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Northern Pacific Railway Diesel Era 1945-1970 by Schrenk & Frey w/ DJ Vol 2
Northern Pacific Railway Diesel Era 1945-1970 by Schrenk & Frey
Hard Cover with Dust jacket Some damage to the dust jacket
Copyright 1988 Volume 2
299 pages
Indexed
1945 - 1970
An illustrated history of the Northern Pacific, and its diesel-electric motive power during the years before the merger that created today's Burlington Northern Railway.
Lorenz P. Schrenk - Robert L. Frey
With More Than 320 Illustrations 8 Color Plates - Locomotive Diagrams and Rosters - Tables - Painting And Lettering data - Bibliography - Index
America's great transcontinental railway, the Northern Pacific, during the post-World War II years, is a fascinating story. It was a period of dramatic change for the nation's railroads, including transition from steam power to the diesel-electric locomotive.
The Northern Pacific - designated by Trains magazine as the "All-American Railroad" - entered the diesel era with a large fleet of modern, well-maintained steam locomotives. Furthermore, the railroad had large reserves of low-cost coal. Although the diesel-electric locomotive offered many advantages, such as reduction in shop forces, dismantling of costly coaling facilities, elimination of many water stations, and the ability to run around-the-clock, conversion to diesel power entailed many risks. The technology was new, maintenance personnel required higher-level skills, fuel supplies were uncertain and subject to price fluctuations, and each locomotive was more costly than comparable steam power.
As a sequel to the highly regarded Northern Pacific Supersteam Era: 1925-1945 by the same authors, this volume tells how the NP gradually and then more rapidly, made the transition to diesel-electric motive power. Covering in detail, all of the road's diesel locomotives - the first-generation switchers, the early road units, and the postwar road-switchers. The more powerful and technologically advanced second-generation units, such as the U25C, the U28C, the SD-45, and the U33C, are also presented.
This book is based on years of careful research in corporate records, interviews with former Mechanical Department employees and operating personnel, and railroad photographers.
Northern Pacific Diesel Era: 1945-1970 is a meticulously researched and well-written book that will appeal to rail historians, railroad enthusiasts, students of locomotive technology, and those who have an interest in diesel locomotives and their railroad history.
Table of Contents
Preface 6
Chapter 1- The Northern Pacific Before 1945 11
Chapter 2 - The Diesels Appear: 1938-1945 27
Chapter 3 - First of the Mainline Diesels 55
Chapter 4 - Northern Pacific Railway History: 1945-1960 79
Chapter 5 - The Postwar Road Diesels 113
Chapter 6 - The Postwar Switchers and Road-Switchers 145
Chapter 7 - Northern Pacific Railway History: 1960-1970 179
Chapter 8 - Second Generation Diesels on the Northern Pacific 211
Chapter 9 - The RDC's 229
Chapter 10 - Epilogue 241
Appendices 247
Explanatory Notes 249
Appendix A - Northern Pacific Railway Trackage
by Division (July 1947) 251
Appendix B - Numerical Locomotive Rosters:
June 1945 254
January 1955 255
January 1964 256
Appendix C - Locomotive Data By Class 257
Appendix D - Northern Pacific Diesel Locomotive
Painting and Lettering Practice: 1938-1970 278
Appendix E - Locomotive Diagrams 287
Bibliographical Notes 293
Acknowledgements 296
Index 297
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