David A. Guillaudeu

Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Revisited (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Washington & Old Dominion Railroad covered therailroad's corporate history, construction, and operation. Thissecond volume expands the coverage with a geographic focus on fourlocations: Rosslyn, Great Falls, Leesburg, and Purcellville. The imageswithin offer a look at the railroad's feed and grain business, railfan-typeviews of equipment, and a visual record of methods used to maintainthe right-of-way and place equipment back on the tracks. Additionally,this work offers a history of the conversion of the right-of-way into thevery popular Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park.Learn about the history of mills and their place in the local economy.See how the Burro crane was a jack of all trades. Look under the hoodand inside the cab to imagine what it was like to be an engineer onone of the railroad's Baldwin-Westinghouse electric freight locomotives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. August 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781439656976
• Artikelnr.: 45434993

Autorenporträt

David A. Guillaudeu has taken photographs of the railroad and its industries, interviewed former employees, and collected old photographs for over 45 years. Paul E. McCray served as the park manager of the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park. Today, he is an unofficial Washington & Old Dominion Railroad historian, participating at speaking engagements for local history and rail enthusiasts.