Great Northern Color Pictorial - Volume 1 The Electrics, Last of Steam, First Generation Diesels

Great Northern Color Pictorial - Volume 1 The Electrics, Last of Steam, First Generation Diesels by John F. Strauss Jr.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780961687465.

Vol. 3 in this handsome series focuses on the Great Northerns passenger trains during the streamlined era, when the railroad rapidly and successfully transformed its fleet into an attractive and service-oriented line. This is not a pictorial (although it is packed with photos) -- it is a fascinating and detailed history of how the GN changed its passenger service offerings from stuffy cars with no air-conditioning and an aging fleet to the dazzling Vistadomes on the Empire Builder that set the standard for the other lines. The book covers from roughly 1947 until 1970, when Burlington Northern took over. Illustrated with a mix of black and white as well as color photos. With schematic diagrams of the cars, timetables, and numerous vintage advertisements. With decorative end papers showing system maps. 152 pages.