Download or read book The Railroad at Pocatello written by Thornton Waite and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Railroad at Pocatello written by Thornton Waite and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Pocatello Railroad Shops written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Pocatello Hub of the Western Railroads written by and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Postcard of Pocatello railyards. "Railroad yards of this railroad center of southeastern Idaho"--Title page verso.
Download or read book Rail Yard Pocatello Idaho written by and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book I Never Worked in Pocatello written by Paul T. Collins and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Railroad Semantics written by Aaron Dactyl and published by Microcosm Pub. This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Railroad Y M C A Pocatello Idaho written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Utah Northern Railway Shop Pocatello Idaho 1888 written by and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Awards First Division National Railroad Adjustment Board written by United States. National Railroad Adjustment Board and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Train Dispatchers Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Jewelers Circular written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 1006 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Awards Third Division National Railroad Adjustment Board written by United States. National Railroad Adjustment Board and published by . This book was released on with total page 962 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Investigation No 2821 The Union Pacific Railroad Company Report in Re Accident at Pocatello Idaho on August 29 1944 written by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Railroad Employee Fatalities Investigated written by United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Safety and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 924 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Idaho Adventure written by Nancy Wilper Tacke and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Idaho Adventure is a multi-media textbook program for 4th grade Idaho studies. The program is based on Idaho's Content Standards for social studies and teaches civics, history, geography, and economics. The student edition places the state's historical events in the larger context of our nation's history.
Download or read book North American Railyards Updated and Expanded Edition written by Michael Rhodes and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2014-12-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic illustrated reference is now fully updated with revised profiles, additional diagrams, and more than a dozen new railyard profiles. Railyards are the epicenter of modern railroad operations sprawling multi-acre facilities, featuring miles of track and complex operations. There, freight-carrying rolling stock of every conceivable type is dropped off, sorted, and switched from train to train before being sent off to its next destination. Michael Rhodes, a devoted U.K.-based rail enthusiast, has traveled the United States and Canada dozens of times, gathering information about the histories and operations of these facilities. In this updated and expanded edition of his 2003 book, North American Railyards, Rhodes provides a unique reference to railyards across the continent, including the latest information on their status, traffic, and more. In addition to revising the previous yard profiles where necessary, he has added more than a dozen profiles not included in the previous edition, bringing the total in this volume to 100. The book also includes 10 new yard diagrams not appearing in the previous volume, provides updates to the existing 25 diagrams where needed, and features system maps for the Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, CSX, Norfolk Southern, BNSF, and Union Pacific railroads. Where the first edition of North American Railyards was unparalleled in enthusiast literature published before it, this fully revamped and expanded edition brings even more information and a beautiful new layout to the bookshelf of any true railfan.
