Electro-Motive E-Units and F-Units: The Illustrated History of North America's Favorite Locomotives - Hardcover

Solomon, Brian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0760340072 ISBN 13: 9780760340073

Publisher: Voyageur Pr, 2011

Synopsis

Blending automotive manufacturing and styling techniques with state-of-the-art diesel-electric technologies, General Motors’ Electro-Motive Division conceived and marketed America’s first commercially successful road diesels: the fabulous E-Units and F-Units. This illustrated companion to Voyageur Press’ Alco Locomotives (2009) and Baldwin Locomotives (2010) is the most comprehensive history of the most recognizable locomotives ever built. Beginning with 1937 debut of the fast and powerful E-Units designed for long-haul passenger service, author Brian Solomon treats readers to a wonderful array of archival imagery while explaining the impact the locomotives made on the locomotive market and the railroad industry.

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About the Authors

Brian Solomon is one of today's most accomplished railway historians. He has authored more than thirty books about railroads and locomotive power, and his writing and photography have been featured in the world's top rail publications, including Trains, Railway Age, Passenger Train Journal, and RailNews. He divides his time between Massachusetts and Ireland.

Brian Solomon is one of today's most accomplished railway historians. He has authored more than thirty books about railroads and locomotive power, and his writing and photography have been featured in the world's top rail publications, including Trains, Railway Age, Passenger Train Journal, and RailNews. He divides his time between Massachusetts and Ireland.

From the Back Cover

In prewar America, Electro-Motive E-Units and F-Units represented the railroad industry’s capitulation to automotive design and technology and would eventually render their steam-powered forebears relics of the Victorian Age. Today, “Es” and “Fs” remind us of bygone days when progress and appearance mattered.

Seventy-five years on, Electro-Motive E-Units and F-Units remain the most recognizable locomotives ever built. In this wonderfully illustrated history, author Brian Solomon explores the business and cultural climates of the 1930s that led to the development and introduction of these classics and shows how the locomotives set the tone for the railroad industry’s transition from steam to diesel power. Across the decades and across the continent, Solomon follows the evolution and application of the locomotives, from the first E-Unit in 1937 right up to reused and restored units still plying the rails today.

Electro-Motive didn’t invent the diesel locomotive, yet its refinement of the technology and inspired design set the standards that other builders followed. Packed with rare photos in both black and white and color, this book is the ultimate tribute to the machines that became the world’s most famous locomotives.

From the Inside Flap

In prewar America, Electro-Motive E-Units and F-Units represented the railroad industry s capitulation to automotive design and technology and would eventually render their steam-powered forebears relics of the Victorian Age. Today, Es and Fs remind us of bygone days when progress and appearance mattered.

Seventy-five years on, Electro-Motive E-Units and F-Units remain the most recognizable locomotives ever built. In this wonderfully illustrated history, author Brian Solomon explores the business and cultural climates of the 1930s that led to the development and introduction of these classics and shows how the locomotives set the tone for the railroad industry s transition from steam to diesel power. Across the decades and across the continent, Solomon follows the evolution and application of the locomotives, from the first E-Unit in 1937 right up to reused and restored units still plying the rails today.

Electro-Motive didn t invent the diesel locomotive, yet its refinement of the technology and inspired design set the standards that other builders followed. Packed with rare photos in both black and white and color, this book is the ultimate tribute to the machines that became the world s most famous locomotives.

Edition details

• Publisher: Voyageur Pr
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0760340072
• ISBN 13: 9780760340073
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160