Reviews
Today’s modern diesels have tremendous pulling power, have many new features yesterday’s motive power didn’t have, and in addition are typically painted in eye-catching, colorful schemes.
In this volume you’ll find an informative review of dieseldom that covers multiple decades. Included is a 2020 new locomotive construction listing from General Electric, Progress EMD, Siemens and NREC, as well a listing of 2020 diesel rebuilds and modernizations. Another detailed listing shows the 2021 “big six” fleets consisting of nearly 26,000 diesel locomotives on the BNSF, CN, CP, CSX, NS and UP.
Then former editor of Trains magazine David P. Morgan gives his 13th annual motive power survey on U.S. railroads from the 1960s, while another feature delves into the origin of General Electric's 7DL diesel engine. The Wabtec-GE Legacy FDL engine is scrutinized, a search for diesels on eastern Washington state railroads is presented and J. David Ingles' ten favorite diesels—some famous, some unremarked—is featured.
EMD’s GP-35s, GE’s Dash 8-40CMs, Erie-built U-series locomotives and Trona Railway’s diesel power covers more ground in this booklet. Large colorful photos and detailed text make this an outstanding publication.
Don Heimburger—Heimburger House Publishing Company