Southern Pacific Dieselization

This book begins with the story of early Diesel development from Rudolph Diesel's first experiments to the great Diesel powered streamlines of the 1930s. Diesel forerunners like the McKeen cars, Diesel switchers past and present, freight cabs, road switchers and traveling are all covered in the book. Also find well documented stories on the opposed piston Fairbanks-Morse units to the German built Krauss Maffei's. It concludes with a detailed look at new generation power and the Amtrak era.