Southern Pacific Historic Diesels Volume 13: EMD Early Turbo GP Locomotives - Softcover
"8.5x11" softcover, 128 pages, 271 photos and drawings, roster, etc. Color covers only; black-and-white inside. "Southern Pacific Historic Diesels, Volume 13: EMD Early Turbo GP Locomotives" is the latest in the series, now in its 15th year. "The fanciful cover of this volume illustrates an occasion that could have occurred - a matched set of SPSF-painted GP35 locomotives at milepost 550 in Timoteo Canyon on Beaumont Hill, returning ore empties to the Kaiser Railroad from the steel mill at Fontana. The art is by Ernie Tower." "table of contents: 1 Introduction 2 Cotton Belt and SP GP20 Locomotives 3 SP and Cotton Belt GP20R Locomotives 4 Cotton Belt and SP GP30 Units 5 Cotton Belt GP35 Locos 6 SP GP35 Locos - Original Numbers 7 SP GP35 Locos - New Numbers 8 Upgraded GP35R Locomotives 9 Cabless DD35 Locomotives 10 The Graduates"
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- PublisherShade Tree Books
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0930742311
- ISBN 13 9780930742317
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages128
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Southern Pacific Historic Diesels Volume 13: EMD Early GP Turbo Locomotives
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Shade Tree Books
(2007)
ISBN 10: 0930742311
ISBN 13: 9780930742317
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: New. Between 1947 and 1959, dieselization on the Southern Pacific followed a predictable pattern. Order locomotives from the diesel builders similar to the other builder's early diesels but easier to maintain. Competition from the Santa Fe and truckers caused a re-thinking of this pattern. The SP needed to move trains quickly or be left out of the high-speed high-value end of freight transportation. Thus the jump into turbo-charged locomotives offered by both EMD and GE. Contents: Ch. 1: Introduction, pp. 3-5, Ch. 2: Cotton Belt and SP GP20 Locomotives, pp. 6-19, Ch. 3: Cotton Belt and SP GP20R Locomotives, pp. 20-31, Ch. 4: Cotton Belt and SP GP30 Locomotives, pp. 32-39, Ch. 5: Cotton Belt GP 35 Locomotives, pp. 40-47, Ch. 6: SP GP35 Locomotives-Original Numbers, pp. 48-57, Ch. 7: SP GP35 Locomotives-New Numbers, pp. 58-87, Ch. 8: Upgraded GP35R Locomotives, pp. 88-111, Ch. 9: Cabless DD35 Locomotives, pp. 112-119, Ch. 10: The Graduates (short line survivors), pp. 120-128. Shade Tree Books, softcover, 128 pages, standard portrait book 8 x 10 in., B&W photographs with captions and rosters. Seller Inventory # stb317
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