Brian Solomon is one of today's most accomplished railway historians. He has authored more than thirty books about railroads and locomotive power, and his writing and photography have been featured in the world's top rail publications, including Trains, Railway Age, Passenger Train Journal, and RailNews. He divides his time between Massachusetts and Ireland.

Introduction
American 4-4-0. Defined North American railroading of the nineteenth century
Camelback. Curious design used widely by coal haulers
Class J15 0-6-0. The longest-lived Irish steam locomotive
Consolidation 2-8-0. Big power, nineteenth-century style
Stanier 8F Consolidation. Trendsetting standardized British steam
Fairlies. Novel British design invented
Forney 0-4-4T Tanks. Small locomotive in urban, logging, and industrial service
Compound Types. Improved steam efficiency and operation
Shay Geared Types. Slow-speed logging classics
Rio Grande Narrow Gauge Mikado 2-8-2. Mountain monsters with colorful nickname
Doodlebugs and Wind-Splitters. Precursors to diesel-electric locomotives
Pennsylvania Railroad K-4s Pacific 4-6-2. A scientific approach to steam design
Gresley 4-6-2 Pacifics. Three-cylinder steam
Berkshire 2-8-4. Pioneering superpower steam
New York Central Hudson 4-6-4. Pride of the Great Steel Fleet
Northern 4-8-4. Some of North America’s finest
Flying Hamburger. Germany’s pioneer 1930s diesel streamliners
London Midland & Scottish Black Five 4-6-0. Reliable, handsome, and powerful
Pennsylvania Railroad GG1. Pennsy’s powerful electric streamliner
Type 12 Atlantic 4-4-2. Fast (if unusual) Belgian steam
Electro-Motive F-Unit. Great American diesel that spelled the end for steam
Vladimir Lenin Electrics. Power for the people
Budd Rail Diesel Cars. Prolific stainless-steel self-propelled railcar
TALGO. Innovative articulated trainsets
Hondekops. Iconic Dutch “dog heads”
Swiss Re 4/4 and Re 6/6 Electrics. Staples of Swiss railways for five decades
General Motors B121 Diesels. Built in Illinois for export to Ireland
Dv12 Diesel-Hydraulics. Long-running power for the north
Series 0 Trains. Japanese Shinkansen trains breaking speed records since 1964
M62 Diesels. Bulletproof and widely built Soviet diesels
Class Rc Electrics. Swedish classics among most prolific electric locomotives
Class 103 Electrics. Pride of the German passenger fleet for three decades
Class ET22 Electrics. Polish State Railways’ rugged mainline electrics
Electro-Motive DASH 2 Diesels. Perfecting an already successful diesel-electric
British Rail HST (High Speed Train). Fast service on existing infrastructure
Class 120 Electrics. Groundbreaking German application of three-phase AC
TGV (Trains à Grande Vitesse). The forefront of high-speed development
Pendolinos. Italy’s high-speed tilting design
General Electric Genesis. Giant’s standard passenger diesel of the mid-1990s
Electro-Motive SD70MAC. Mass-produced three-phase AC traction
Bombardier TRAXX. Versatile modern modular locomotive platform
Siemens Vectron. Versatile electric in use throughout Europe
Siemens ACS-64. Northeast high-speed specialist
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