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Book Synopsis Roanoke Locomotive Shops and the Norfolk & Western Railroad by : Wayne McKinney
Download or read book Roanoke Locomotive Shops and the Norfolk & Western Railroad written by Wayne McKinney and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the history of the steam locomotive Roanoke Machine Works played a key part. Take a look at this important economic center of the New South. Roanoke Shops has been an indispensable part of the Roanoke Valley and the Magic City for more than 125 years. Founded in 1881 as an independent company, Roanoke Machine Works built new locomotives and cars for the Shenandoah Valley and Norfolk & Western Railroads. Situated between the picturesque Allegheny and Blue Ridge Mountains, the facility caused an economic boom in the nearby village of Big Lick and the surrounding area. By 1891, Big Lick had become Roanoke and had emerged as one of the most important economic centers in the New South. Today, Roanoke Shops employs skilled craftsmen who provide the highest-quality overhauls and repairs to diesel locomotives. This book takes a look into its history, particularly at production during that exciting and enchanting era of the steam locomotive.
Book Synopsis Norfolk & Western by : Mallory Ferrell
Download or read book Norfolk & Western written by Mallory Ferrell and published by Packages. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Norfolk and Western Class J by : Kenneth Layman Miller
Download or read book Norfolk and Western Class J written by Kenneth Layman Miller and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Norfolk Southern Railway by : Richard C. Borkowski
Download or read book Norfolk Southern Railway written by Richard C. Borkowski and published by . This book was released on with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Norfolk & Western by : William E. Warden
Download or read book Norfolk & Western written by William E. Warden and published by TLC Publishing (VA). This book was released on 1991 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Norfolk & Western railroad was Americas last holdout for steam - in 1954 every locomotive on its roster was steam powered. Yet, by 1960, every N&W train was diesel powered. This is the amazing story of the American railroads switch to diesel locomotives as told through the history of the Norfolk & Western. Warden tells how and why they switched to diesel, identifies N&W steam locomotives, the trains to which they were assigned, and the diesel locomotives that took their place.
Book Synopsis The Men Who Loved Trains by : Rush Loving
Download or read book The Men Who Loved Trains written by Rush Loving and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2006-05-21 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning account of a crisis in railroad history: “This absorbing book takes you on an entertaining ride.” —Chicago Tribune A saga about one of the oldest and most romantic enterprises in the land—America’s railroads—The Men Who Loved Trains introduces the chieftains who have run the railroads, both those who set about grabbing power and big salaries for themselves, and others who truly loved the industry. As a journalist and associate editor of Fortune magazine who covered the demise of Penn Central and the creation of Conrail, Rush Loving often had a front-row seat to the foibles and follies of this group of men. He uncovers intrigue, greed, lust for power, boardroom battles, and takeover wars and turns them into a page-turning story. He recounts how the chairman of CSX Corporation, who later became George W. Bush’s Treasury secretary, managed to make millions for himself while his company drifted in chaos. Yet there were also those who loved trains and railroading—and who played key roles in reshaping transportation in the northeastern United States. This book will delight not only the rail fan, but anyone interested in American business and history. Includes photographs
Book Synopsis Norfolk and Western Railway Stations and Depots by : C. Nelson Harris
Download or read book Norfolk and Western Railway Stations and Depots written by C. Nelson Harris and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tracks of the Norfolk and Western Railway snaked through Virginia's Shenandoah Valley and the coalfields of West Virginia. For nearly 100 years, the Norfolk and Western brought freight, passengers, and economic vitality to large cities and rural mining towns. At each stop was the depot or station; some stations were large, architecturally ornate structures that represented the muscular energy and romantic era of this great steam railway with its famed J-class engines. In other places there were small wooden depots that depicted the hard-scrabble life of the mining communities, tucked amid steep mountain valleys that were indelibly shaped by the railway's presence. Today some of those structures remain, while many disappeared when the railway ceased passenger or other service. The Norfolk and Western eventually merged with the Southern Railway, and though the trains of the Norfolk Southern still run along those same lines, they simply pass by where they used to stop many years ago.
Book Synopsis Norfolk & Western Steam by : Thomas W. Dixon Jr
Download or read book Norfolk & Western Steam written by Thomas W. Dixon Jr and published by TLC Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives an overview of N&W steam locomotives operating in the period 1930-1960, with emphasis on the three classes that were the backbone of the fleet in that era: J Class 4-8-4s, A Class simple articulated 2-6-6-4s and the many Y classes of 2-8-8-2 compound articulateds.
