An author recently wrote asking whether I had a list of all the articles I have written on the design and development of diesel electric locomotives . I do not maintain such an individual topics list, but what I do have is a summary of all the 100+ writing projects for which I still have folders in my file cabinets and on my computer. This is admittedly incomplete, with some errors in dates and descriptions, but it is at least a partial listing of what I wrote over the span of 52 years.

The list is ALL CAPS because they are copied off the computer file folders done the same way.

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BOOKS AND ARTICLES TO 2024 WRITTEN BY PRESTON COOK

BOOKS

BOOK-ERIE-LACKAWANNA-MEMORIES-1987-OLG
BOOK-BEFORE-GUILFORD-1988-OLG
BOOK-CHICAGO-&-NORTH-WESTERN-MEMORIES-1989-OLG
BOOK-THE-RAILROAD-NIGHT-SCENE-1990-OLG (CO-AUTHORED WITH JIM BOYD)
BOOK-EMD-567-ENGINE-UNPUBLISHED
BOOK-EMD-645-ENGINE-UNPUBLISHED
BOOK-EMD-710-ENGINE-UNPUBLISHED
BOOK-INSIDE-EMD-FULL-PLANT-TOUR-UNPUBLISHED
BOOK-WINTON-201A-ENGINE-UNPUBLISHED

