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WPLives 6th Aug 2021		Book Ira L. Swett - Lines Of Pacific Electric (1976)	Lines of Pacific Electric Northern & Eastern Districts Interurbans Special 61 --published by Mac Sebree --edited by Jim Walker Soft Cover 110 pages Copyright 1976 TABLE OF CONTENTS: NORTHERN DISTRICT: pages 1-76 Summary------------------------------------------7 Los Angeles Terminal District----------8 Macy St.------------------------------------------10 Aliso St.-------------------------------------------11 Main St. Station------------------------------12 Surface Tracks--------------------------------18 Main St. Elevated Tracks-----------------20 Pasadena Short Line-----------------------24 Oneonta Junction----------------------------26 New Year's Day--------------------------------28 Four Tracks--------------------------------------30 Sierra Vista Line-------------------------------31 Pasadena Oak Knoll-------------------------32 Sierra Madre Line-----------------------------35 Monrovia-Glendora Line-------------------36 Mt. Lowe Line----------------------------------42 Alhambra San Gabriel Line--------------48 South Pasadena Ave. 64 Line----------52 San Bernardino Line------------------------56 Local Lines: Pasadena--------------------63 EASTERN DISTRICT: pages 77-96 Summary-------------------------------------------78 Pomona Local Lines--------------------------79 Ontario-San Antonio Heights Line-----80 Pomona-Upland Line-------------------------81 San Bernardino Local Lines---------------82 San Dimas Local Line------------------------83 Arrowhead Line---------------------------------84 Highland Line------------------------------------85 Riverside-Redlands Line--------------------86 Redlands Local Lines------------------------89 Riverside Local Lines------------------------90 Riverside-Corona Line-----------------------92 Riverside-Rialto Line-------------------------95 "PACIFIC ELECTRIC" 1976: pages--------97-112 ABOUT THIS BOOK: Special 61 is the companion to Special 60, which covered the Lines of Pacific Electric- Southern & Western Districts. As a "bonus" we have prepared a 16-page view of what is left of the former Red Car Empire at the beginning of 1976. Contrast the 1914 system (map on page 98) to the 1976 trackage (map on page 99). The original 10 parts of Special 16, Lines of Pacific Electric, were published over a number of years. We wish to recognize the original persons who participated. Editor & Publisher; - Ira L. Swett; Associate Editors; - Raymond E. Younghans; - Lazear Israel; Editorial Assistant; - Jack Whitmeyer; Business Manager; - Carl Blaubach; Cartographer; - Raymond A. Younghans; Librarians; - Kenneth W. Harrison; - Laurence R. Veysey; - Frank Barnes.
WPLives 6th Aug 2021		Book Ira L. Swett - The "Big Subs" Of The Market Street Railway, The San Mateo Interurban #40 Line. (1944)	One of the fondest memories of older residents of Millbrae and San Bruno was a trip on the Interurban Trolley called the #40 Line. Most of them used the trolley as a means of getting to and from the San Mateo and Burlingame high schools as cars were scarce and this was the main form of transportation available to them. It was an exciting and much anticipated journey before and after school as it afforded young men and women an opportunity to get acquainted. Not all of these encounters resulted in dates, but the minds of youth allowed them to play out their dreams and fantasies from the brief time they boarded until he or she exited the trolley. Youth does not always allow us to be bold enough to pursue fleeting love, but a few romances did end up gaining partners for life. Most had to be content to wonder just who that person was they met that day on the #40 Line. The #40 ran parallel to the SP railroad line through South San Francisco, San Bruno and Millbrae, but at the Burlingame train station it was diverted to and ran down the middle of California Drive – North San Mateo Drive on its way to the San Mateo High School and San Mateo. In 1890, the San Francisco and San Mateo Railroad Company was granted the first franchise to operate a line between San Francisco and San Mateo — the first rapid transit of