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Classic Trains Special Ed #4 Diesel Victory How the Diesel Changed Railroading
Diesel Victory How the Diesel Changed Railroading Classic Trains 2006 114 pages. Special Issue. 170 photos.
CONTENTS
HOW THE DIESEL CHANGED RAILROADING Dieselization, first seen for its economy, was required to reach the performance level the railroads needed to survive today By Jerry A. Pinkepank
JUST WHO WAS FIRST TO DIESELIZE? Let the record show that an obscure pioneer, Texas-Mexican, did so in 1939; that said, there are caveats and other contenders By J. David Ingles
TIMELINE TO VICTORY 92 landmark events, from the first McKeen car of 1905 through CNJ's box-cab 1000 of 1925 to the Class 1 steam finales in 1960 By Greg McDonnell
HERMANN LEMP-HE HARNESSED THE DIESEL Thanks to this Swiss-born inventor working for General Electric, diesel-electric locomotives became a reality By Carl R. Byron
NOT BUILT AT LA GRANGE With the diesel market mushrooming, EMD in 1948 was forced to add plant capacity, and did so at Cleveland, its ancestral home By Eric Hirsimaki
PHOTO SECTION A 14-page gallery, 10 in color, spotlights cab units, road-switchers, and yard goats (plus a wisp of steam) of 17 railroads from coast to coast
MR. BROOKS AND THE BEARDMORES How Canadian National, beginning with a transcontinental run in 1925, briefly led the way toward dieselization By Kevin J. Holland
FROM STEAM TO DIESEL ON THE BOSTON & MAINE As on many railroads, B&M's dieselization was gradual, spanning from a 1924 Brill gas-mechanical car to 1961 "Bluebird" Geeps By Carl R. Byron
LETTER FROM FT 103 What did EMC think of its new creation? "Boy, we reallly went to town," wrote an employee early in the demonstration tour By Eric Hirsimaki
ON THE ROAD FOR ALCO A field engineer helps Buffalo-area railroads, and their employees, through the "transition years" By Robert T. Graulty
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