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Second vote for "The Contemporary Diesel Spotter's Guide", but also get the latest edition of the North American Diesel Roster (I think that's the name, it's named something like that anyways). Use the Diesel Roster to look up the road name and number of a locomotive that you see, it'll tell you what type of loco it is, then look that loco up in the Diesel Spotters Guide and it'll give you all the info on that model. I bought both books and carry them with me whenever I go chasing trains. You learn the difference between GE's, EMD's, SD's, GP's, U's and B's real quick. <br /> <br />One easy piece of advice... EMD makes GP's and SD's which are probably the easiest recognizable freight locos, GP's will always have 4 axles (two per truck), SD's always have 6 (three per truck), most of the engines you see doing the switching will be 4 axle types, and the ones you see on mainline runs will be 6 axles. GE's are similar, and they make the B's, U's, and CW's (Dash 8's, Dash 9's, etc) I can't remember which ones have how many axles on the GE's though, as I'm an EMD fan.... Well... I do like the AC44CW's that CSX has (did I get the model right? I can't remember, I just know what they look like). <br /> <br />Both of the books are great and will give you alot of info on different loco models and who owns what.
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