the Peninsula. The line was completed to Baden Station in South San Francisco, running down Mission St., before it was sold and renamed the San Francisco and San Mateo Electric Railway. The interurban #40 streetcar right-of-way land ran parallel to and west of the SP through most of the cities in San Mateo County. The new owners resold the line in 1901 and it was renamed the United Railroads of San Francisco. To fulfill the terms of the franchise, a single track was opened to San Mateo on Dec. 31, 1902. A power station to supply electricity for the line was built near the SP tracks at Millbrae Avenue. Two-line service finally replaced the single-track service. In 1907, the anticipation and prospect of extending the line to San Jose prompted purchase of 12 large interurban cars (known as the ‘Big Subs’) which had been built originally for the Philadelphia and Western Company. These cars, larger and more comfortable than the earlier ones, are still remembered fondly by many riders of the line. During the early and middle 20th century, the #40 Line was a major form of public transportation along the Peninsula. Fares ran a nickel or dime, depending on your destination. Automobiles were still not as prevalent as they are now, so this was the main means of getting to the beach or downtown San Francisco. The creation of the Peninsula Rapid Transit bus line in 1915 and the additions of the jitney service the following year resulted in transit reorganization. The Market Street Railway began to operate the #40 Line. As the fare increased, the SP railroad commuter service’s very low fares (a 40-cent round-trip fare to San Francisco) began claiming the #40 Line’s customers as it reduced the travel time considerably to downtown San Francisco. In 1944 the city of San Francisco purchased the Market Street Railway, including the #40 Line. Decreased revenues and loss of the Mission Street right-of-way caused the line to cease operations on January 16, 1949. This lack of transportation for the school kids prompted the building of Capuchino High School. The tracks were either ripped up or paved over. On El Camino Real in Daly City, the center divider occasionally exposes some of the old rails that were not covered with cement or blacktop. This is the only visible reminder of the Peninsula’s once widely-used form of public transportation. In San Bruno much of the right-of-way is being used for parking lots and the alignment of the BART transportation system. I am greatly indebted to a San Mateo attorney, Francis A. Guido, editor and publisher of the Western Railroader and the Western Railfan magazine for almost all the information supplied here. He published this periodic magazine for nearly 50 years, mainly at his own expense, before he passed away a few years ago. His dedication to recording the #40 and railroads in general leaves a great legacy for future history enthusiasts.
WPLives 6th Aug 2021		Book Scott Inman - Northwestern Pacific Railroad (2019)	Book Cover Image: On February 23, 1950, SP #3236 leads its train around the wye at Ignacio, bound for the Southern Pacific connection at Schellville. 2-8-2s such as this were the biggest steam power to see use on the NWP. (Bob Searle, WRM)
WPLives 6th Aug 2021		Book Joseph A. Strapac - Northwestern Pacific Locomotives (2019)	Expert locomotive historian and publisher Joseph Strapac has collaborated with the NWPRR Historical Society to present historic images of all 83 of NWP's owned steam locomotives in a first-time soft cover book. Highlights include: 286 Black-and-White photographs from 64 photographers and collections; Rare scenes featuring main line and branch line operations; A detailed all-time roster including each locomotive class and origin; Featured locomotive history records with modifications and repairs. Northwestern Pacific Railroad Historical Society, softcover, Black-and-White photographs.
WPLives 5th Aug 2021		Book Ira L. Swett - Lines Of Pacific Electric (1959)	Pages 73-120.
WPLives 5th Aug 2021		Book Ira L. Swett - Lines Of Pacific Electric Western District (1957)	Pages 41-70.
WPLives 5th Aug 2021		Book Ira L. Swett - Lines Of Pacific Electric Eastern District (1966)	Pages 21-40.