ARTICLES

ARM-INTERPRETIVE-POSTERS-FOR-MUSEUMS-SUMMER-2011
ARM-RELAY-LOGIC-SWITCHGEAR-OVERVIEW-2012
CTR-ALCO-BLACK-MARIA-EXPERIMENTAL-LOCOMOTIVES-FALL-2009
CTR-ALCO-EMERGENCY-TRANSPLANT-ON-A-PA-WINTER-2017
CTR-EMD-BUILDING-GEEPS-DESIGN-DEVELOPMENT-ARTICLE-FALL-2013
CTR-EMD-DELIVERING-THE-FT-LOCOMOTIVES-SPRING-2015
CTR-EMD-THE-EARLY-YEARS-CLASSIC-TRAINS-SUMMER-2022
CTR-EMD-ELECTRIC-LOCOMOTIVES-SUMMER-2022
CTR-EMD-E-UNITS-CLASSIC-TRAINS-SUMMER-2012
CTR-EMD-F-UNITS-T-TO-9-MAIN-ARTICLE-SPRING-2015
CTR-EMD-1942-RE-ENGINEERING-OF-THE-FT-SPRING-2015
CTR-PRR-S2-STEAM-TURBINE-PATENTS
ELHS-ERIE-AC-TOWER-MARION-OHIO-1972
ELHS-DL&W-CONCRETE-TOWERS-1972
ELHS-DL&W-ELEVATED-CROSSING-TOWERS-1972
ELHS-ERIE-ARTICULATED-CROSSING-GATES-1972
ELHS-EMD-SD45-2-DELIVERY-ARTICLE-1973
ELHS-GE-U36C-DELIVERY-ARTICLE-1973
ELHS-DL&W-CABOOSE-ARTICLE-1973
NHRHTA-TUGS-CORDELIA-AND-BUMBLEBEE-DESIGN-CONSTRUCTION-HISTORY-2008
NHRHTA-ALCO-HH-SWITCHER-DESIGN-DEVELOPMENT-2012
NRHS-BULLETIN-DIESELS-RUN-IT-OR-STUFF-IT-SPRING-2008
NRHS-BULLETIN-SUPER-SERIES-DESIGN-DEVELOPMENT-ARTICLE-FALL-2023-VOL-86
NRHS-BULLETIN-EMD-TRAINING-PROGRAMS-HISTORY-2024
PT-ANNUAL-RDC-DESIGN-DEVELOPMENT-ARTICLE-PTA-2009
RANDR-ALCO-539-ENGINE-DESIGN-DEVELOPMENT-MAR-1984
RANDR-ALCO-BLACK-MARIA-EXPERIMENTAL-LOCOMOTIVES-DESIGN-DEVELOPMENT
RANDR-CHESSIE-TUGBOAT-OPERATIONS-JULY-1984
RANDR-D&H-ALCO-PA1-PHOTO-HISTORY-ARTICLE-FEB-2011
RANDR-EMD-645-ENGINE-DESIGN-DEVELOPMENT-APR-2010
RANDR-EMD-ABOUT-F-UNITS-JULY-2008
RANDR-EMD-DD35-DESIGN-DEVELOPMENT-OCT-2009
RANDR-EMD-DDA40X-DESIGN-DEVELOPMENT-NOV-2009
RANDR-EMD-E-UNITS-PART-1-OCT-2008
RANDR-EMD-E-UNITS-PART-2-NOV-2008
RANDR-EMD-E-UNITS-PART-3-DEC-2008
RANDR-EMD-GP30-DESIGN-DEVELOPMENT-JAN-1987
RANDR-EMD-SD45-DESIGN-DEVELOPMENT-PART-1-MAY-1993
RANDR-EMD-SD45-DESIGN-DEVELOPMENT-PART-2-JUN-1993
RANDR-EMD-SDP40F-DESIGN-DEVELOPMENT-PART-1-JAN-1991
RANDR-EMD-SDP40F-DESIGN-DEVELOPMENT-PART-2-FEB-1991
RANDR-FM-OP-ENGINES-DESIGN-DEVELOPMENT-PART-1-OCT-2011
RANDR-FM-OP-ENGINES-DESIGN-DEVELOPMENT-PART-2-NOV-2011
RANDR-FT-50TH-ANNIVERSARY-FEATURE-PART-1-OCT-1989
RANDR-FT-50TH-ANNIVERSARY-FEATURE-PART-2-NOV-1989
RANDR-FT-50TH-ANNIVERSARY-FEATURE-PART-3-DEC-1989
RANDR-ICS-SCHOOL-OF-STEAM-ARTICLE-JULY-2010
RANDR-JOE-HACK-THE-MAN-WHO-DESIGNED-RAILROAD-TUGBOATS-MAY-2008
RANDR-ERIE-LACKAWANNA-IN-MARION-OHIO-JUNE-2009
RANDR-MPI-MPXPRESS-MP36-MP40-DESIGN-DEVELOPMENT-MAR-2008
RANDR-RAY-PATTENS-ALCO-GE-PATENTS-FEB-2011
RLHS-RRH202-THE-LOCOMOTIVE-BUILDERS-WW2-SPRING-2010
RLHS-RRH211-EMD-25TH-ANNIVERSARY-PARTY-FALL-2014
RLHS-RRH213-SELLING-THE-DIESEL-FALL-2015
RLHS-RRH218 INSIDE EMD PART 1 PLANT TOUR BY PRESTON COOK-SPRING-2018
