New visuals capture the dramatic landscape that had to be conquered to complete the railway. Updated sources provide more information about the individuals, from Andrew McCulloch himself to the laborers who made the railway a reality. Governments rose and fell over the project, which linked the Kootenay Mountains with the Pacific Coast, and the railway dominated headlines for a quarter of a century. Although it is no more, the Kettle Valley Railway is just as newsworthy today and lives on in this fascinating story of the world's most difficult and expensive railway.

    Ride the rails with best-selling author Brian Solomon as he delivers the goods on two dozen of these titans of the tracks. Observe these mighty leviathans hauling freight and dressed in the liveries of popular American railroads from yesterday and today. Get a sense of the sheer dimension and power of these six-axle monsters, beginning with EMD's SD9 introduced in 1954, GE's legendary Dash 8 and Dash 9 models, GE's U33C and U36C, and today's 6,000 horsepower heavyweights, including the EMD SD90MAC and GE's AC6000CW. Celebrate the high-horsepower history of today's modern diesel locomotives through the lavish pages of this magnificent and colorful volume. Climb aboard for a no-holds-barred look into the rich history of modern diesel locomotives.

    Illustrated Book of Steam and Rail: The History and Development of the Train and an evocative guide to the world's greatest railway journeys.