General Motors F-Units: The Locomotives that Revolutionized Railroading - Softcover

Daniel J. Mulhearn; John R. Taibi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0915276399 ISBN 13: 9780915276394

Publisher: Quadrant Press Inc., 1982

Synopsis

General Motors' F-Unit diesel locomotive changed the nation's railroads- -the way they did business, the way they looked, and the life of the engine men who worked the main line and branches. Like the 4-4-0 American-type steam locomotive of the preceding century, the F-unit found its way into virtually every depot in America. The F-unit was not the first diesel locomotive nor did it possess the design that would ultimately dominate the industry. However, F-units were the first over-the-road diesel locomotives versatile enough, and reliable enough to continually accomplish in everyday service what prototype machines of other manufacturers had demonstrated sporadically as much as a decade earlier. The, having brought about the transition from steam to diesel railroading, the F-unit style car body and technology of its time gave way to hood-type, solid-state controlled, high-horsepower units of a later generation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Quadrant Press Inc.
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0915276399
• ISBN 13: 9780915276394
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 80