Author Name: Robert A. Pecotich

Title: Southern Pacific's Sacramento Shops

Book Condition: NEW CONDITION BOOK

Publisher: Signature Press 2010

ISBN Number: 1930013280 / 9781930013285

Seller ID: sp285

Southern Pacific's Sacramento Shops: Incubator of Innovation.

The Sacramento General Shops were the core of Southern Pacific's system-wide shops. With a need to be self-reliant in the Far West, Sacramento long maintained the capability to build any and every piece of equipment needed on the railroad. This included nearly 200 locomotives, and a great many freight and passenger cars, along with many specialized pieces of equipment and, naturally, upgrades and rebuilds of almost anything on the railroad.

Here is the entire history of this superb institution, liberally illustrated with over 600 photographs, many never before published, in its 496 pages. Not only SP fans, but steam enthusiasts and those interested in rolling stock generally, will find this an outstanding book.

Contents:
Preface, Acknowledgements, pp. 5-7;
Beginnings: From the Shack on the Levee, pp. 11-30;
From the Gold Spike to 1900, pp. 31-116;
Harriman and The Common Standard, pp. 117-146;
The Shops Spread Out, pp. 147-162;
USRA and 'Let's Do It Ourselves', pp. 163-184;
Roaring in the 1920s, pp. 185-254;
Malaise and Resurgence, pp. 255-304;
The Shops' 'Finest Hour', pp. 305-340;
Transition Years for Motive Power and Passengers, pp. 341-420;
The Rebuild Years, pp. 421-458;
A New Beginning, pp. 459-462;
Appendix 1: Patents Issued to Selected Craftsmen, pp. 463-464;
Appendix 2: Roster of Shops-built Locomotives 1873-1937, pp. 465-476;
Appendix 3: George Stoddard's Notebook, pp. 477-478;
Appendix 4: Records and Images, pp. 479-487;
Bibliography, pp. 488-490;
Index, pp. 491-496.

Signature Press, hardcover with jacket, 496 pages, 8.5 x 11 x 2 in., b&w and color photographs and illustrations.

Price = 74.95 USD

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