Washington & Old Dominion Railroad (Hardcover) by David A Guillaudeu, Foreword by Paul E McCray, Paul E McCray Foreword

9781531666088. New condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 130. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 130 p. Washington &amp; Old Dominion Railroad covered the<br>railroad s corporate history, construction, and operation. This<br>second volume expands the coverage with a geographic focus on four<br>locations: Rosslyn, Great Falls, Leesburg, and Purcellville. The images<br>within offer a look at the railroad s feed and grain business, railfan-type<br>views of equipment, and a visual record of methods used to maintain<br>the right-of-way and place equipment back on the tracks. Additionally, <br>this work offers a history of the conversion of the right-of-way into the<br>very popular Washington &amp; Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park.<br>Learn about the history of mills and their place in the local economy.<br>See how the Burro crane was a jack of all trades. Look under the hood<br>and inside the cab to imagine what it was like to be an engineer on<br>one of the railroad s Baldwin-Westinghouse electric freight locomotives."

• Washington & Old Dominion Railroad, (Hardcover)
• Author: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
• ISBN: 9781531666088
• Format: Hardcover
• Publication Date: 2013-02-18
• Page Count: 130