Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 625.26620973
EAN num: 9780760313619
ISBN number: 076031361X
Label: MBI
Manufacturer: MBI
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 144
Printing Date: August 07, 2003
Publishing house: MBI
Sale Popularity Level: 593539
Studio: MBI
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General Electric entered the railroad industry in the early twentieth century and this collection of history explores all types of electric locomotives with a stunning collection of archival black-and-white, period, and modern colour photography. Depicting a broad cross-section of American railroads in a variety of regions both urban and remote, Brian Solomon leads us through GE’s entire locomotive history, from the very first electric S motors to today’s colossal, 6,000-horsepower diesel-electrics. Witness electrical legends such as the Pennsylvania Railroad’s E44s, Amtrak’s E60s, and Milwaukee Road’s “Little Joes”, just to name a few. All in all, Solomon gives us a brilliant explanation of the locomotives, the terrain they covered, pioneering GE efforts, and even the marketplace competition and the power race that fueled the development of these awesome machines.
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How GE entered the Diesel Locomotive field with little previous experience and raced ahead to beat out EMD and other "Old Timers". Well written with superb photos. Should be in the library of every rail enthusiast.
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I was amazed with facts on GE locomotives. I am waiting the author to make a similar book on GM locomotives. On this kind of books all railway enthusiasts are hardly waiting.
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