BACK SHOP ILLUSTRATED ERECTING, REPAIR AND TERMINAL RAILROAD SHOPS VOL 3 SOUTHEAST & WEST

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Tim Starr 357 pages hardcover

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