Upcoming book - The Train of Tomorrow

From Indiana University Press.

"Complete history of the Train Of Tomorrow from concept to rescue.

"Ric Morgan's research and manuscript on the subject certainly support his claim that he is in love with the Train Of Tomorrow. He has compiled an extraordinarily detailed history of the Train Of Tomorrow in words and photographs." —William F. Howes, Jr.

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. This book restores the Train Of Tomorrow to its rightful place in history. It includes nearly 200 photographs, drawings, and documents, as well as the diary kept during its inaugural tour.

Ric Morgan is a speaker, writer, and photographer. He lives in Gatlinburg, Tennessee."

While TOT was designed by EMD's parent company (General Motors), it was an EMD locomotive that powered the train.

Since this book is to be published by a institution of higher education, I expect it to be on a higher level than some of the recent EMD offering.

Received book via Amazon.com.

Looks great, just can wait to read it!

The author states the GM did not patent the design of the cars.
However in my collection, these are the design patents of the cars:
D143,322 for the diner with the glass roof
D143,323 for the obs car with its dome roof
D143,324 for the dome car and its interior
D144,057 for the dome itself

The primary name on the patents is George A Jergenson.
Patent dates are Dec 25, 1945 and Mar 5, 1946.

The question now becomes is this mistake from something in the research saying there was no patent or was it from a lack of research?

On top of page xiii, the author stated ..."General motors decided not to patent the dome design, allowing anyone to use it."

I think if the author accepted that, he stopped there and did not do any further research in this area.

BTW
He stated the locomotive was made by EMD, but he does not know which of the three plants made it.

Also he stated" Pullman-standard built the shell for the locomotive. At the time (GM) told Pullman-standard they would like them to build all the shell for the locomotive, but Pullman said it did not want to get into the locomotive building." This statement was footnoted as being from an interview on Sept 19, 1987 with E. Preston Calvert who worked with PS in public relations. This does not sound right, but maybe true during the M-10000.