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Field Guide to Trains Locomotives and Rolling Stock by Brian Solomon
Field Guide to Trains Locomotives and Rolling Stock by Brian Solomon
Your complete guide to everything on rails today
Soft Cover
208 pages
Copyright 2016
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgments 7
PART 1: LOCOMOTIVES8
Chapter 1: General Motors Freight Diesels...12
Chapter 2: General Electric Freight Diesels ..24
Chapter 3: Modern Passenger Diesels32
Chapter 4: Switching Locomotives42
Chapter 5: Passenger Electrics50
PART 2: SELF-PROPELLED TRAINS56
Chapter 6: Self-Propelled Diesel Railcars60
Chapter 7: Electric Multiple Units68
PART 3: PASSENGER AND FREIGHT CARS78
Chapter 8: Commuter Rail84
Chapter 9: Intercity Passenger Cars90
Chapter 10: Freight Cars 102
PART 4: RAIL TRANSIT120
Chapter 11: Light Rail 126
Chapter 12: Rapid Transit 140
PART 5: HISTORIC LOCOMOTIVES AND CARS 148
Chapter 13: Historic Steam Locomotives 154
Chapter 14: Historic Diesels and Electrics 168
Chapter 15: Historic Streetcars 190
Bibliography 196
Index203
About the Author208
ON THE BACK COVER:
Trains are ubiquitous along North American and European roadways. All kinds of diesel and even a few steam or modified steam locomotives can be seen, with many styles prevailing, from boxy frontends to graceful, curving streamlined machines. The containers, flat cars, and boxcars pulled by these locomotives carry freight from all over the world, and passenger cars carry newspaper-reading, children-corralling travelers and commuters to their destinations. The Field Guide to Trains: Locomotives and Rolling Stock is the source for information on locomotives and railcars in a tuck-in-the-glovebox format that is perfect for trips on the open road.
As you read, ride the rails with freight diesels, passenger diesels, switchers, self-propelled trains, electric multiple units, commuter rails, intercity passenger cars, freight cars, light rails, rapid transit, and historic trains and streetcars. This book covers the gamut of raildom.
This book's sections are color-coded to make thumbing to the right pages easy, and hundreds of color photographs illustrate the nuances of these gigantic machines. Climb aboard The Field Guide to Trains for the best, most-detailed, easiest-to-use field guide to our' railroad denizens from America's greatest railroad historian, Brian Solomon.
BRIAN SOLOMON has authored more than sixty books, including Railway Depots, Stations & Terminals, The Majesty of Big Steam, Streamliners, and North American Railroad Bridges. He served as the editor of Pacific RailNews for several years before embarking on a career as a freelance author and photographer. His work has appeared in numerous railroad publications, including Trains magazine, Railfan & Railroad, and Railway Age.
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