On Time, The History of Electro-Motive Division of General Motors Corp

On Time, The History of Electro-Motive Divison of General Motors Corporation by Franklin M. Reck. Illustrated by Rainey Bennett. First edition 1948. Hard cover 184 pages. Has mylar cover. Dust jacket is torn in several places. Bottom edge of cover has some shelf wear. Pages are clean and crisp and binding in excellent condition.

Has owner's presentation plate signed by C. R. Osborn, (Cyrus R. Osborn) who was promoted to executive vice president in 1959 from the engine group where he was since 1950. As executive vice president he was boss of G.M.'s engine divisions, the household appliance and electro-motive groups, and the overseas and Canadian units. The book is presented to J. Paul Miller.

The Train Of Tomorrow was a concept train built by General Motors to promote the sales of diesel locomotives by its Electro-Motive Division. It featured a newly crafted dome car, the brainchild of Cyrus R. Osborn, general manager of EMD at the time. Completed in 1947, the four-car train became a postwar symbol of American know-how and promised a bright future for the railroads. That same year the train began a 28-month tour of the United States and Canada, and then was sold to the Union Pacific, which put the cars into daily service. In the mid-1960s, the cars were sold for scrap and believed lost.