Mad As Hell: Part One

Biographies & Memoirs

Anderson, David N

Professionals & Academics

Mad As Hell - Part Two

This book tells the story of SP 4294, the last new steam locomotive purchased by the Southern Pacific and the last remaining cab forward. The cab forwards were the signature locomotive of the Southern Pacific; no other railroad used them. The cab forwards were designed for the unusual operating conditions the Southern Pacific faced over the Sierra Nevada Mountains, route of the world’s first transcontinental railroad. Within its 88 pages this book has 70 photographs, 47 of them in color of SP 4294 on display at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento. These photographs illustrate many of the parts and controls of the locomotive with associated descriptions of their purpose and operation.

Cab Forward 4294: Southern Pacific Railroad?s Signature Locomotive

Engineering & Transportation

Herris, Jack

Cipolla, Vincent C

O'Day, Russel MH

Transportation

Aeronaut Books

<p>Between 1865 and 1869, thousands of Chinese migrants toiled at a grueling pace and in perilous working conditions to help construct the world’s first Transcontinental Railroad. The Central Pacific Railroad first employed 50 Chinese workers on a trial basis as construction progressed through Auburn, California. From there, it is estimated that during peak construction, 12,000 Chinese laborers were employed to help build 690 miles of track, bore 6,213 feet of tunnel, and construct 35 bridges and trestles for the Central Pacific. The ultimate impact of Chinese labor was the completion of Manifest Destiny and the development of the Western United States.</p>

Chinese Workers on the First Transcontinental Railroad: Southern Pacific Cyclopedia Vol. 5

History

Australia & Oceania

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