RLHS-RRH219 INSIDE EMD PART 2 PLANT TOUR BY PRESTON COOK-FALL-2018
RLHS-RRH220 INSIDE EMD PART 3 PLANT TOUR BY PRESTON COOK-SPRING-2019
RLHS-RRH226-EMD-HISTORY-EVENTS-CHRONOLOGY-SPRING-2022
RLHS-RRH226-EMD-LA-GRANGE-PLANT-HISTORY-ARTICLE-SPRING-2022
RMC-EMD-645-ENGINE-DESIGN-DEVELOPMENT-HISTORY-SEPT-2015
RMC-EMD-FLATCAR-DESIGN-DEVELOPMENT-JUNE-2008
RMC-EMD-DESIGNED-SHOPS-AND-FACILITIES-APR-2008
RMC-EMD-THEIR-USES-OF-LOCOMOTIVE-AND-ENGINE-MODELS
RMC-ERIE-MARION-DIESEL-SHOP-PART-1-JAN-2009-CONSTRUCTION
RMC-ERIE-MARION-DIESEL-SHOP-PART-2-FEB-2009-EXPANSIONS
RMC-ICE-CREAM-STANDS-STYED-AS-CONTAINERS-SEPT-2011
RMC-RAILROAD-TUGS-DESIGN-DEVELOPMENT-PART01-RMC-APR-1983
RMC-RAILROAD-TUGS-DESIGN-DEVELOPMENT-PART02-RMC-MAY-1983
RMC-RAILROAD-TUGS-DESIGN-DEVELOPMENT-PART03-RMC-JUN-1983
RMC-RAILROAD-TUGS-DESIGN-DEVELOPMENT-PART04-RMC-JUL-1983
RRMPA-RESEARCHING-INSIDE-EMD-PROGRAM-MILEPOST-2018
RRI-ALCO-CENTURIES-ON-THE-ROCK-NOV-2010
RRI-DAYS-ON-NYCH-TUGBOATS-FEB-2018
RRI-EMD-ALCO-BLW-MEET-IN-OUJDA-MOROCCO-2011
RRI-MILWAUKEE-ROAD-THE-EAST-END-OF-THE-WIRE-2009
RRI-THE-LACKAWANNA-TONIGHT-APR-2009
RRI-CRI&P-COMMUTER-OPERATIONS-2012
RYPN-EMD-TECHNICAL-PUBLICATIONS-2008
RYPN-THE-EMD-567-ENGINE-IN-THE-21ST-CENTURY-2007
RYPN-THE-WINTON-201A-DIESEL-ENGINE-2006
SEACL-USN-ATLANTA-CLASS-LIGHT-CRUISERS-1972
TBES-ENGINES-TECHNICAL-ARTICLE-ALCO-251
TBES-ENGINES-TECHNICAL-ARTICLE-CDED-278A
TBES-ENGINES-TECHNICAL-ARTICLE-COOPER-BESSEMER-LS
TBES-ENGINES-TECHNICAL-ARTICLE-DDED-71-SERIES
TBES-ENGINES-TECHNICAL-ARTICLE-DIESEL-DIRECT-REVERSING
TBES-ENGINES-TECHNICAL-ARTICLE-EMD-645-710
TBES-ENGINES-TECHNICAL-ARTICLE-ENTERPRISE
TBES-ENGINES-TECHNICAL-ARTICLE-FM-38D-OP
TBES-ENGINES-TECHNICAL-ARTICLE-MODELS-CAT-ENGINES
TBES-ENGINES-TECHNICAL-ARTICLE-MODELS-DDED-ENGINES
TBES-ENGINES-TECHNICAL-ARTICLE-MODELS-EMD-ENGINES
TBES-ENGINES-TECHNICAL-ARTICLE-MODEL-ENGINES-INTRO
TBES-ENGINES-TECHNICAL-ARTICLE-MODELS-OTHER-ENGINES
TBES-ENGINES-TECHNICAL-ARTICLE-STEAM-01
TBES-ENGINES-TECHNICAL-ARTICLE-STEAM-02
TBES-ENGINES-TECHNICAL-ARTICLE-WINTON-129-6
TBES-ARTICLE-MARINE-PHOTOGRAPHY-BY-PRESTON-COOK
TBES-ARTICLE-MARINE-ART-BY-STEVE-CRYAN
TBES-TUGBOAT-MODELS-TECHNICAL-ARTICLE
TBES-CHESSIE-AND-SEABOARD-THE-LAST-RR-TUGS
TBES-NYCH-MARINE-OPERATIONS
TBES-MILITARY-TUGBOATS-OVERVIEW
USS-CL51-WEBSITE-MULTIPLE-ARTICLES-DESIGN-TECHNICAL-2000-2007
X2200S-GE-NHRR-EP5-TECHNICAL-ARTICLE-1973
X2200S-ALCO-DL109-TECHNICAL-ARTICLE-1973
X2200S-ALCO-BLACK-MARIAS-TECHNICAL-ARTICLE-1973
X2200S-ALCO-RSD1-TECHNICAL-ARTICLE-1973
X2200S-EMD-BL2-TECHNICAL-ARTICLE-1973
X2200S-EMD-E8-TECHNICAL-ARTICLE-1973

