Modern Diesel Locomotives (Enthusiast Color Series) - Softcover

Halberstadt, Hans

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0760301999 ISBN 13: 9780760301999

Publisher: MBI Publishing, 1996

Synopsis

Exceptional photography captures modern diesel locomotives hard at work moving trains on tracks everywhere from California to Boston. Major railroads are brought to life including the Santa Fe, Union Pacific, Conrail, Southern Pacific, and Burlington Northern. Modern Diesel Locomotives even gets under the skin of the locomotive and shows 12-foot-long diesel engines being rebuilt! Includes a short history of the rise of diesel technology.

About this title

About the Author:

Hans Halberstadt studied documentary film in college and later took up writing, after having served in the U.S. Army as a helicopter door gunner in Vietnam, authoring/co-authoring more than fifty books. Most of his books have been on military subjects, especially U.S. special operations forces and artillery. He has also written extensively about farming and railroads. He and his wife, April, live in San Jose, California.

About this edition

• Publisher: MBI Publishing
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0760301999
• ISBN 13: 9780760301999
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96