Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive, or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails (Tom Swift Series, Book 25)

iv, 212 pp. Last title on prelim list and terminal ads is Electric Locomotive. "Nothing gets the old Swift Inventive Juices flowing like a good challenge. Tom is enjoined to design and build an electric railroad locomotive from scratch that will top 120mph and drag a string of loaded freight cars up a 2% mountain grade without slowing to a crawl. Richard Bartholomew is a hard-drivin' rail tycoon, beset by rivals that are trying to put his Western road under by devious and illegal means. When Tom takes the contract, he joins Mr. B on the bullseye, waiting for the next threat to emerge. High explosives, armed robbery, sabotage, and subterfuge ensue. Then, there are the hazards of trying to control a half a million pounds of runaway loco on a mountain grade."