VIDEO SCRIPTS

KALMBACH-VIDEO-EMD-AT-100-SCRIPT-2022
KALMBACH-VIDEO-BUDD-RDC-SCRIPT-2023

POWERPOINT LECTURE PROGRAMS

CLINIC ON DIESEL ENGINE VIABILITY IN MUSEUM SERVICE - 2007 - 5 SHOWINGS - RETIRED
CLINIC ON EMD 567 ENGINE PARTS AND UPGRADES - 2007 - 5 SHOWINGS - RETIRED - BECAME PART OF BOOK
INSIDE EMD 2HR PLANT TOUR - 2003 TO 2018 - 155 SHOWINGS – RETIRED - TO BARRIGER LIBRARY
ERIE LACKAWANNA MEMORIES – 1986 TO 2016 – 60 SHOWINGS – RETIRED – BECAME A BOOK
BEFORE GUILFORD – 1986 TO 2016 – 30 SHOWINGS – RETIRED – BECAME A BOOK
C&NW MEMORIES – 1986 TO 2016 – 20 SHOWINGS – RETIRED – BECAME A BOOK
RAILROAD NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY – 1986 TO 2016 – 25 SHOWINGS – RETIRED – BECAME A BOOK
RAILFAN USE OF POWERPOINT – 1995 TO 2016 – 30 SHOWINGS – RETIRED
BUDD RDC CARS – 2003 TO 2016 – 25 SHOWINGS – RETIRED – NARRATION ADAPTED TO VIDEO
EMD AND ALCO COVERED WAGONS – 1989 TO 2016 – 30 SHOWINGS – RETIRED – BECAME SERIES OF MAGAZINE ARTICLES
STEAM LOCOMOTIVES TECHNICAL PROGRAM – 1989 TO 2016 – 20 SHOWINGS – RETIRED
BUILT IN BOISE – 2003 TO 2016 – 10 SHOWINGS – RETIRED
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST – 2003 TO 2016 – 10 SHOWINGS– RETIRED
USN ANTI-AIRCRAFT CRUISERS – 2003 TO 2016 -15 SHOWINGS– RETIRED
USN DESTROYER ESCORTS - – 2003 TO 2016 -15 SHOWINGS – RETIRED – TO USS SLATER


ABBREVIATIONS

OLG = OLD LINE GRAPHICS
ARM = ASSOCIATION OF RAILROAD MUSEUMS
CTR = CLASSIC TRAINS MAGAZINE KALMBACH PUBLICATIONS
ELHS = ERIE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY / ERIE RAILFAN SOCIETY
NHRHTA = NEW HAVEN RR HISTORICAL AND TECHNICAL ASSOCIATION
NRHS = NATIONAL RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PTA = PASSENGER TRAIN ANNUAL WRJ PUBLICATIONS
RANDR = RAILFAN AND RAILROAD, FORMERLY RAILFAN MAGAZINE CARSTENS
RLHS = RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
RMC = RAILROAD MODEL CRAFTSMAN CARSTENS PUBLICATIONS
RRMPA = RAILROAD MUSEUM OF PENNSYLVANIA
RRI = RAILROADS ILLUSTRATED
RYPN = RAILWAY PRESERVATION NEWS
SEACL = SEA CLASSICS MAGAZINE
TBES = TUGBOAT ENTHUSIASTS SOCIETY
USS-CL51 = USS ATLANTA MEMORIAL WEBSITE
X2200S = EXTRA 2200 SOUTH

I occasionally am asked why I did not write a book on EMD. I think that a page count of the articles will show that I have written well over 500 pages on Electro-Motive related topics. The EMD articles for R&LHS alone are over 100 pages. RRH226, when combined with RRH218, RRH219, and RRH220, provide a corporate history, a detailed history of the EMD Plant, a historic event timeline, and 75 pages of color walk-around tour of the now-demolished La Grange Plant complex captioned by an employee who led the tours every week.

I encountered several other authors over the years who said they were going to write comprehensive books on EMD, thus my reluctance to put a lot of time and effort into one. The latest was Progress Rail's EMD 100th Anniversary project, which interviewed lots of people and gathered information, but produced nothing. Some people spend lots of time talking about what they are going to write, then never finish it. Others just write and get the job done. Results always speak for themselves.

Also consider the declining market for railroad books. In 1987, Old Line Graphics printed over 5000 copies of ERIE LACKAWANNA MEMORIES and sold them all in twelve months propelled by 50 showings of the matching slide lecture program. Nowadays 500 books is a big printing in the hobby, and the very small print runs cannot justify much promotional support.

I stopped doing lecture programs and clinics many years ago and will not be doing any new ones. All PowerPoint programs were retired and are no longer available.

I may edit this multiple times or make additions if I find more or better information. My thanks to several members of RYPN for very complimentary e-mails on this posting.