The third and final volume of the Back Shops series covers the southeast
and western parts of the United States. These regions had unique
challenges. The southern railroads generally earned less money than
those of the north and therefore their shops were often small, cramped,
and obsolete. The western railroads had long mainline runs through
sparsely populated states and used the largest locomotives in the world.
Despite these handicaps, they had some of the most famous and legendary
back shops in the country, including the Roanoke Shops of the Norfolk
and Western, the Mount Clare Shops of the Baltimore and Ohio, the Topeka
Shops of the Santa Fe, and the Sacramento Shops of the Southern
Pacific. This fascinating book describes a total of 16 railroads and
their 50 shop sites and contains nearly 500 maps, diagrams, and
photographs.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME III: SOUTHEAST AND WESTERN REGIONS
Introduction
PART I: SOUTHEAST REGION
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Florence, South Rocky Mount, and Waycross Shops
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore (Mount Clare), Cumberland, Washington, and Glenwood Shops
Central of Georgia Railway
Savannah and Macon Shops
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Richmond, Huntington, Clifton Forge, and Covington Shops
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
South Louisville, Decatur, Howell, and Nashville Shops
Norfolk and Western Railway
Roanoke and Portsmouth Shops
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Portsmouth and Jacksonville Shops
Southern Railway
Knoxville, Atlanta, Spencer, Birmingham, and Princeton Shops
Part II: WESTERN REGION
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Topeka, Cleburne, San Bernardino, and Albuquerque Shops
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Denver (Burnham) and Salt Lake City Shops
Great Northern Railway
St. Paul, St. Cloud, and Spokane (Hillyard) Shops
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
Parsons, Sedalia, Denison, and Waco Shops
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Sedalia and North Little Rock (Baring Cross) Shops
Northern Pacific Railway
Brainerd, South Tacoma, and St. Paul Shops
Southern Pacific Railroad
Sacramento, Houston, and Los Angeles Shops
Union Pacific Railroad
Omaha, North Platte, Pocatello, and Cheyenne Shops