Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 3
5. I. Steam vs. Diesel: Capabilities and Requirements of a Radically New Technology 10
6. II. Internal-Combustion Railcars: Springboard to Participation in the Diesel Locomotive Industry 23
7. III. First-Mover Advantages and the Decentralized Corporation 37
8. IV. ALCo and Baldwin: Established Companies, New Technologies 58
9. V. Policy and Production during World War II 75
10. VI. Postwar Dieselization and Industry Shakeout 95
11. VII. The Era of Oligopoly 127
12. Conclusion 146
13. Notes 155
14. Bibliography 201
15. Index 213