Set Up Running: The Life of a Pennsylvania Railroad Engineman, 1904-1949 Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Set Up Running: The Life of a Pennsylvania Railroad Engineman, 1904-1949 Book

Set Up Running tells the story of a Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive engineer, Oscar P. Orr, who operated steam-powered freight and passenger trains throughout central Pennsylvania and south-central New York. From 1904 to 1949, Orr sat at the controls of many famous steam locomotives; moved trains loaded with coal, perishables, and other freight; and encountered virtually every situation a locomotive engineer of that era could expect to see. John W. (Jack) Orr, Oscar s son, tells his father s story, which begins at the Central Steam Heating Plant in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Oscar operated nearly every kind of steam locomotive the Pennsylvania Railroad owned, working from the bottom of the roster to the top position (number one in seniority). Orr has an ear for detail and a vivid memory. He tells about his father s first encounter with an automobile along the right-of-way, about what it was like to operate a train in a blizzard, and about the difficulties railroadmen encountered in stopping a trainload of tank cars loaded with oil in order to take on water and coal and many other stories. This compelling railroad history will enthrall not only everyone in the railroad community but also the general reader interested in railroads and trains, past and present.Read More

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  • 027102741X
  • 9780271027418
  • John W. Orr
  • 10 October 2005
  • Pennsylvania State University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 376
  • New edition
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