More than 250 classic American locomotives.
Ultimately, the book also explores the Electric Power that powers so many of today\'s railways..
The book goes on to show the progress of Diesel Power, including the output of General Electric and General Motors electromotive division (EMD) from the 1920s to the present.
Technical specifications are given for each engine type and the book is fully Illustrated with both black & white and color photos.
Its 432 pages illustrate a wide variety of grand and humble locomotives from the steam Powered Puffing Billy types of the Early Days chapter, to the mighty Allegheny class steamers that were used to haul coal for the American industry in the Steam in Charge chapter.
This book charts the progress of motive power on America\'s Railroads from 1830 until the present.
Their descendants still race across the country.
Giant beasts of iron and steel once roamed the land.
The Illustrated Dictionary of North American Locomotives explores the Story of Railroads and their motive power.
Railroads became the shining thread that tied together the tapestry of American life into a land of plenty. -- Edward Pease During the mid-1800s, American Railroads became the lifeblood of new communities in the West and brought new ways of life and means of commerce to rural communities.
Let the country but make the railroads, and the Railroads will make the country.
More than 250 classic American locomotives
