Evolution of the American diesel locomotive /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lamb, J. Parker
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press ©2007.
Series:Railroads past and present.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt2005xkp
Table of Contents:
  • Precursor technologies
  • Self-propelled coaches
  • The diesel climbs aboard
  • Streamlined trains
  • Developments beyond La Grange
  • Alco rebounds
  • Postwar shakeout
  • Road switchers take over
  • A monopolized market
  • Special-purpose designs
  • New heights for diesel power
  • Recent developments
  • The diesel century in perspective.