Book ID: CBB063579788

Big Hooks (2013)

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Marre, Louis A. (Author)


Withers Publishing


Publication Date: 2013
Physical Details: 96
Language: English

A pictorial look at a piece of railroad work equipment that has disappeared from the nation's railroads. This book covers these monsters with more than 100 black-and-white and 40 color photos.

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Review Herring, Neill (Spring/Summer 2014) Review of "Big Hooks". Railroad History (pp. 113-114). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Gruber, John E.
Reevy, Tony
Lothes, Scott
Schweiterman, Joseph P.
Wegman, Mark
Shaughnessy, Jim
Journals
Railroad History
Publishers
Voyageur Press
Indiana University Press
Railroad Explorer
Kalmbach Books
Four Ways West Publications
DeGolyer Library
Concepts
Photography of railroads
Railroads
Land transportation
Pictorial works
Biographies
Labor and Laborers, Railroad
People
Delano, Jack
Beebe, Lucius
Clegg, Charles
Delano, Jack
Norton, Victor E., Jr.
Abbey, Wallace W.
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
19th century
Places
United States
Philadelphia, PA
Midwestern states (U.S.)
Hawaii (U.S.)
Canada
Institutions
Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Company
Oahu Railway and Land Company
Reading Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Delaware & Hudson Railroad Corporation
Office of War Information
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