Erie-builts and H20-44s: Fairbanks-Morse's 2,000-Horsepower Pioneers by David R. Sweetland - 1999-08-01

Withers Pub., 1999. , 1999. 1st ed. First Edition 88p. Photos. Some color. Fairbanks-Morse's 2,000 Horsepower Pioneers. Large wraps. As New copy. 1st. Paperback. As New.

Withers Publishing. Softcover. New. This is the third book in Withers Publishing series covering opposed-piston-powered locomotives. During the development of the 1,000-horsepower switcher, F-M officials knew that the company would have to produce a road cab unit if it were going to make it in the locomotive business. F-M engineers designed a road locomotive around a car body styled by industrial designer Raymond Loewy. Since F-M did not have the shop capacity to build a large locomotive itself, it contracted that work to General Electric, which produced the units at its Erie, Pa., plant, hence the name Erie-built. GE went on to build 111 of the distinctive locomotives for the Union Pacific, Santa Fe, Milwaukee Road, Kansas City Southern, New York Central, and Pennsylvania Railroads. With a 1,000-horsepower switcher and a 2,000-horsepower road cab unit, F-M wanted to enter the road-switcher market. During 1946, the company's engineering team designed a 2,000-horsepower end-cab unit for its first… Read More

Halifax, PA: Withers Publishing, 1999. First edition, first printing . Soft cover. Fairbanks-Morse's 2,000 horsepower pioneers. 88 pages with photographs, many in color, diagrams, rosters, bibliography and index. A fine and bright copy.

Halifax, PA.: Withers Publishing, 1999. 88pp, num bw & some col ills. Or pictorial card. Near new.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

perfect. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.