WPLives 5th Aug 2021		Book Jim Wrinn - Union Pacific's Big Boys (2020)	Review Style over substance Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2020 (My actual rating is closer to 2 3/4 stars) Union Pacific's 25 4-8-8-4s have long had a massive cult following, one which endures today with the restoration of 4014 to running order. I've long awaited a really substantial reference book on these classic locomotives, and I suppose I'll just have to keep on waiting. For the most part, this is another case of style winning over substance. Not mentioned in the product description is the fact that most of this book is recycled material. All eight chapters were previously published as articles in "Trains" Magazine; three of them are from their July 2019 special issue "Big Boy: Back in Steam." For a book billed as "the complete story," the historical and technical sections are disappointingly anemic. Although the chapters focused on earlier articulated and Superpower locomotives are fairly detailed and fleshed out, there's not much here on the design, development, and operation of the Big Boys themselves. Beyond a decent cutaway artwork and a fairly detailed specifications table, there's little in the way of technical detail; no line diagrams, no schematics of the valve gear, very few images of the "guts" of the locomotive beyond the boiler interior, a smattering of "how it works" information, and not even a labeled image of the backhead. Histories of individual Big Boys are nowhere to be found. Frankly, William Withuhn's "American Steam Locomotives" did a better job describing the Big Boys and their articulated brethren. This leaves the photographs to do much of the heavy lifting, and there's certainly a lot of them here. Thankfully, many of them are absolutely superb, depicting Big Boys and other classic American articulateds in their prime, the restoration of 4014, and its triumphant return to the rails in 2019. Most of the images are finely reproduced, with the fine grain of the black & white photographs and the superb color and detail of the 21st-century photos jumping off the page. Unfortunately, the editors at Kalmbach have totally wasted the landscape format, and many of the photographs go right through the binding. This might be acceptable in a ~70-page staple-bound magazine, but in a 224-page paperback book, a lot of fine mechanical detail disappears into the gutter. If you're a huge fan of the Big Boys, you might be able to forgive this book's flaws and simply enjoy the photographs. If you're interested in the mechanical aspects of steam locomotives, you're probably going to be disappointed. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
WPLives 5th Aug 2021		Book Donald Duke - Pacific Electric Railway (Volume Two) (2002)	The Pacific Electric Railway was incorporated November 10, 1901 with the primary owner Henry Edwards Huntington, Collis P. Huntington's favorite nephew. At the time Southern California was so vast and its population so dispersed, Huntington believed the only way to tie everything together was by an interurban electric railway system. This is Volume two in a four-volume set which will cover in text, Black-and-White pictures and captions the Pacific Electric routes and services by Division. Contents: Introduction-----pp. 6-10; Covina Rail Line-----pp. 11-16; Pomona Line-----pp. 17-24; Pomona Local Lines-----pp. 25-26; Upland to Pomona-----pp. 27-28; San Bernardino Line-----pp. 29-53; Riverside Line-----pp. 54-60; Riverside-Arlington-Corona Line-----pp. 61-68; Riverside-Redlands Line (Via San Bernardino)-----pp. 69-72; San Bernardino Local Lines-----pp. 73-79; Redlands Local Lines-----pp. 80-82; Box Motor Service-----pp. 83-90; Railway Post Office Service-----pp. 91-94; Freight Service-----pp. 95-107; Railroad Enthusiast Excursions-----pp. 108-110; Bibliography-----page. 111; Acknowledgments, page 112 Golden West Books, softcover, 112 pages, standard landscape book 10×8 in., Black-and-White photographs with captions and text.
WPLives 4th Aug 2021		Book Ira L. Swett - Lines Of Pacific Electric (1953)	Part One—Northern District unknown date. Pages 1-20.
