Releasing Prisoners, Redeeming Communities: Reentry, Race, and Politics

Politics & Social Sciences

Thompson, Anthony

Social Sciences

NYU Press

A Reproduction of 'The Official Railway Equipment Register January 1953 of the USA, Canadian & Mexican Railroads

National Model Railroad Association

"This is the first volume in a series on Southern Pacific freight cars. It covers gondolas and stock cars, and the era is approximately 1900-1960, though with some coverage before and after those years. The book contains an extensive array of rosters, photos and drawings of the major car classes, along with other material as available such as construction photos, publicity photos, lettering drawings, and so forth. Survival of the cars over the years is presented, as are numerous photos of the cars in service. "Included are not only work (ballast) gondolas, but such signature cars of the SP as the 1920s GS gondolas from Enterprise (often called "Ulrich" cars); the 1940s GS gondolas, including a chapter on side extensions for wood chip, sugar beet, and other services; 1950s solid-bottom cars; and ore cars. Stock cars, from the CS-11 cars of the 1890s, through the standard Harriman cars, to the various late conversions of other cars to stock cars, are also given a full treatment. "Freight car history has a number of dimensions. Built dates, car numbers, car charactistics are only the bare bones. A complete history would also include reasons for construction of a particular car class and exploration of its design heritage; indications of the service to shippers to which a car class was assigned; and indications of the longevity of the class, culminating in rebuilding or scrapping. Though it is not possible to provide all this detail on every car class, this book does offer much of this type of history. "The large number of photos, particularly in-service images showing the cars at various times in their lives, make this a comprehensive volume. Complete roster information, including car specialties such as trucks and hand brakes, are presented in a nod to the modeling community. A few color photos are included among the 537 total photos."

Southern Pacific Freight Cars Volume 1: Gondolas and Stock Cars

Engineering & Transportation

Automotive

Signature Press, 2002

ANTHONY J THOMPSON(TONY) was born in Waycross Ga. a family of 8. attended elementary in Waycross, and upstate New York. in 1965 moved to Daytona Beach and was placed in 5th grade instead of 6th (had no records to prove different). I attended old Campbell Street high school and finished at Mainland. From 1973-1975, I served 2 years in the United States Airforce. In 1975 I moved to Atlanta and attended Georgia State College. In 1977 I started in Fire Science program / and Paramedics. Over time I moved back to Daytona Beach and settled down. I was the first African American to retire from Daytona Beach Fire Dept. in March of 2000. After that I started a second career in the Dept. of Juvenile Justice and spent a great deal of time in and out of court rooms in the state of Florida. I also worked as a counselor for Stewart Marchman drug treatment program for Juveniles. I am giving you this brief summary of my life so that you will know that I have seen the best and the worst and I have many stories to tell. After about 35 years of Public service, I noted lots of issues that gave reason for great concern in today's youth. I have 5 Children of my own, (four boys and one girl) and I could have been one of these youths in trouble. I noticed early on that sometimes your children will listen to a stranger before listening to you. In the fire rescue service, I dealt primarily with victims; natural deaths, murders and even delivering a baby. In the Juvenile system, on the other hand, offenders under the age of 18 were committing crimes like murder, home invasions, strong arm robbery, rape and many more serious crimes. Juvenile Justice placed all kids in the same cell no matter what the offense, a misdemeanor or Felony. The kids with misdemeanors were recruited by the kids with greater offenses. (They threatened their lives.) I knew, as a concerned parent, I had to try harder in making my kids and the other kids no matter the race or color understand that on that road they were traveling, the end is death. (Juvenile offenders do about 9 months to a year and a half.). I did a lot of things growing up and went through a lot of things but by the grace of God, I survived and I am leading a life filled with great success and examples of why it is important to stay on the right path. My way of saving our children lives is to tell my story. If I can find my way out of darkness, so can they. Teaching..."Open their eyes, open their hearts, save their lives and show the value of being responsible for themselves and their behaviors." In His Arms, there is peace, grace and mercy.

In His Arms

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Bethune Group

The Original Planted-Based Vegan Cookbook #2021: Quick and Healthy Recipes For Everyone incl. 30 Days Vegan Challenge

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Cooking by Ingredient

Independently published

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