Southern Pacific's Sierra Crossing
John R. Signor
8½x11 - Hardbound, 290 pages, 492 illustrations, maps, profiles, bibliography, and index.
This volume presents all you ever wanted to know about Southern Pacific's rail passage over California's Donner Pass. At the summit, over 90 feet of snow falls annually. Everything about the Sierra crossing was monumental: the grade, the locomotives required to lift the trains over the Sierra, the helper locomotives, the tonnage handled, and those unique snowsheds that protected the tracks from the record snowfall and rock slides.
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Donner Pass,
By Dan. C (Illinois) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Donner Pass: Southern Pacific's Sierra Crossing (Hardcover)
This book i thought was very immformitive about the Southern Pacific's Donner Pass. It told quite a bit about not only the operations on the railroad but also about all of the equipment that is used to keep and mantain the railroad through the harsk Sierra Mt. winters. It also gave a good overview of Southern Pacific as a whole and told about the numerous operations of Southern in and around the Donner Pass area. I would reccomend this book to anyone that is looking for a book with lots of information but without losin the excitment of a good old railroad book.
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Donner Pass,
By Dan. C (Illinois) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Donner Pass: Southern Pacific's Sierra Crossing (Hardcover)
This book i thought was very immformitive about the Southern Pacific's Donner Pass. It told quite a bit about not only the operations on the railroad but also about all of the equipment that is used to keep and mantain the railroad through the harsk Sierra Mt. winters. It also gave a good overview of Southern Pacific as a whole and told about the numerous operations of Southern in and around the Donner Pass area. I would reccomend this book to anyone that is looking for a book with lots of information but without losin the excitment of a good old railroad book.
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The Book By Which All Others Should Be Measured,
By Mark R. Alley (Dutch Flat, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Donner Pass: Southern Pacific's Sierra Crossing (Hardcover)
If you desire information about Donner Pass and the western portion of the Transcontinental Railroad, this book is the one to acquire. John Signor has researched this book to the Nth degree and included photos published nowhere else. The detail is immense, the story fascinating. Be forewarned, this is NOT the story of the Union Pacific -- it is, however, the story of the Central Pacific and then the Southern Pacific as they both struggled to first build the road and then maintain it throughout the years and the terrible winters over the Sierras. Amazon indicates it will be some time to acquire. You want the book now (as of 10-28-00)? Order it from Railroad Hobbies in Roseville, California. They are on the web. They have copies on their shelves now. Are you a railfan? Railroad Hobbies is a great place to visit when in Roseville. John Signor, my hat is off to you for this fantastic recording of history. Your work is in-depth and, as far as I'm concerned, an absolute CLASSIC. I once visited a woman who owns what was once a railroaders cabin in Cisco. It is the last cabin on the line in that area. We started talking history and she showed me your book. She treasures its documentation and so do I. Railfans and historians: you CANNOT go wrong with this book!
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