John Norwood's Railroads

About this book

This volume John Norwoods fourth in a series covers a much broader range of railroading than his previous books. Though John is one of the countrys leading Rio Grande Narrow Gauge experts he has chosen to feature many different rail lines in text and photographs. His general railroad experience is vast and infinite. His father who began his railroad career in 1909 was a typical boomer Morse telegrapher having worked for 23 different railroads in his life. John adds And our family saw all of those railroads. Within these pages John relates his colorful stories and vivid memories of small lines such as the 162-mile-long Rio Grande Southern for whom he worked to large railroads such as the Missouri Pacific Gulf Mobile & Ohio Union Pacific Colorado Midland D&RGW Illinois Central Santa Fe Kansas City Southern-Frisco Rock Island Milwaukee San Diego & Arizona Eastern and others.