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Sean Graham-White has written about locomotives for over 15 years, publishing numerous articles in RailNews, TRAINS, Diesel Era, and CTC Board magazines. His photography has also appeared in those publications and in calendars and books. This is his second book focusing on locomotive design. He lives in LaGrange, Illinois.

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.

Contents

One “Evolution” of a Locomotive Design

Two Emissions Impetus

Three Platform for Growth

Four Testing on the Rails

Five Getting Orders: The Effort to Sell a Locomotive

Six Putting It All Together

Seven At Your Service

Eight The Push Is On: The Future

Index