Colonel Roger's book on André Chapelon, originally published in 1972, has been difficult to obtain for many years. It remains the best and most detailed biography of the man and his work. It is both a readable and accessible guide to the life and achievements of a man whom few would disagree was the foremost steam locomotive engineer the world has ever seen.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• 1 The Background
• 2 Rocket Centenary
• 3 Eight-Coupled Revolution
• 4 The Doctrine Spreads
• 5 Six Cylinders
• 6 After the War
• 7 241.P and 141.R
• 8 Locomotives of the War and Nord 232.R, S, U and 141.TC
• 9 The Greatest Steam Locomotive of All
• 10 Lesser Locomotives
• 11 Steam Locomotives That Never Were
• 12 Electric and Diesel Traction
• 13 Brazil and Argentina
• 14 The Chapelon Steam Engine
• 15 The Locomotive Engineers
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Plates