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Installing an Aftermarket Shift Knob
One of the most popular and easiest upgrades for your car is the addition of an aftermarket shift knob. Let's face it, the steering wheel, gauges, and shift knob are the three main items on the car that you have a personal interaction with. Why not spruce them up a bit? I personally find the Carrera original equipment manufacturer (OEM) shift knob in particular to be quite boring. The shift knob I chose for this article is the MOMO Shadow carbon fiber, available for about $90 from PelicanParts.com. I also used a black MOMO Endurance shift boot and the Endurance finishing knob that attaches to the bottom of the shifter. Installation takes about two hours, as you need to remove the shifter from the car (unless you have the short shift kit installed).  
 
Art of the Locomotive
From the steam age to the modern diesel era, locomotives are marvels of engineering and industrial design, brimming with power, movement, and man's ingenuity even when sitting still.

Photographer Ken Boyd's approach to the locomotive is unlike that of any other photographer. Every aspect of his photographs, from bolts and conduits to sheet metal and windows is painstakingly evaluated and then digitally edited until it glows with clarity and brilliance. The results are images of locomotives bristling with details not visible in conventional locomotive photography.

The Art of the Locomotive features 150 large-format plates depicting locomotives ranging from the diminutive steam engines of the middle nineteenth century to the steam and diesel behemoths that followed. Each plate is accompanied by a detailed caption describing the locomotive's history and technology. The machines included represent railroads from all over the United States and Canada, from the Great Lakes region to the Gulf of Mexico, from the east Coast to the West Coast. In addition, Boyd offers an appendix describing his photographic process, shedding light, as it were, on the method behind his fantastic imagery. Boyd's images are so incredibly sharp and breathtakingly rich, they have to be seen to be believed.

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North American Locomotives 2015
North American Locomotives 2015
GE and EMD Locomotives
GE and EMD Locomotives
The Twilight of Steam
The Twilight of Steam
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MotorbooksMobile Is on the Road
The MotorbooksMobile is continuing its journey through the 2014 show season. Here are the shows we'll be visiting soon:

Sept. 14:  Palos Verdes Concours d'Elegance, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Sept. 21: Danville Concours D'Elegance, Danville, CA 
 
See our full 2014 schedule here. Keep checking back; we're adding new shows all the time. We hope to see you at one soon.