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

Solomon, Brian

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9780760340073: Electro-Motive E-Units and F-Units: The Illustrated History of North America's Favorite Locomotives

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ISBN 10: 0760340072 ISBN 13: 9780760340073

Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN), 2011

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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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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.

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Seventy-five years on, Electro-Motive E-Units and F-Units remain the most recognizable locomotives ever conceived. 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 use of these locomotives, from the first E-Unit in 1937 to repurposed and restored examples still plying the rails today. Packed with rare period photos in both black and white and color, this is the ultimate celebration of the locomotives that set the standards for those that followed.

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