The railroad at Pocatello / Thornton Waite.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waite, Thornton., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of rail.

Images of America

Images of rail

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historic buildings--Idaho--Pocatello--Pictorial works.

Historic buildings.

Railroads--Idaho--Pocatello--Buildings, structures, etc--History--Pictorial works.

Railroads.

Railroads--Idaho--Pocatello--History--Pictorial works.

Pocatello (Idaho)--Buildings, structures, etc--Pictorial works.

Pocatello (Idaho).

Pocatello (Idaho)--History--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, map.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2012]

Summary:

Pocatello was founded as a station on the narrow-gauge Utah and Northern Railway in 1878, and it has been a railroad town ever since. Passenger and freight trains arrived and departed in all four directions of the compass, 24 hours a day. The Union Pacific also built extensive shops at Pocatello, where railroad equipment was serviced, maintained, and repaired. In addition, refrigerator cars were iced from a large icehouse, and railroad ties were treated with preservative at a tie plant. The advent of the automobile, improved roads, new technologies, and the introduction of the diesel-electric locomotives all combined to change the railroad industry, affecting Pocatello in many ways. Passenger trains were discontinued, the steam-locomotive-servicing facilities were closed, and shop buildings were torn down. However, the railroad in Pocatello remains a vital part of the local scene today, with freight trains continuing to run through the city day and night.

Contents:

Arrival of the railroad

The first depots

The 1915 depot

Crossing the tracks

Passenger trains

Freight trains

The Pocatello shops

Pacific Fruit Express

The timber treating plant

Pocatello's railroad heritage.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127).

OCLC:

885208852