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-Explores the history and evolotion of the FT, the train that put an end to steam locomotives in the US.
Wallace Abbey is an almost legendary figure in the world of railroad and train photography.
-Features more than 140 photos from Abbey's collection which are either previously unpublished or rarely seen of the FT.
List of contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
1. Ride with the Ghost of the Santa Fe: The Legacy of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
2. Too Many Santa Fes! Overview of the Railroad that Introduced the FT
3. Mechanical Motion, Set to Music: Santa Fe Steam at the Dawn of the FT
4. Hamilton, Winton, Kettering: The Evolution of Electro-Motive
5. Finally, a Locomotive Prime Mover: The Birth of the Legendary 567 Engine
6. The Model F Standard: In the End, Electro-Motive Had to Prove It Could Haul Freight
7. A Mikado on the Prairies, a Mallet in the Mountains: The 103 Goes to Work on the Santa Fe Trail
8. Lessons Learned from the 103: What the 103 Did, and Did Not Do, on the Santa Fe
9. A Big Coming-Out Party: Santa Fe Rolls Out Its First Freight Diesel
10. Electro-Motive Goes to War: A Locomotive Builder Serves the US Navy
11. The Unions and the Laws: The Challenges to Operating Efficiency
12. Eighty Locomotives the Hard Way: Building the Fleet One EMD Order at a Time
13. A Class by Itself: The Author's Retrospective
Bibliography
About the author
Wallace W. Abbey (1927-2014) spent his career as a railroad journalist and public relations executive, primarily in the Upper Midwest. His combined writing and photographic skills documented well the dynamic railroad landscape from the 1940s through the 1980s. Although Wally never worked for the Santa Fe, it was his favorite railroad, in part because of its 100-class diesel-electrics.
Martha Abbey Miller inherited from her father, Wally Abbey, a love of both railroads and the written word. Following a career in communications management, she is a writer, editor, dramatist, and the author of several nonfiction books. Martha is a member of the board of directors of Haiti Healthcare Partners. She lives in Prescott, Arizona.
Kevin P. Keefe is a Milwaukee-based journalist, former editor and publisher of
Trains magazine, and author of
Twelve Twenty-five: The Life and Times of a Steam Locomotive, winner of a 2017 Notable Book Award from the Library of Michigan. Kevin continues to write for railroad publications and is also a member of the board of directors of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art.
Summary
The Diesel That Did It tells the story of the legendary diesel-electric locomotive, the FT.
