Re: LUCIUS BEEBE: December 9, 1902 – February 4, 1966

Right On, Larry -

"The Age of Steam" was all I asked for as a high school graduation present in 1959.

In spite of a few erroneous captions (mis-identifying a Challenger as a Big Boy, for example), it was a fabulous record of the golden age of railroading, and I still enjoy looking at the great variety of photos.  "Narrow Gauge in the Rockies", "Rio Grande" and "The Central Pacific & The Southern Pacific Railroads (with 121 photographs by Richard Steinheimer)" are among my most treasured possessions.  Stein's photos of the Timkin Daylight, GS-5 #4458, on pages 290-291 and 387 of the latter are deeply etched in my memory, and a great inspiration for my own humble efforts to save a few memories.

- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender



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