WPLives 4th Aug 2021		Book H. Roger Grant - Electric Interurbans And The American People (2016)	Review A well-written social history of the shortest-lived major US transportation mode . . . This book will appeal to railroad enthusiasts and social historians with its extensive stories and case studies of the benefits in that era. . . . Highly recommended. ― Choice This compact, highly readable volume should be considered essential to understanding the interurban phenomenon, especially because it avoids getting caught up in technology and rolling stock. Instead, it focuses on what life was really life for people who rode the electric cars. . . . Rarely seen photographs of traction at high tide help to tell the story. ― Classic Trains Chronicles one of the most intriguing yet neglected pieces of American transportation history, electric interurban railroads. ― Sn3 Modeler An enjoyable and informative read. ― Journal of the Railway and Canal Historical Society With this book, the subject no longer has footnote status. In fact, Grant's work deserves a place alongside some of the other landmark surveys of the subject . . . Here, Grant moves beyond the receiverships, the rickety track, and all that fascinating rolling stock. He shows us why the whole darned thing mattered. ― Railroad History "Grant carefully provides specific examples from his broad knowledge of transportation history to support any assertions made in his text material. Even the most knowledgeable rail historian is likely to discover something new about electric interurbans that he or she had never considered before." ― The Michigan Railfan H. Roger Grant has produced a fine social history of America's electric interurbans, exploring the relationship between people and those railway enterprises. The book fills a void, is eminently readable, and richly illustrated. -- Don L. Hofsommer ✔︎ Helpful Review?
WPLives 4th Aug 2021		Book Ira L. Swett - Lines Of Pacific Electric Western District (1957)	My copy reads "December, 1957".
WPLives 4th Aug 2021		Book Ira L. Swett - Lines Of Pacific Electric Western District (1957)	COVER PHOTOS: Top Left: 721 about to enter subway in 1947 (MC). Next Below: 990 and train on Venice Short Line, 1939. (BN) Top Right: 883 heads a six-car train on Venice Short Line in 1916 (JP). Center Left: A 200 on Hollywood-Vineyard Line enters Hill St. Tunnel, 1913 (MC). Center: 916 at Culver City on Air Line in 1939 (AH). Center Right: 1044 on Main St., Ocean Park, on August 24, 1950 (AP). Lower Left: 958 and train on Hill St. at First in 1943 (CB). Lower Right: 5005 on Glendale Blvd. at Temple St. in 1946; LARY "sowbelly" 83 on "A" line in background (MC).
WPLives 2nd Aug 2021		Book Spencer Crump - Henry Huntington And The Pacific Electric (1978)	My copy reads "Second Edition"
WPLives 2nd Aug 2021		Book Jim Walker - The Yellow Cars Of Los Angeles (1977)	BACK COVER (TOP): A later car type was the H-4. Hundreds of these steel cars (and homemade wooden copies) came on stream [sic] in the 1920s as LARY modernized. Here H-4 "N" car 1202 rounds the corner at First & Main to jog west to Spring St. en route to its 9th & Western terminal. At right are PCC streamliners on the P line. Car 1202 was already in Los Angeles Transit Lines "fruit salad" livery but hadn't yet lost its "old-fashioned" eclipse fenders. It was a time of change. (BOTTOM): LARY was a system where the old and the new could co-exist side by side. For several years, a downtown passenger destined for Points along Gage Ave. started his journey on the ultra-modern PCC car of the "P" line, but after reaching the loop at Dozier & Rowan in East Los Angeles, he transferred to the bouncy little Birney car like the 1026 shown here. This photo was taken sometime during World War II. LARY's small fleet of single-truckers did not bow out until the post-war years when new owners had taken over the system. *All: Bob Mcvay*
WPLives 1st Aug 2021		Book Jim Walker - The Yellow Cars Of Los Angeles (1977)	COVER PHOTO: Abslutely Nothing typified Los Angeles Railway like the Huntington Standard streetcar. The famous five-window front stamped Henry Huntington's name all over the system, even decades after the old gentleman's passing. It was the summer of 1947 that car 302 trundled along Central Avenue near 43rd Street. The U line was about to be abandoned (double wires for the replacement trolleybuses are visible) and the system was about to undergo a wrenching series of changes. But the Huntington Standard streetcar still had a few years left to run in the City of Angels.
WPLives 1st Aug 2021		Book Jim Walker - The Yellow Cars Of Los Angeles (1977)	My copy states second printing: Spring 1987 Also, my copy autographed by the author.
