North American Locomotives: A Railroad-by-Railroad PhotohistorySpanning more than one and a half centuries, this treasure trove examines the steam, diesel, and electric locomotives that have have kept North American commerce on the rails since the middle of the nineteenth centuty. Prolific rail author Brian Solomon takes an encyclopedic approach and describes every major type. And because locomotive-building has long been a made-to-order business, the book is arranged alphabetically by railroads from across the United States and Canada to show the variant technologies that railroads ordered to best suit their specific needs, whether for freight or passenger operations. The 75-plus railroads covered range from the best known historical lines such as Canadian Pacific, Santa Fe, Union Pacific, and Baltimore & Ohio, to today’s giant Class I roads, commuter lines, and selected short lines. The result is a profusely illustrated and beautifully presented reference guide that features more than 400 locomotive gems from throughout the ages, including historic machines such as New York Central’s J3a Hudsons, Pennsylvania Railroad’s GG1 electrics, and EMD’s classic E- and F-Units, to today’s most powerful modern diesels. All the major builders—past and present—are represented, including such heavyweights as Baldwin, Alco, Lima, EMD, GE, and more. |
Contents
Introduction | 6 |
1 Amtrak | 10 |
2 Arkansas Missouri Railroad | 18 |
3 Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railway | 20 |
4 Baltimore Ohio Railroad | 24 |
5 Bangor Aroostook Railroad | 28 |
6 Belt Railway of Chicago | 32 |
7 Bessemer Lake Erie Railroad | 34 |
48 Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | 154 |
49 Massachusetts Central Railroad | 158 |
50 Metra | 160 |
51 Metrolink | 162 |
52 MetroNorth Commuter Railroad | 164 |
53 Minneapolis St Paul Sault Ste Marie Railroad | 168 |
54 Missouri Pacific Railroad | 172 |
55 Montana Rail Link | 174 |
8 BNSF Railway | 36 |
9 Boston Albany Railroad | 40 |
10 Boston Maine Railroad | 44 |
11 Burlington Northern Railroad | 48 |
12 Caltrain | 50 |
13 Canadian National Railway | 52 |
14 Canadian Pacific Railway | 58 |
15 Central Railroad of New Jersey | 62 |
16 Central Vermont Railway | 66 |
17 Chesapeake Ohio Railroad | 70 |
18 Chessie System | 72 |
19 Chicago North Western Railway | 74 |
20 Chicago Burlington Quincy Railroad | 78 |
21 Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Pacific Railroad | 80 |
22 Chicago Rock Island Pacific Railroad | 86 |
23 Conrail | 90 |
24 CSX | 94 |
25 Dakota Missouri Valley Western Railroad | 98 |
26 Delaware Hudson Railway | 100 |
27 Delaware Lackawanna Western Railroad | 104 |
28 Denver Rio Grande Western Railroad | 106 |
29 Duluth Missabe Iron Range Railway | 112 |
30 Erie Lackawanna Railway | 114 |
31 Erie Railroad | 118 |
32 Genesee Wyoming Railroad | 120 |
33 GO Transit | 122 |
34 Great Northern Railway | 124 |
35 Guilford Rail SystemPan Am Railways | 126 |
36 Gulf Mobile Ohio Railroad | 128 |
37 Huron Eastern Railway | 130 |
38 Illinois Central Railroad | 132 |
39 Indiana HiRail | 136 |
40 Indiana Rail Road | 138 |
41 Kansas City Southern Railway | 140 |
42 Lehigh Hudson River Railway | 142 |
43 Lehigh Valley Railroad | 144 |
44 Long Island Rail Road | 146 |
45 Louisville Nashville Railroad | 148 |
46 Maine Central Railroad | 150 |
47 Maine Eastern Railroad | 152 |
56 Napa Valley Wine Train | 176 |
57 New England Central Railroad | 178 |
58 New Jersey Transit | 180 |
59 New York Central System | 184 |
60 New York Chicago St Louis Railroad | 192 |
61 New York New Haven Hartford Railroad | 194 |
62 New York Ontario Western Railway | 200 |
63 New York Susquehanna Western Railway | 202 |
64 Norfolk Western Railway | 204 |
65 Norfolk Southern Railway | 210 |
66 Northern Pacific Railway | 214 |
67 Penn Central Railroad | 216 |
68 Pennsylvania Railroad | 222 |
69 Pioneer Valley Railroad | 228 |
70 Pittsburgh West Virginia Railway | 230 |
71 Providence Worcester Railroad | 232 |
72 Reading Company | 234 |
73 Reading Northern Railroad | 238 |
74 Richmond Fredericksburg Potomac Railroad | 240 |
75 Rutland Railroad | 242 |
76 St LouisSan Francisco Railway | 244 |
77 Seaboard Coast Line | 246 |
78 Sound Transit | 248 |
79 Southern Pacific Railroad | 250 |
80 Southern Railway | 254 |
81 Union Pacific Railroad | 256 |
82 Vermont Rail System | 260 |
83 VIA Rail | 262 |
84 Virginian Railway | 264 |
85 Wabash Railroad | 266 |
86 Western Maryland Railway | 268 |
87 Western Pacific Railroad | 270 |
88 Wheeling Lake Erie Railway | 272 |
89 Wisconsin Southern Railroad | 274 |
90 Wisconsin Central Railroad | 276 |
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