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Set up running : the life of a Pennsylvania railroad engineman, 1904-1949
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Set up running : the life of a Pennsylvania railroad engineman, 1904-1949

著者: John W Orr
出版商: University Park, PA : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2001.
版本/格式:   图书 : 传记 : 英语
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"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
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类型/形式: Biography
提及的人: Oscar Perry Orr
材料类型: 传记
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所有的著者/提供者: John W Orr
ISBN: 0271020563 9780271020563
OCLC号码: 43662097
描述: xvi, 376 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
内容: Introduction / James D. Porterfield --
The Beginnings, 1904 --
Firing and Setting Up Running, 1907-1909 --
Encountering Obstacles, 1912 --
Changes During the Roaring Twenties --
The Depression Years --
Constant Changes During the Mid-1930s --
End of the Great Depression and the World War II Years, 1937-1947 --
The Final Fast-Freight Crew.
责任: by John W. Orr with an introduction by James D. Porterfield.

摘要:

"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 vivid memory. He tells about his father's first encounter with an automobile among 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 - among many other stories in the author's large memory bank.".

"This railroad history will enthrall not only everyone in the railroad community but also the general reader interested in railroads and trains, past and present."--BOOK JACKET.

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