WPLives 31st Jul 2021		Book William D. Middleton - Traction Classics: The Interurbans Volume 1 (1983)	This is a look at early Interurban cars. Includes wooden cars from: Puget Sound Electric; Atlantic City; Oneida railway cars; Washington Baltimore & Annapolis; Milwaukee Electric; Cincinnati Car Company; Seattle-Everett Traction Co; Galveston-Houston Electric Ry; Shore Line Electric Ry; windsplitter interurbans; Sacramento Northern; Portland-Lewiston Interurban RR; Liberty Bell routes; Pacific Electric; Illinois Traction; Terre Haute Indianapolis & Eastern Traction. This also includes heavyweight steel cars from the: West Penn, Piedmont & Northern; Pacific Electric; Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee; London & Port Stanley Ry; Cleveland Southwestern & Columbus; Alton Granite & St Louis Traction; Lake Shore Electric; Chicago Aurora & Elgin; Indianapolis & Cincinnati; Hershey Cuban Ry; Chicago South Shore & South Bend; Indiana Central; Washington Baltimore & Annapolis; and the Northwestern Pacific. Many photos.
WPLives 31st Jul 2021		Book Various Authors - Inside Muni (1982)	Massive history of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco, packed with information on every aspect of the system: a detailed description with photos (inside and out) of each of the different classes of rolling stock; streetcars; service cars; cable cars; trolley coaches; motor coaches; and support vehicles; a description of the Divisions and shops; organization and operation; electrical energy; and a detailed chronology for each route along the Muni. The last 12 pages are 6 bifold foldouts, and two more unnumbered foldouts, showing detailed schematic diagrams of various classes of the cars. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. With several rosters and maps. This is Interurbans Special 79. 256 pages (with index) plus the 12 pages of diagrams.
WPLives 31st Jul 2021		Book Virgil Staff - D-Day On The Western Pacific (1982)	Fascinating history of how and when the Western Pacific chose its diesel locomotives, beginning with the first EMC switcher in 1939 and the first three FT freight units in 1942. The author follows the Operating Department for 40 years to see why the WP purchased and employed diesel power the way it did. You will see the final hurrah for steam during World War II, assault the Canyon with EMD, Alco, FM and GE test units, watch as changing times dictate changing combinations of power, witness the birth and death of the California Zephyr and its F-3 and FP-7 units, glimpse the RDC experiment, examine the WP's locomotive facilities and meet men like Ed Cuyler who made the decisions and ran the trains. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. With all-time rosters of WP, Tidewater Southern, and Sacramento Northern diesel locomotives, map, bibliography, and gradient profiles. This is Interurbans Special 81. 224 pages.
WPLives 31st Jul 2021		Book Various Authors - Growing Up With Trains II (1983)	Volume 2 in this series focuses on Northern California covering traction, interurbans, mainline action, branch lines and the narrow gauges. With black and white as well as color photos. Includes lovely little map by John Signor. 112 pages.
WPLives 31st Jul 2021		Book Various Authors - Growing Up With Trains (1982)	This book, with work from many of the country's most noted rail photographers, is an exciting overview of Southern California railroading from the 1930s to the 1980s. Richard Steinheimer has collected more than 150 unique photos (both black and white as well as color) that showcase the entire variety of railroading during those years, from trolleys to main line freights, from the Big Red Cars of the Pacific Electric and the glory days of the Union Pacific's passenger trains on the Cajon Pass to the modern hotshots of today. Each photo is informatively captioned. 112 pages.
