Southern Pacific Maintenance of Way Equipment 1895 to September 11, 1996. Photo reference covering SP's MOW and track maintenance equipment.
Southern Pacific Maintenance of Way Equipment 1895-September 11, 1996
Hardcover, 8.5 x 11 in., landscape format with dust jacket, 496 pages. With color photographs throughout. Includes CD-ROM with all available roster information for SP and subsidiaries. More than twenty years in the making, Kenneth Harrison documents more than fifty thousand maintenance of way cars and equipment with over 1,200 photographs, hundreds never before published. Subsidiary lines covered include the T&NO (and predecessors), Cotton Belt, SD&AE, SP de Mexico, NWP and Pacific Electric. Equipment coverage is broken down into the following groups: flangers, spreaders, snowplows, wrecking (relief) cranes, relief outfits, pile drivers, shovels, ditchers, boarding cars, roadway water cars, roadway box, roadway flats, roadway ballast, test and supply cars, shop switchers and many system oddities. Also included is a CD-ROM with all available roster information for all subsidiary lines. Contents: Introduction, pp. 3–11 Flangers, pp. 12–35 Jordan (and other) Spreaders, pp. 36–67 Snowplows (Rotaries and Other Breeds), pp. 68–101 Wrecking (Relief) Cranes, pp. 102–145 Relief Outfits, pp. 146–153 Pile Drivers Shovels and Ditchers, pp. 154–183 Boarding Cars, pp. 184–257 Roadway Water Cars, pp. 258–283 Roadway Box Cars, pp. 284–291 Roadway Flats, pp. 292–311 Roadway Ballast, pp. 312–319 Tool Scale Test Supply and Other Miscellaneous Cars, pp. 320–345 Shop Switchers, pp. 346–359 Texas and New Orleans Lines (and Predecessors), pp. 360–391 St. Louis Southwestern Railway ("Cotton Belt"), pp. 392–405 San Diego and Arizona (Eastern) Railway, pp. 406–419 Southern Pacific of Mexico, pp. 420–429 Northwestern Pacific, pp. 430–439 Pacific Electric "Service" Equipment, pp. 440–455 Western Union Telegraph Co. Equipment on the Southern Pacific, pp. 456–463 Relief Outfits as of 1994, pp. 464–473 Store Department Supply Train, pp. 474–475 Rail Detector Cars, pp. 476–483 Non-SP MW in SP Operation, pp. 484–487 Off-Rail Equipment, pp. 488–496 Features: New Hardcover Kenneth W. Harrison Southern Pacific H&T Society 2023
Southern Pacific Maintenance of Way Equipment 1895-September 11, 1996
Hardcover, 8.5 x 11 in., landscape format with dust jacket, 496 pages. With color photographs throughout. Includes CD-ROM with all available roster information for SP and subsidiaries. More than twenty years in the making, Kenneth Harrison documents more than fifty thousand maintenance of way cars and equipment with over 1,200 photographs, hundreds never before published.
Subsidiary lines covered include the T&NO (and predecessors), Cotton Belt, SD&AE, SP de Mexico, NWP and Pacific Electric. Equipment coverage is broken down into the following groups: flangers, spreaders, snowplows, wrecking (relief) cranes, relief outfits, pile drivers, shovels, ditchers, boarding cars, roadway water cars, roadway box, roadway flats, roadway ballast, test and supply cars, shop switchers and many system oddities.
Also included is a CD-ROM with all available roster information for all subsidiary lines.
Contents:
Introduction, pp. 3–11
Flangers, pp. 12–35
Jordan (and other) Spreaders, pp. 36–67
Snowplows (Rotaries and Other Breeds), pp. 68–101
Wrecking (Relief) Cranes, pp. 102–145
Relief Outfits, pp. 146–153
Pile Drivers
Shovels and Ditchers, pp. 154–183
Boarding Cars, pp. 184–257
Roadway Water Cars, pp. 258–283
Roadway Box Cars, pp. 284–291
Roadway Flats, pp. 292–311
Roadway Ballast, pp. 312–319
Tool
Scale Test
Supply and Other Miscellaneous Cars, pp. 320–345
Shop Switchers, pp. 346–359
Texas and New Orleans Lines (and Predecessors), pp. 360–391
St. Louis Southwestern Railway ("Cotton Belt"), pp. 392–405
San Diego and Arizona (Eastern) Railway, pp. 406–419
Southern Pacific of Mexico, pp. 420–429
Northwestern Pacific, pp. 430–439
Pacific Electric "Service" Equipment, pp. 440–455
Western Union Telegraph Co. Equipment on the Southern Pacific, pp. 456–463
Relief Outfits as of 1994, pp. 464–473
Store Department Supply Train, pp. 474–475
Rail Detector Cars, pp. 476–483
Non-SP MW in SP Operation, pp. 484–487
Off-Rail Equipment, pp. 488–496
Features: New Hardcover Kenneth W. Harrison Southern Pacific H&T Society 2023