I had not heard of Shaugnessy before, but I'm glad to learn of his work. Another great rail photographer whose books I love is O. Winston Link. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._Winston_Link

For those who don't know, Shaugnessy is one of the great names in railroad photography. He's an absolute master.

Shaugnessy, David P. Morgan, O. Winston Link, Lucius Beebe, among other did an amazing job of recording the end of the piston steam industrial era. Industry, cities, methods of trade were fundamentally 18th century in many ways up until the end of the Second World War, when trucking, cars, and road changed the shape of the country.

http://railfan.com/new-book-lucius-beebe-and-charles-clegg/

Remember thumbing through Jim Shaugnessy's The Rutland Road at NY School of Photography years back and admired his b&w composition. Sad that he left us this past August.

Big machines are cool. Now I want to Google to find what the insides of a big diesel locomotive looks like...

Anybody know where one could find cool pictures of powerful electric motors?

I would want to buy this book. Suggestions?

Stunning photos!