WPLives 31st Jul 2021		Book Charles Smallwood - The White Front Cars Of San Francisco (1971)	Authoritative and well-written history of the Market Street Railway of San Francisco, this is the revised 1978 edition (with extra diagrams). The MSR was the backbone of the city's mass transit system from 1921-1944, when it was purchased by the smaller but better funded Municipal Railway. The author traces the MSR's history from the days of the horse-drawn and steam cars through the cable and electrification era, providing numerous detailed maps that trace the system's growth as well as several charts showing financial information, mileage, kinds of cars, etc. There is a complete roster of all the electric passenger cars followed by photos of each class of cars with informative text and captions discussing their history and use. There are also chapters on service cars, the cable cars, the use of buses as supplements to the trolleys, track laying, power plants, maintenance of the overhead wire, the Elkton shops, and the car houses. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos from all eras. With 8 oversized foldout pages in the rear showing scale drawings of the rolling stock. Includes reproductions of timetables, transfers and tickets. Invaluable reference book for anyone interested in the MSR, San Francisco history, electric street railways or traction modelers. 482 pages.
WPLives 31st Jul 2021		Book Various Authors - Sacramento Northern (1962)	3rd printing (1981) of the classic Interurbans Special No. 26 by Ira Swett. The definitive survey of the Sacramento Northern Electric Railway, once the world's longest interurban. The line ran between San Francisco and Chico, California, providing an amazing variety of scenery along the way -- from quite rural towns to the heart of San Francisco. This volume covers the North End (the Northern Electric and its successor, the Sacramento Northern Electric), the South End (the Oakland, Antioch & Eastern and its successor, the San Francisco-Sacramento Railroad) followed by a thorough discussion of life after the two sections merged to form the Sacramento Northern Railway. The facilities, power plants, operation, financial data, equipment, passenger (street car lines) and freight businesses, the construction of the Bay Bridge -- all are covered in fascinating detail. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. With several maps as well as timetables, tickets, advertisements and other ephemera. 208 pages.
WPLives 31st Jul 2021		Book Various Authors - Sacramento Northern (1950)	Collection of detailed articles that provide a fascinating history of the Sacramento Northern, at one time the world's longest interurban railway. As is usual with the Interurban Specials, the sheer amount of unique information provided is amazing and invaluable. (In one short paragraph, we learn that Henry A. Butters, who founded the Northern Electric Rwy., built the first railroad in South Africa and made so much money on a Mexican railroad venture that he was then able to fund the Northern Electric.) Also has a section on the ferries run by the Oakland, Antioch & Eastern. Includes cars rosters, equipment notes, system maps, timetable, and schematic diagrams of cars and locomotives. Scarce.
WPLives 31st Jul 2021		Book Harre W. Demoro - BART At Mid-Point (1968)	CREATORS----------Demoro, Harre W. TITLE------------------BART at mid-point ; San Francisco's bold new rapid-transit project PUBLICATION-----[Los Angeles : Interurbans, 1968]pages, Special #31 DESCRIPTION-----117 p. : illus., maps, plans, ports. ; 28 cm
WPLives 31st Jul 2021		Book Harold A. Edmonson - Railroad Station Planbook (1977)	Review Railroad Station Planbook For the fine scale modeler in railroading, this is aan incredible book. I am a fine scale modeler and the variations of stations shown make this book very valuable. Also the many variations of railroad stations shown will help you design a very realistic station for that special location on your layout regardless of the scale. It was all I had hoped it would be. I highly recommend this book. As for the railroad historian, I beleive you to will be helped in your research as well. Happy modeling. Dec 27, 2008 Railroad Station Planbook This book contains much useful information about railroad stations. It has very many excellent quality line drawing of railroad stations of all sizes. There are plans for little country stations to those that would be in some of your larger cities. It is very well written. I read a review of this book in an old Modelrailroader magazine and became interested in it. May 13, 2008 great book for model railroaders I purchased this book knowing that I wanted to scratch build model railway stations. It has drawn to scale many of the more famous buildings. Expertly written and easy to follow with histories of the stations also. There was nothing to dislike abo ✔︎ Helpful Review?
