Southern Pacific & The KM Hydraulics by Robert John Zenk

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Southern Pacific & The KM Hydraulics by Robert John Zenk
Southern Pacific & The KM Hydraulics by Robert John Zenk
Hard Cover w/ dust jacket   Reflections from the lights on some photos
303 pages
Copyright 2014
CONTENTS
One: InceptionThe ML3000C'C' Demonstrator14-23
Two: Proposition Concept for an American Diesel-Hydraulic24-33
Three: CreationAnatomy of the 1961 ML4000C'C' Prototype 34-63
Four: EmigrationCompletion, Testing, and Delivery64-87
Five: AdaptationAdjusting to the American Landscape88-123
Six: EvolutionAnatomy of the 1964 ML4000C'C' Series Unit 124-151
Seven: AlterationSeries Unit Modifications & Modernization 152-165
Eight: CompetitionThe Alco-MaK DH-643 and Others166-173
Nine: EquationThe 1966 Brazilian Series Units174-183
Ten: OperationLife With the German Hydros184-199
Eleven: TerminationThe Inevitable Outcome200-209
Twelve: TransfigurationThe 1969 Simulator Car210-227
Thirteen: ResurrectionThe Odyssey of Chassis 19106228-235
Fourteen: IllustrationDrawings and Diagrams236-249
Fifteen: EnumerationRoster: SP and the ML 4000 C'C'250-295
DUST JACKET INTRODUCTION
And just a little bit too strange. Even after fifty years, the Krauss-Maffei ML 4000 C'C' diesel-hydraulics can still provoke strong feelings. They were memorable to railfans, confounding to many who operated them, and challenging to builder and customer alike. The story of the KM Hydraulics is as intricate and unique as their machinery.
lavish photographic presentation
extensive construction coverage
new and unpublished material
first-person accounts by crew
unit-by-unit detailed histories
drawings, diagrams, illustrations
the unlikely survival saga of SP 9010
Southern Pacific & The KM Hydraulics opens the access panels to the inside story. Places the reader's hands on state-of-the-art European locomotive technology of the 1960s. Explores the fate of twenty-one audacious German-American hybrids with unprecedented unit horsepower and tractive effort. And puts a human face on an epic battle to conquer the Rockies and the Sierra, replace the aging first wave of American diesel-electrics, and survive the rigors of Wild West railroading.
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