Guide to North American Diesel Locomotives

This is a great book, lots of pictures and lots of historical text. I use mine over and over again. If you are a model railroad enthusiast, or even a real life train enthusiast, you should have this book in your library. Highly recommended and greatly appreciated!

Great book slots of information

Great history here with dates and photos of the evolution of the diesel engine. How a diesel works, Major class one and two railroad rosters. Great for scale modelers and rail fans in general. Whats not to like. I refer to it all the time for detailing my HO scale locomotives. Buy it!

Present for family. The person enjoyed this book because he a train nut

Well written, with a lot of useful information. It provided great histories, and usefully formatted charts of dates in service. Best general diesel resource I have. I now have several great books that Jeff Wilson has authored, and look forward to more in the future.

A good primer on the history and operation of diesel locomotives in North America; basically this is an oversized version of the old Diesel Spotters Guides. About half the book consists of locomotive rosters, and despite publisher's advertising that they are accurate "thru the 70's", the rosters for current railroads are "to the present", which is a plus.

Picked this up for my dad as a gift, as he has become quite the rail fan. From the sound of it, it has been an outstanding resource for identifying engines, and has most certainly enhanced the 'rail-fanning' experience for him in the southeast U.S.

Excellent resource for pictures and information on modern day diesel locomotives.

Like many railway enthusiasts in the UK, I find American railroads fascinating. However, the great variety of locomotive types can be quite bewildering for those of us new to the subject. This book provides an excellent introduction to the subject. It's a good starting point for those not familiar with the story of the the transition from steam to diesel power in North America and gives potted histories of each of the main locomotive builders. There is an excellent guide to the development of each manufacturers locomotive design (so you'll no longer need to wonder what the difference is between a GP38 and GP40). A large part of the book is given over to rosters for the major railroad companies, both historical and current (as of 2017) as well as those of a good number of smaller lines. Well worth adding to your bookshelf if North American railroads of the last 60 or 70 years are even of passing interest.

Livre reçu sans protection, donc abîmé...Très déçu pour un livre de collection. Il aurait suffit d'un morceau de papier bulle ou de protection...

A pretty good book but not what I expected. A mix of brief history and rosters; both useful things but I would have preferred more history and less rosters. The book is pretty large in format for a paperback so not always exactly easy to handle when reading. Lots of good illustrations. Would have preferred more diagrams and interior shots. Surprised that the railway I see all the time, the Ontario Northland, did not end up with a roster. Mind you roster information is pretty easy to find anyway.

Good for recognition of the different types of Locomotives

Im ersten Teil geht der Autor auf Geschichte und Technik der US-Diesellokomotiven ein. Ab Seite 55 folgt der erste große Statistikteil: nach Herstellern getrennt, werden alle Lokbaureihen mit Typenfoto, Bauartunterschieden und Bahngesellschaften aufgelistet; in gesonderten Diagrammen werden Bauzeiten und Stückzahlen vorgestellt. Ab Seite 147 folgt der zweite Statistikteil: hier werden pro Eisenbahngesellschaft (die kurz vorgestellt wird) alle Diesellokomotiven mit Loknummer, Typ, Baujahr und z.T. zusätzlichen Fußnoten tabellarisch aufgelistet. Das Buch ist daher weniger ein Bildband, sondern vielmehr ein sehr schönes Nachschlagewerk, um Loktypen zu bestimmen oder konkrete "Road Numbers" von US-Bahngesellschaften zu recherchieren. Dabei werden sowohl die aktuellen als auch längst erloschene Bahngesellschaften berücksichtigt.