Book Synopsis Norfolk and Western Coal Cars, 1881-1997 by : Andrew Dow
Download or read book Norfolk and Western Coal Cars, 1881-1997 written by Andrew Dow and published by TLC Publishing (VA). This book was released on 1998-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because Norfolk & Western's existence was predicated on coal, its coal-hauling cars represented its most important rolling stock. In fact, with the exception of the Chesapeake & Ohio, no other railway concentrated its business on coal mining as heavily as N&W.This fully illustrated history of N&W's hoppers and high-side gondolas begins in 1881 and continues through the present Norfolk & Southern operations. Not only is this study a superb technological history, it's also an ideal data file for modellers. The drawings are taken from a number of trade publications and company archives. Photographs from all eras show the cars being both built and used.
Book Synopsis Norfolk & Western Steam (the Last 25 Years) by : Ron Rosenberg
Download or read book Norfolk & Western Steam (the Last 25 Years) written by Ron Rosenberg and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Norfolk & Western Railway's Magnificent Mallets by : William E. Warden
Download or read book Norfolk & Western Railway's Magnificent Mallets written by William E. Warden and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Norfolk & Western Railways Magnificent Mallets William E. Warden.Subtitled: The Y Class 2-8-8-2s. The N&W 2-8-8-2s hauled coal and fast freights up to the very end of steam in the fall of 196. N&W was the last hold-out for steam against the wave of post-WWII dieselization in the US. Most railroads abandoned the compound articulated design in the mid-192s in favorof the simple (single expansion) articulated design, and except on the N&W the big Mallets were con fined to slow drag freights, hump yards, and coal mine shifters. But N&W refined the design up to the last of the new Y-6bs in 1952, using them on all types of heavy trains in defiance of the proven efficiencies of diesels. This book explores their fascinating history. Sftbd., 8 1/2x 11, 6 pgs., 114b&w ill., 1 maps.
Book Synopsis Norfolk & Western in the Appalachians by : Ed King
Download or read book Norfolk & Western in the Appalachians written by Ed King and published by Kalmbach Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nostalgic look at the last major railroad to use steam locomotives. Dramatic photos follow the remarkable history of N&W steam engines as they hauled coal through the mountains of West Virginia and Virginia in the 1930's, 40's, and 50's.
Book Synopsis Classic Railroad Scenes: Railroads at Work Hard Cover by : Art Peterson
Download or read book Classic Railroad Scenes: Railroads at Work Hard Cover written by Art Peterson and published by . This book was released on 2021-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Art Peterson is back with more color images from his Krambles-Peterson Archive. This book focuses on freight railroading and features scenes of switching and trains in industrial areas in the Transition and Classic eras. Large photos and in depth captions go beyond just telling what's in the photo - they put the images in context with the greater railroad scene as well as what was going on in the larger society.
Book Synopsis Norfolk and Western Railway by : Nelson Harris
Download or read book Norfolk and Western Railway written by Nelson Harris and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes 15 postcards of historical scenes of the Norfolk and Western Railway.
Book Synopsis The Last Steam Railroad in America by : Thomas H. Garver
Download or read book The Last Steam Railroad in America written by Thomas H. Garver and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 1995 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographs and text introduce the reader to the people and places associated with the Norfolk and Western Railway which in the 1950s was the last American railroad to utilize steam engines.
Book Synopsis Norfolk and Western Railway by : Nelson Harris
Download or read book Norfolk and Western Railway written by Nelson Harris and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a century, the Norfolk and Western Railway operated as one of the greatest transportation companies in the southeastern United States. From developing the coal fields of West Virginia to accommodating passengers aboard its famous Powhaten Arrow and Pocahontas lines, the N&W was the last major railroad to abandon the steam engine. The story of the N&W is a story about people-a story of the tens of thousands of people who worked in the shops and aboard the trains, sold the tickets and moved the freight, laid the track and managed corporate affairs. Images of Rail: Norfolk and Western Railway celebrates that heritage through the lens of some 200 archival photographs. From images of the muscular Class J steam locomotive to the lone agent of the rural depot, these photographs have been harvested from the N&W's files at the Virginia Museum of Transportation. The archival material provides the reader the rare opportunity to rummage through the N&W's attic. See the engine crews at the turn of the last century, the shop gangs, freight agents, roundhouses, stations, and iron horses of a bygone age. With views of the rugged and, at times, dangerous days of railroading in the late 1800s to the rise of the N&W as a member of America's corporate elite, these pictures convey the railway's storied history.
Book Synopsis Norfolk and Western Six-Eleven by : Kenneth Miller
Download or read book Norfolk and Western Six-Eleven written by Kenneth Miller and published by . This book was released on 2021-09 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Norfolk and Western Class J, Number 611. The most modern steam locomotive built in North America. Background on the design, construction and operation of these famous streamlined locomotives, from 1941 to the present day. 611 has lived three lives, her original service from 1950-1959, excursion service from 1982-1994 and again in 2015. Revised and expanded edition
