Lloyd Stagner Softcover
Missouri Pacific's Steam to Diesel Era: 1945-1955 is an account
of the decade in which the Missouri Pacific Railroad and its
International-Great Northern and Gulf Coast Line subsidiaries made the
transition from steam to internal combustion motive power. In a
year-by-year review, noted steam authority Lloyd E. Stagner examines why
and how the Missouri Pacific implemented dieselization along 9,871
miles of track once operated by the carrier across 12 midwestern and
southern states. Included are many photos of MoPac steam and diesel
power in service during this dramatic period of change for America's
railroad industry, as well as information on each type of Missouri
Pacific steam and diesel locomotive in service during this time.
