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Wallace W. Abbey The Diesel That Did It (Hardback) Railroads Past and Present
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- Objectstaat
- Book Title
- Diesel That Did It : General Motors' Ft Locomotive
- Publication Name
- The Diesel That Did It
- Title
- The Diesel That Did It
- Subtitle
- General Motors' FT Locomotive
- ISBN-10
- 0253062780
- EAN
- 9780253062789
- ISBN
- 9780253062789
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Hardcover
- Release Year
- 2022
- Release Date
- 22/11/2022
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Item Length
- 10.2 in
- Contributor
- Martha A. Miller (Edited by)
- Genre
- Travel, Transportation, Technology & Engineering
- Series
- Railroads Past and Present
- Book Series
- Railroads Past and Present Ser.
- Publication Year
- 2022
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Topic
- Food, Lodging & Transportation / Rail Travel, Railroads / History, Civil / Transportation, Railroads / Pictorial
- Item Weight
- 37.7 Oz
- Item Width
- 10.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 220 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Indiana University Press
ISBN-10
0253062780
ISBN-13
9780253062789
eBay Product ID (ePID)
20050426306
Product Key Features
Book Title
Diesel That Did It : General Motors' Ft Locomotive
Number of Pages
220 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2022
Topic
Food, Lodging & Transportation / Rail Travel, Railroads / History, Civil / Transportation, Railroads / Pictorial
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Transportation, Technology & Engineering
Book Series
Railroads Past and Present Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
37.7 Oz
Item Length
10.2 in
Item Width
10.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
Abbey's book is a must-read for serious students of dieselization and the constructive disruption it brought to North American railroads. Electro-Motive's FT was a radical new locomotive created by engineers who dreamt a future. Santa Fe was the first railway to grasp the FT's significance: a fleet of 320 units engaged in an industrial duel in the wartime American southwest. Steam was convincingly shoved ingloriously offstage into history's shadows and a permanent past., Yes, this is the story of a locomotive, the FT diesel. But it is also the story of a company, the glorious Santa Fe Railway, that clasped the FT to its bosom and demonstrated during World War II that here was a mighty workhorse. With that, the steam locomotive was doomed. Who but Wally Abbey could spin this tale so well? After all, he grew up with the FT and alongside the Santa Fe and knew and understood both. So sit back and be seduced by Wally's relaxing narrative about a time long ago and a revolutionary locomotive long gone (but not forgotten)., "Wallace W. Abbey had already embarked on a long career as a participant in and observer of the rail industry when in 1945 he witnessed the arrival of the first Santa Fe FT diesel in Chicago. The teenaged Abbey knew he was seeing the future. Gifted as both a writer and photographer -- with an insatiable curiosity about railroading -- Abbey spent decades gathering material about the Santa Fe's landmark FT fleet, and this marvelous book is the result."--Robert S. McGonigal, Editor, Classic Trains magazine "Abbey's book is a must-read for serious students of dieselization and the constructive disruption it brought to North American railroads. Electro-Motive's FT was a radical new locomotive created by engineers who dreamt a future. Santa Fe was the first railway to grasp the FT's significance: a fleet of 320 units engaged in an industrial duel in the wartime American southwest. Steam was convincingly shoved ingloriously offstage into history's shadows and a permanent past."--Michael Iden, P.E., retired Union Pacific motive chief "Yes, this is the story of a locomotive, the FT diesel. But it is also the story of a company, the glorious Santa Fe Railway, that clasped the FT to its bosom and demonstrated during World War II that here was a mighty workhorse. With that, the steam locomotive was doomed. Who but Wally Abbey could spin this tale so well? After all, he grew up with the FT and alongside the Santa Fe and knew and understood both. So sit back and be seduced by Wally's relaxing narrative about a time long ago and a revolutionary locomotive long gone (but not forgotten)."--Fred W. Frailey, author and longtime Trainsmagazine columnist "For five decades wordsmith Wallace W. Abbey wrote informative and insightful articles about the American railroad industry, its trials, tribulations, and occasional triumphs. Long fascinated by the revolution wrought by dieselization, Abbey uses the Electro-Motive Corporation's FT diesels as employed on the Santa Fe Railway to demonstrate the extraordinary impact these locomotives had on railroad management, operations, labor and regulatory agencies. Beautifully illustrated and a great read."--Keith L. Bryant, Jr., co-author (with Fred W. Frailey) History of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway, revised and expanded edition " The Diesel That Did It will appeal to anyone who is interested in the steam-to-diesel transition era and its impact on the photogenic AT&SF railway. Contemporary photographers documenting BNSF's operations will enjoy this look at how the railroad appeared in the first half of the last century."--Bill Hough, NRHS Bulletin, Wallace W. Abbey had already embarked on a long career as a participant in and observer of the rail industry when in 1945 he witnessed the arrival of the first Santa Fe FT diesel in Chicago. The teenaged Abbey knew he was seeing the future. Gifted as both a writer and photographer -- with an insatiable curiosity about railroading -- Abbey spent decades gathering material about the Santa Fe's landmark FT fleet, and this marvelous book is the result., "Wallace W. Abbey had already embarked on a long career as a participant in and observer of the rail industry when in 1945 he witnessed the arrival of the first Santa Fe FT diesel in Chicago. The teenaged Abbey knew he was seeing the future. Gifted as both a writer and photographer -- with an insatiable curiosity about railroading -- Abbey spent decades gathering material about the Santa Fe's landmark FT fleet, and this marvelous book is the result."