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By Brian Solomon GE Locomotives [Hardcover] Hardcover

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In February 2005, General Motors announced its decision to sell its Electro-Motive Division (EMD), thus ending its 75-year association with one of the most renowned brands in railroading. Looking at the heritage of the venerable EMD in light of this momentous development, this monumental volume offers an overview of the great locomotive maker unprecedented in its scope and unparalleled in the spectacular quality of its photographs.

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Brian Solomon is one of today's most accomplished railway historians. He has authored more than twenty-five books about railroads and motive power, and his writing and photography have been featured in the world's top railfan publications, including Trains, Railway Age, Passenger Train Journal, and RailNews. He divides his time between Massachusetts and Ireland.

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Mark

EMD Locomotives a great book!

Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2010

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Hi!
This book was really interesting reading if you are interested in how diesel engines from EMD have been progressing through the decades.
This writer Brian Salomon is also really good of what he is doing just like Sean Graham-White with his book GE Evolution Locomotives.
This book is also very well written I must say. I could only find one single misspellings in it. The book shows in a very thorough way how these fantastic machines have been developed through the decades with lots of good illustrative pictures and with just as good comments to these pictures.
It also explains very well why the diesels were so much better and cheaper for the railroad companies than the steam engines.
The only thing that I am really missing in this book too, is a summary chapter where you can see all these different variants of machines are put up in some kind of diagram or table.
This, so it will be more easy to see the small changes of development as the evolution has been going forward of these massive machines.
But if I summary this book overall I can really recommend it for those who want to get some really thorough information of these machines verses steam. It is very "nutritious" of information. You need to read it at last two times to get most of this information into your head.....
I was very pleased with this book I must say, so I can really recommend it too.

Yours sincerely Mark from Sweden.

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Daryll

History of the EMD Train

Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2011

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As a model railroader, this book is full of data covering time-line of production, mechanical data (tractive power, tonnage, etc.), and what railroad companies owned what models - and how many. It also provides other details such as popularity and information about owner's likes and dislikes regarding available features. There are LOTS of color photos to look at throughout the book. If you're interested in trains, EMD's locomotive history, or just want a good reference book to inspire you for your next kitbashed or scratch-built locomotive this book is highly recommended.

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Isabelle Jolly

EMD Locomotives

Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2009

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This book is a beautiful book about the locomotives manufactured by the Electro-Motive Division of GM. GM sold the division in 2005.

The book has both black-and-white and color photographs. Nearly every page from 8 through 172 has one or more pictures on it. Each picture has a little blurb next to it identifying the locomotive and giving info about it. The text itself is well written and very interesting. The photos are memorable and the book would be worth buying even without text just for the pictures!

There is an index of the locomotives and railroads that used them, and a bibliography for the reader who wants to read more about some of the references in the book.

If you are a rail fan, this is definitely a book you want for your collection.

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timothy trost

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Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2015

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a rehash of common knowledge any railfan would know

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William David Buhrman

A History of EMD Locomotives in Photographs and Words.

Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2007

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By using photographs and words Brian Solomon's book took me on an historical journey of diesel locomotives from the beginning to now. The photographs have preserved a visual history of these locomotives and they have preserved a visual history of life in America as it was near the ever-present train tracks. The excellent photos display trains, tracks, weather, buildings, people, cities and countryside of the beautiful country known as the United States. The words in the book describe in some detail the different diesel engines that EMD has used over the years to power its locomotives. Details include horsepower ratings, RPM ranges, cylinder bore and stroke and the configurations of such engines as the Winton, the 567, the 645 and the 710. On page 50 there is a mechanical drawing of the inside of an E9 locomotive detailing the two engines, the genrators and other devices. Also present is a chart on gear ratios and a chart on the Speed Tractive Effort Curve. The captions for the many photographs throughout the book give detailed information. This information is supplemental to the text and not a restatement. This is an excellent book for casual reading, learning details about diesel engines and for enjoying excellent photographs of America and trains.

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Nicolas Blanco

EMD locomotives

Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2010

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Very good book. Covers main locomotives produced by EMD for USA. It includes not only general descrition about the different desings, but also some technical information very well explained. Very esay to understand and very well written. It also includes great photos.

Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2020

Very informative

Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2013

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great reading, the seller is great too, before they shipped they noticed some water stains on the book, they contacted me to offer a full refund, or a 20% discount (since this was they only remaining copy) thats a standup seller. I got the book and the water issue is only on the dust cover,

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Philip Elisha

Disappointing

Reviewed in India on July 8, 2022

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This is a photographically biased book. 99% of the photos of the F unit are in b&w and 99% of the GPs and SDs and other locomotives are in color. Starting from both cover photos it is not hard to see where this author's sympathies lie. If you like F units then do NOT buy this book. Though I got it at a cheap price I am returning the book for this reason

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EMD Locomotives

Reviewed in Germany on October 3, 2011

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Ein sehr interessantes Buch über die Baureihen der EMD Loks.
Angefangen bei den ersten Diesels aus den 30er bis zu den neuesten Baureihen SD70M-2 und SD70ACe. Kann ich definitiv weiterempfehlen.
Allerdings wären mehr technische Datails zu den Loks schöner gewesen.

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