999. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 11x9x1. Jacket is enclosed in a protective mylar cover, minor wear, binding tight, internally clean. American Car & Foundry Company A Centennial History, 1899-1999 This sweeping view of the work and products of the American Car & Foundry Company, formed in 1899, celebrates the company's Centennial in 1999. Author Edward S. Kaminski covers corporate history and product development, but emphasizes the immense variety and extent of railcar production over the past century, from the plants of the original thirteen firms which formed ACF, down to the facilities of today. Chapters cover, in addition to manufacturing plants and company history, tank cars; box, stock and refrigerator cars; flat cars; open-top hoppers and gondolas; covered hoppers; passenger cars; and miscellaneous railcars and equipment. With fully 1260 photos, the great majority never before published and of considerable historic value, together with a detailed appendix on tank car specifications and drawings, as well as a complete index, this is an essential book for anyone who is a railroad enthusiast or is interested in American railroads and rolling stock.