--Robert S. McGonigal, Editor, Classic Trains magazine "Abbey's book is a must-read for serious students of dieselization and the constructive disruption it brought to North American railroads. Electro-Motive's FT was a radical new locomotive created by engineers who dreamt a future. Santa Fe was the first railway to grasp the FT's significance: a fleet of 320 units engaged in an industrial duel in the wartime American southwest. Steam was convincingly shoved ingloriously offstage into history's shadows and a permanent past."--Michael Iden, P.E., retired Union Pacific motive chief "Yes, this is the story of a locomotive, the FT diesel. But it is also the story of a company, the glorious Santa Fe Railway, that clasped the FT to its bosom and demonstrated during World War II that here was a mighty workhorse. With that, the steam locomotive was doomed. Who but Wally Abbey could spin this tale so well? After all, he grew up with the FT and alongside the Santa Fe and knew and understood both. So sit back and be seduced by Wally's relaxing narrative about a time long ago and a revolutionary locomotive long gone (but not forgotten)."--Fred W. Frailey, author and longtime Trainsmagazine columnist "For five decades wordsmith Wallace W. Abbey wrote informative and insightful articles about the American railroad industry, its trials, tribulations, and occasional triumphs. Long fascinated by the revolution wrought by dieselization, Abbey uses the Electro-Motive Corporation's FT diesels as employed on the Santa Fe Railway to demonstrate the extraordinary impact these locomotives had on railroad management, operations, labor and regulatory agencies. Beautifully illustrated and a great read."--Keith L. Bryant, Jr., co-author (with Fred W. Frailey) History of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway, revised and expanded edition
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
625.2662
Table Of Content
Foreword Acknowledgments 1. Ride with the Ghost of the Santa Fe: The Legacy of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 2. Too Many Santa Fes! Overview of the Railroad that Introduced the FT 3. Mechanical Motion, Set to Music: Santa Fe Steam at the Dawn of the FT 4. Hamilton, Winton, Kettering: The Evolution of Electro-Motive 5. Finally, a Locomotive Prime Mover: The Birth of the Legendary 567 Engine 6. The Model F Standard: In the End, Electro-Motive Had to Prove It Could Haul Freight 7. A Mikado on the Prairies, a Mallet in the Mountains: The 103 Goes to Work on the Santa Fe Trail 8. Lessons Learned from the 103: What the 103 Did, and Did Not Do, on the Santa Fe 9. A Big Coming-Out Party: Santa Fe Rolls Out Its First Freight Diesel 10. Electro-Motive Goes to War: A Locomotive Builder Serves the US Navy 11. The Unions and the Laws: The Challenges to Operating Efficiency 12. Eighty Locomotives the Hard Way: Building the Fleet One EMD Order at a Time 13. A Class by Itself: The Author's Retrospective Bibliography
Synopsis
The Diesel That Did It tells the story of the legendarydiesel-electric locomotive, the FT. As war loomed in 1939, American railroads were on the precipice of railroad transformation. In an obscure factory in La Grange, Illinois, a group of gifted engineers and designers were planning a revolution that would shake railroading to its foundations and eventually put the steam locomotive out of business. Their creation, the FT, was a diesel-electric, semi-streamlined freight engine. The FT would establish a new standard for reliability, flexibility, and cost, but its arrival unsettled many railroad employees and gave fresh ammunition to their labor unions, who believed that it threatened a century-old culture. Wallace W. Abbey's The Diesel That Did It is the story of a revolution. He explores how EMC (and its successor Electro-Motive Division of General Motors) conceived the FT, and how it ultimately emerged as the dominant locomotive power plant for 20 years. However, for Abbey, the history of the Santa Fe Railway and the FT go hand in hand. The Diesel That Did It also offers a penetrating look at how the great American railroad, at the height of its Super Chief glamor, threw its conservative mechanical traditions aside to bet big on the diesel. Showcasing more than 140 exquisite photographs by Abbey and other noted photographers, The Diesel That Did It is a captivating story not to be missed by railroaders and railfans., The Diesel That Did It tells the story of the legendary diesel-electric locomotive, the FT. As war loomed in 1939, American railroads were on the precipice of railroad transformation. In an obscure factory in La Grange, Illinois, a group of gifted engineers and designers were planning a revolution that would shake railroading to its foundations and eventually put the steam locomotive out of business. Their creation, the FT, was a diesel-electric, semi-streamlined freight engine. The FT would establish a new standard for reliability, flexibility, and cost, but its arrival unsettled many railroad employees and gave fresh ammunition to their labor unions, who believed that it threatened a century-old culture. Wallace W. Abbey's The Diesel That Did It is the story of a revolution. He explores how EMC (and its successor Electro-Motive Division of General Motors) conceived the FT, and how it ultimately emerged as the dominant locomotive power plant for 20 years. However, for Abbey, the history of the Santa Fe Railway and the FT go hand in hand. The Diesel That Did It also offers a penetrating look at how the great American railroad, at the height of its Super Chief glamor, threw its conservative mechanical traditions aside to bet big on the diesel. Showcasing more than 140 exquisite photographs by Abbey and other noted photographers, The Diesel That Did It is a captivating story not to be missed by railroaders and railfans.
LC Classification Number
TF980
Copyright Date
2022
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