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| Author | : Stanley W. Trzoniec |
| Publisher | : Voyageur Press |
| Total Pages | : 163 |
| Release | : 2015-10-01 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 162788775X |
Learn all about the companies that built diesel locomotives and the American railway system through Stanley W. Trzoniec's breathtaking photography and thorough research. Over eight decades after their invention, diesel locomotives are still the backbone of the American railroad system. Five principal companies have built diesel locomotives--EMD, General Electric, Alco, Baldwin, and Fairbanks Morse--and the most popular vintage and modern types of all five are covered in painstaking detail in Vintage & Modern Diesel Locomotives. From General Electric 44-Tonners to Alco RS5s, all of the most important models are included. Stanley W. Trzoniec's stunning photography gives these behemoths of the modern age their due in beautiful full-color images. Enthusiasts of diesel locomotives will not want to be without Vintage & Modern Diesel Locomotives in their collection.
| Author | : Brian Solomon |
| Publisher | : Voyageur Press |
| Total Pages | : 192 |
| Release | : 2010-11-06 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 1610601203 |
This formative period of diesel locomotive evolution is examined with the help of more than 250 modern and period photos depicting passenger, freight, and switching locomotives. Author Brian Solomon covers every prominent manufacturer of the period—including Electro-Motive, Alco, Baldwin, and GE—as well as iconic models like Geeps, E and F units, PAs and FAs, sharknoses, U-boats, and more. The photographs take in the grand geographic and technological breadth of North American railroading and are accompanied by detailed captions identifying the locomotives pictured and explaining their roles in this crucial era of American railroading.
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| Total Pages | : 194 |
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| ISBN | : 1610597818 |
| Author | : Claude Wiatrowski |
| Publisher | : Voyageur Press |
| Total Pages | : 262 |
| Release | : 2007-09-15 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 161060136X |
From the first steam-powered locomotives of the early nineteenth century to the high-speed commuter trains of today, the American railroad has been a great engine powering the nations growth and industry. This book celebrates the glory and grandeur of that legacy with a lavish tour of the history of the American railroad and the culture surrounding it. Generously illustrated with vintage photographs, modern images, maps, timetables, tickets, brochures, and all manner of memorabilia, this volume offers a fascinating look at the rail industrys beginnings and development, as well as its place in American history. From the might of the major rail companies and their empires to the romance of rail travel, this is the full and fabulously colorful story of the industry that moved a nation--and stirs our imaginations to this day.
| Author | : Ken Boyd |
| Publisher | : Kalmbach Publishing Co |
| Total Pages | : 235 |
| Release | : 2018-10-16 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 1627005099 |
Historic North American Locomotives traces the historic development of North American locomotives from the early 1800s through today. Considered a photographic book with the look and feel of fine art, 100 locomotives are profiled using descriptive text and richly detailed and colored photographic imagery. A well-researched introduction provides the reader with a historical perspective. The author/photographer includes high-quality photographs, created through various techniques that vividly capture the distinctive features of the locomotives. From the 1805 Trevithick portable boiler to modern, high-speed locomotives such as the 2013 GE Genesis, the reader will enjoy viewing a variety of locomotives that are not usually shown together in one book.
| Author | : Jeffrey W. Schramm |
| Publisher | : Lehigh University Press |
| Total Pages | : 339 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Diesel locomotives |
| ISBN | : 0982131372 |
About the Author: Jeff Schramm is an associate professor of history at Missouri University of Science and Technology. --Book Jacket.
| Author | : Brian Solomon |
| Publisher | : Voyageur Press (MN) |
| Total Pages | : 211 |
| Release | : 2016-06-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0760349975 |
The ultimate guide for train lovers, Field Guide to Trains is fully loaded with pictures and fun facts on all the machines that ride the rails
| Author | : Alfred P Sloan |
| Publisher | : eNet Press |
| Total Pages | : 552 |
| Release | : 2015-01-16 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1618863991 |
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. led the General Motors Corporation to international business success by virtue of his brilliant managerial practices and his insights into the new consumer economy he and General Motors helped to produce. Sloan's business biography, My Years With General Motors, was an instant best seller when it was first published in 1964 and is still considered indispensable reading by modern business giants.
| Author | : Brian Solomon |
| Publisher | : Voyageur Press |
| Total Pages | : 160 |
| Release | : 2011-11-15 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 1610597745 |
Blending automotive manufacturing and styling techniques with state-of-the-art diesel-electric technologies, General Motors’ Electro-Motive Division conceived and marketed America’s first commercially successful road diesels: the fabulous E-Units and F-Units. This illustrated companion to Voyageur Press’ Alco Locomotives (2009) and Baldwin Locomotives (2010) is the most comprehensive history of the most recognizable locomotives ever built. Beginning with 1937 debut of the fast and powerful E-Units designed for long-haul passenger service, author Brian Solomon treats readers to a wonderful array of archival imagery while explaining the impact the locomotives made on the locomotive market and the railroad industry.
| Author | : Hans Halberstadt |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 104 |
| Release | : 1996 |
| Genre | : Diesel locomotives |
| ISBN | : 9781610604475 |
