GE Evolution Locomotives
For the first time, readers are given a full account of the GE Evolution Series locomotives and their GEVO powerplants. Here are the technologies that answered the EPA’s more stringent “Tier 2” emissions regulations and yielded no fewer than 25 U.S patents. Author Sean Graham-White provides the complete story behind Evolution Series design, manufacture, testing, and sales; gives readers a rare look inside General Electric’s Erie, Pennsylvania, facilities; and relates interviews with key GE...
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For the first time, readers are given a full account of the GE Evolution Series locomotives and their GEVO powerplants. Here are the technologies that answered the EPA’s more stringent “Tier 2” emissions regulations and yielded no fewer than 25 U.S patents. Author Sean Graham-White provides the complete story behind Evolution Series design, manufacture, testing, and sales; gives readers a rare look inside General Electric’s Erie, Pennsylvania, facilities; and relates interviews with key GE and railroad pesonnel. The Evolution Series, which has been ordered by every North American Class 1 railroad, is shown at work across the U.S. and Canada in color photography that is complemented by a selection of line drawings and a complete listing of production through the 2006 calendar year.
ContentsOne “Evolution” of a Locomotive DesignTwo Emissions ImpetusThree Platform for GrowthFour Testing on the RailsFive Getting Orders: The Effort to Sell a LocomotiveSix Putting It All TogetherSeven At Your ServiceEight The Push Is On: The FutureIndex
\ From the PublisherBook News Inc., Nov. 2007\ “Enthusiast and photographer Graham-White covers every inch of this 73-foot locomotive and provides extensive full-color illustrations and photographs of them at work.”\ \ Trains, November 2007\ “If you like modern locomotives, this book is an absolute must on this year’s holiday wish list.”\ Hobby Merchandiser, Oct. 1, 2007\ “MBI’s Voyageur Press has recently released GE Evolution Locomotives.”\ \ \
