Great Northern Color Pictorial Volume 1 4

Great Northern Color Pictorial Volume 1
The Electrics, Last of Steam, First Generation Diesels

Volume 1 in this handsome series showcases the GN's electric locomotives and the first generation diesels. (There are also 4 pages of the last steam locomotives.) The first section discusses the Cascade electrics and includes a 1909-56 roster for electric locomotives. The diesel section covers early acquisitions (with 1926-43 roster) and then looks at the diesels by function (switchers, single and two-unit road switchers, three-unit freight locomotives, three-unit passenger locomotives, and four-unit freight locomotives) and by model (EMD 1000hp road switchers, EMD general purpose locomotives--GP7, 9, and 9m, EMD special duty locomotives, and EMD E7 passenger units. Includes roster for each group. Illustrated throughout with full color photos. End papers show system map.