WPLives 31st Jul 2021		Book James H. Harrison - Sacramento Northern Gallery (2002)	It is hard to imagine what was running through the minds of Oakland natives Jim Harrison and fellow rail enthusiast Ray Barraza, then teenagers, when on October 27, 1954 they spied an on-coming speeder approaching somewhere in the middle of the Sacramento Northern Tunnel between Shepherd and Redwood Canyons. Luckily they were in the timber-supported portion of the tunnel and were able to hide and escape harm. This didn't stop them from continuing their walk all the way to Walnut Creek along the right-of-way. Ray went on to become an engineer (not the train kind!) and spent his career at PG&E. Jim went on to become a teacher, and got to know all the great photographers of the era, and continued his interest in the SN by collecting the very best of the SN images. In 2002, Shade Tree Books published his book, Sacramento Northern Gallery, composed entirely of images with succinct captions ordered so that you too could experience what it was like to walk the line. He followed this effort with a similar book in 2006 about the Key System, Key System Gallery, also published by Shade Tree Books. The concept of trying to recreate the visual experience of riding the SN clearly was an inspiration to the East Bay Hills Project.
WPLives 31st Jul 2021		Book Robert J. Church - Southern Pacific Daylight Locomotives (2004)	Among the signature steam locomotives of the Southern Pacific was surely the Daylight 4-8-4. From the earliest unstreamlined GS-1 Class, to the famous GS-4 (and preserved member of the class no. 4449), and including the Cotton Belt engines which came west in the 1950s, these were all distinctive SP power of the late steam era. Southern Pacific steam locomotive authority Bob Church has prepared an entirely new book; this is far more than a revision of his 1967 volume of 130 pages, Those Daylight 4-8-4's. The new 436-page book updates or replaces some previous photos and adds many new ones, both black and white and color; the old book had 174 photos, the new one has 731. Much new information regarding mechanical design, problems and improvements, and operations over each route, has come to light and has been included in this new book. Official diagrams of each class, and HO scale drawings of all locomotives and tenders are also included, as are color drift panels. Arnold Menke has contributed another of his magisterial chapters on tenders. The late Ted Rose created the cover painting, entitled "In the Clear," showing the Starlight trains meeting at Chorro siding on the Coast Line. Complete, detailed and authoritative, this book will appeal to all enthusiasts of the history of Western railroading and of Southern Pacific in particular. Table of Contents: Dedication v Acknowledgements vii Introduction ix 1. Concept of a Locomotive 1 2. Delivery, Display, Test Runs 11 3. From the Builders 27 4. GS-1 The Forerunners 71 5. GS-2 The Streamlined Locomotive 91 6. GS-3 The First Speedsters 99 7. GS-4 Ultimate in Passenger Power 111 8. GS-5 Experiment in Roller Bearings 127 9. GS-6 The War Babies 135 10. GS-7 and GS-8 In From St. Louis 145 11. Development and Tests 159 12. Shoppings and Modifications 171 13. Coast Route 191 14. Sunset and Golden State Routes 237 15. San Joaquin Valley Route 267 16. Overland Route 287 17. Shasta Route 301 18. GS Finale 319 19. 4449--A Queen Revived 329 20. Tenders by Arnold S. Menke 349 21. Data and Specifications 379 Bibliography 415 Index 417
WPLives 31st Jul 2021		Book Anthony W. Thompson - Railroad History In Photographs (1996)	For more than 150 years, railroads have been an important part of the life and landscape of North America. An extensive photographic record of these railroads exists, as this book shows, for every part of the country, over a broad span of time. Many individual railroads are represented. But this is much more than a collection of photographs. Extensive and informative captions bring to life the varied images of locomotives, rolling stock, trains and structures. Diesel locomotives down to the present day are included along with 100 years of steam locomotive history; the same is true for passenger cars and freight cars. These photographs are drawn from the collection of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, whose 75th anniversary takes place in 1996. The book is part of the anniversary celebration of the R&LHS, and is published by Signature Press in association with the Society. The R&LHS is the oldest organization in North America devoted exclusively to railroad studies, history, and preservation.

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