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DEPARTMENTS
Intro to the SCSRA
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The Library
Welcome to the library! Featured here are literary selections about a variety of subjects, from a humorous look at the development of the Diesel engine, to historical documents detailing the heritage of the American railways. We are always looking for new material to add to this collection. Should you have a selection or idea which you would like to submit, contact the SCSRA Dispatcher. Materials here are copyrighted by their respective owners.
Selections
- HotRail! Newsletter - Our current quarterly newsletter, a joint venture with the Fullerton Railway Plaza Association (FRPA)
- The HEADLIGHT - Past issues of our former quarterly publication.
- The Seven Eras of Rapid Transit Planning in Los Angeles by Robert P. Sechler, 1983. Overview of what was, until a short time ago, Los Angeles's greatest non-success story
- Travel Town by Gerald M. Best, 1956. Historical booklet, originally printed in 1956 about the Travel Town Museum. Many historical photos are featured.
- The Whyte Wheel Classification System for Steam Locomotives
- A Typical Narrow Gauge Story - The Oahu Railway
- The Life of a Pullman Porter - A historical look at the ambassadors of a different era of rail travel.
- Exerpts from the Pullman Rulebook, "Instructions to Porters, Attendants, and Bus Boys"
- General Rules from the Standard Code of Operating Rules, adopted January 1986, Assoc. of American Railroads
- General Code of Operating Rules, unofficial text for reference only from the website of the San Diego Railroad Museum
Railroad Related Humor (true or otherwise!)
- Facts and Fables of Diesel Freight Units - A humorous look at the diesel engine.
- A Pullman Anecdote
- A Conductor Joke
- The Testimony of Boomer Bill
- US Standard Railroad Gauge or How MilSpecs
Live Forever
(fun reading, even if it is an Urban Legend) - Chester Nimitz on the Super Chief
