Set Up Running : The Life of a Pennsylvania Railroad Engineman

Set Up Running : The Life of a Pennsylvania Railroad Engineman
Author: John W. Orr
Publisher: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr
Description: Hardcover (March 2001)
ISBN: 0271020563

An engaging book, one likely to become a railroad classic. The major strength of Set Up Running is detail, particularly when it involves locomotives, train movements, and patterns of operation. Especially enjoyable are the depictions of Orr as a loyal Pennsylvania Railroad employee and of his overall pride of workmanship. ?H. Roger Grant, Clemson University

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.

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