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The Railroad At Pocatello

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Author : Thornton Waite
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2012

The Railroad At Pocatello written by Thornton Waite and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.

Pocatello was founded as a station on the narrow-gauge Utah and Northern Railway in 1878, and it has been a railroad town ever since. Passenger and freight trains arrived and departed in all four directions of the compass, 24 hours a day. The Union Pacific also built extensive shops at Pocatello, where railroad equipment was serviced, maintained, and repaired. In addition, refrigerator cars were iced from a large icehouse, and railroad ties were treated with preservative at a tie plant. The advent of the automobile, improved roads, new technologies, and the introduction of the diesel-electric locomotives all combined to change the railroad industry, affecting Pocatello in many ways. Passenger trains were discontinued, the steam-locomotive-servicing facilities were closed, and shop buildings were torn down. However, the railroad in Pocatello remains a vital part of the local scene today, with freight trains continuing to run through the city day and night.

Railroad At Pocatello

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Author : Thornton Waite
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions
Release Date : 2012-04

Railroad At Pocatello written by Thornton Waite and has been published by Arcadia Library Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04 with History categories.

Pocatello was founded as a station on the narrow-gauge Utah and Northern Railway in 1878, and it has been a railroad town ever since. Passenger and freight trains arrived and departed in all four directions of the compass, 24 hours a day. The Union Pacific also built extensive shops at Pocatello, where railroad equipment was serviced, maintained, and repaired. In addition, refrigerator cars were iced from a large icehouse, and railroad ties were treated with preservative at a tie plant. The advent of the automobile, improved roads, new technologies, and the introduction of the diesel-electric locomotives all combined to change the railroad industry, affecting Pocatello in many ways. Passenger trains were discontinued, the steam-locomotive-servicing facilities were closed, and shop buildings were torn down. However, the railroad in Pocatello remains a vital part of the local scene today, with freight trains continuing to run through the city day and night.

Railroad Y M C A Pocatello Idaho

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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1920

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The Railroad Y.M.C.A. was built at 133 N. Arthur Ave., by the Union Pacific Railroad. By the late 1930s, the city began to take over its operation.

Rail Yard Pocatello Idaho

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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1940

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Pocatello began as a stop on the Utah and Northern Railroad. In 1882, the Oregon Short Line Railroad arrived and created a junction and transfer point between the two railroads. By 1887 a large repair and maintenance facility was created in the town. The Union Pacific Railroad continues to play an important role in the community.

I Never Worked In Pocatello

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Author : Paul T. Collins
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-02

I Never Worked In Pocatello written by Paul T. Collins and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02 with Transportation categories.

The story of Paul T. Collins's life working on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, I Never Worked In Pocatello —The Life and Times of Santa Fe Railroad's Paul T. Collins, is the story of the changes in railroading from the end of the Nineteenth Century to past the middle of the Twentieth Century.Collins had the railroad and railroad wanderlust in his blood. His father spent his career working for railroads. Paul started at the age of sixteen as a station attendant for the Katy, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, working twenty-four hours a day. His career path took him to:• Walsenburg, Colorado, where he learned many of the fundamentals of the railroad business and married his first wife, a woman who he had nicknamed “Old Sour Face.”• Pueblo, Colorado, where he and his family lived through the devastating flood of 1921 that killed hundreds (many swept so far away their bodies were never found) and meant rebuilding the tracks.• Kansas City, where he tried his hand at business but his dream of selling concrete wall form ties nationally, perhaps internationally, was killed by Black Thursday and The Great Depression.• Dodge City, Kansas, where he tried to reconcile differences with his first wife, but it was futile, and they soon divorced.• Chicago, where he served as the assistant to J.J. Mahoney, general railroad superintendent. This job brought Collins immense job and personal satisfaction as he investigated train timing and car content. He also spent considerable time investigating the business of carrying cattle on the railroads and the rates charged for transporting cattle.• Winslow, Arizona, where he oversaw the double tracking of twenty-one important miles and solved a longstanding bottleneck for the Santa Fe. In Winslow he fell in love with and courted his second wife.• San Bernardino, California, during World War II where Santa Fe railroad men suffered physical as well as nervous breakdowns and died from the work overload brought on by the crush of handling two transcontinental railroads with freight and passengers.• Wellington, Kansas, where his youngest daughter was born and he, along with his wife, became active in community affairs.• Amarillo, Texas, his final stop while working with the Santa Fe where he served as rules examiner for the railroad, creating new and better rules while butting heads with his fellow examiners, and sometimes his superiors. He ended his fifty-one years of service with the Santa Fe at this station.Immediately following his retirement, Collins took his wife for an extensive European tour. Always the railroader, part of the tour was spent on trains and talking about the difference between European and American trains with fellow railroaders.The railroads changed over the many decades Paul T. Collins worked on the Santa Fe. He changed with them, from a callow but strong youth moving freight to a middle-aged divorcée overseeing double tracking that moved the trains faster and, finally, to a senior rules examiner who retired after making the railroad safer for all.

Utah Northern Railway Shop Pocatello Idaho 1888

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language : en
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Release Date : 1888

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The railroad shops for the Utah & Northern Railway were originally located in Eagle Rock (now Idaho Falls) about 50 miles North of Pocatello. In 1883, the shop itself was picked up and moved to Pocatello, building and all. The photograph was taken in 1888, and shows engine 400, a regular passenger engine.

Pocatello Railroad Shops

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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1915

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Photograph of the railroad shops at Pocatello, Idaho. Numbered in the photograph are 1. the steam power plant, 2. the machine shop, 3. the turn table, and 4. the round house.

Pocatello Hub Of The Western Railroads

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language : en
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Release Date : 1970

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Postcard of Pocatello railyards. "Railroad yards of this railroad center of southeastern Idaho"--Title page verso.

Workin On The Railroad

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Author : Richard Reinhardt
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2003

Workin On The Railroad written by Richard Reinhardt and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.

“The mighty railroad occupied the undisputed center of American public life. The railroad founded cities, populated states, created governments, destroyed the wilderness. It was the great speculator, the political tyrant, the recruiter of immigrants, the opener of new lands, the cynosure of poets and pioneers, the symbol of adventure, opportunity, escape, and power. . . . Yet, the railroad man, for all his historic importance, his archetypal stature, and his economic power, has achieved only a minor position in American literature.”--from Workin’ on the Railroad In Workin’ on the Railroad, Richard Reinhardt presents firsthand accounts from engineers, brakemen, porters, conductors, section men, roundhouse workers, switchmen, telegraphers, surveyors, and other neglected pioneers who worked the railroad during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Age of Steam.

Railroad Semantics

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Author : Aaron Dactyl
language : en
Publisher: Microcosm Pub
Release Date : 2011-12

Railroad Semantics written by Aaron Dactyl and has been published by Microcosm Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12 with Transportation categories.

Devoted to train hopping and train culture, this firsthand account of a risk-taking traveler describes with stunning detail the sights, sounds, successes, and defeats of riding United States railroads without a ticket. From exhausting waits in sparse canyons to breezy sunny rides through the Pacific Northwest, the author glorifies train hopping and expounds his grand adventures. Full of unique photographs documenting the author's railroad journeys, this real-life narrative of a self-styled hobo exudes the feel of adventure and allows readers to explore the world of freight train travel vicariously though him.