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- catalog abstract ""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." "John W. (Jack) Orr, Oscar's son, tells his father's story, which begins at the Central Steam Heating Plant in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Oscar operated nearly every kind of steam locomotive the Pennsylvania Railroad owned, working from the bottom of the roster to the top position (number one in seniority). Orr has an ear for detail, and vivid memory. He tells about his father's first encounter with an automobile among the right-of-way, about what it was like to operate a train in a blizzard, and about the difficulties railroadmen encountered in stopping a trainload of tank cars loaded with oil in order to take on water and coal - among many other stories in the author's large memory bank." "This railroad history will enthrall not only everyone in the railroad community but also the general reader interested in railroads and trains, past and present."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12036374.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""John W. (Jack) Orr, Oscar's son, tells his father's story, which begins at the Central Steam Heating Plant in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Oscar operated nearly every kind of steam locomotive the Pennsylvania Railroad owned, working from the bottom of the roster to the top position (number one in seniority). Orr has an ear for detail, and vivid memory. He tells about his father's first encounter with an automobile among the right-of-way, about what it was like to operate a train in a blizzard, and about the difficulties railroadmen encountered in stopping a trainload of tank cars loaded with oil in order to take on water and coal - among many other stories in the author's large memory bank."".
- catalog description ""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."".
- catalog description ""This railroad history will enthrall not only everyone in the railroad community but also the general reader interested in railroads and trains, past and present."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction / James D. Porterfield -- The Beginnings, 1904 -- Firing and Setting Up Running, 1907-1909 -- Encountering Obstacles, 1912 -- Changes During the Roaring Twenties -- The Depression Years -- Constant Changes During the Mid-1930s -- End of the Great Depression and the World War II Years, 1937-1947 -- The Final Fast-Freight Crew.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 376 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0271020563 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "University Park, Penn : Pennsylvania State University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "625.2/7/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Locomotive engineers United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Orr, Oscar Perry, 1883-1954.".
- catalog subject "Pennsylvania Railroad History.".
- catalog subject "TF140.O77 O77 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction / James D. Porterfield -- The Beginnings, 1904 -- Firing and Setting Up Running, 1907-1909 -- Encountering Obstacles, 1912 -- Changes During the Roaring Twenties -- The Depression Years -- Constant Changes During the Mid-1930s -- End of the Great Depression and the World War II Years, 1937-1947 -- The Final Fast-Freight Crew.".
- catalog title "Set up running : the life of a Pennsylvania railroad engineman, 1904-1949. / John W. Orr ; with an introduction by James D. Porterfield.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".