By Brian Solomon
This formative interval of diesel locomotive evolution is tested with the aid of greater than 250 glossy and interval pictures depicting passenger, freight, and switching locomotives. writer Brian Solomon covers each favorite producer of the period—including Electro-Motive, Alco, Baldwin, and GE—as good as iconic types like Geeps, E and F devices, PAs and FAs, sharknoses, U-boats, and extra. the images absorb the grand geographic and technological breadth of North American railroading and are followed by way of precise captions deciding on the locomotives pictured and explaining their roles during this the most important period of yank railroading.
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Why Charge? 15 The wider rationale Although the original rationale was based on economic theory, the argument over recent years has broadened. First, there is the environmental rationale that those who contribute to environmental damage should pay an ‘economic’ price: the principle of ‘polluter pays’. It is suggested that as vehicles are a key source of some of the more polluting emissions, including nitrogen oxides and small particulates, as well as (in a global context) carbon dioxide, users should pay an emissions charge, which should reflect the severity of the impact.
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