Western Pacific Locomotives & Cars: Steam - Diesel - Passanger - Freight
by Dorin, Patrick C.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2004-06-14
Publisher(s): Motorbooks Intl
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Summary
This book is a second volume in author Patrick Dorin's treatment of Western Pacific Locomotives and Cars. This is a continuation of photos and data, supplementing and expanding on those presented in the first volume, published in 1998. Color and B&W photos give an appreciation for the variety, type, and style of WP equipment in its operational enviroment and should be useful to modelers and WP aficionados. Book jacket.
Table of Contents
| About the Author | p. i |
| Acknowledgments | p. iii |
| Introduction | p. iii |
| The Western Pacific Railroad System | |
| A Historical and Geographical Review | p. 1 |
| Western Pacific Subsidiaries | p. 13 |
| Passenger Trains and Service | |
| Flyers, Locals and Passenger Extras | p. 23 |
| The California Zephyr | p. 35 |
| The Zephyrette | p. 47 |
| Amtrak and The Altamont Commuter Express | p. 49 |
| Freight Trains and Service | |
| Tonnage Over the Feather River Route | p. 51 |
| Car Ferry Services | p. 69 |
| Rolling Stock | |
| Freight Equipment | p. 70 |
| Motive Power Pictorial Review | p. 81 |
| Epilogue: The Union Pacific System | p. 101 |
| Bibliography | p. 107 |
| Recommendations for Further Reading and Research | p. 108 |
| Color Section | p. 109 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
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