North American Locomotives: A Railroad-by-Railroad Photohistory

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Voyageur Press, Dec 30, 2012 - Transportation - 288 pages

Spanning 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
Sources
278
Index
283
Acknowledgments
287
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Brian Solomon is the author of more than 40 books about railroads, railroading, and locomotives. He splits his time between Monson, Massachusetts, and Dublin, Ireland.

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