Steam to Diesel: Jim Fredrickson's Railroading Journal

by Jim Fredrickson

In 1943, old hands at Tacoma's Union Station probably didn't think much of the idea of hiring a green, 16-year-old kid. But with so many men away at war, the labor shortage was critical and any new worker was welcome. Jim Fredrickson didn't disappoint. From this humble start, he flourished as a train dispatcher extraordinaire on the Northern Pacific's Tacoma Division in Washington State.

Jim worked his way up through the division to qualify...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874222451
• ISBN13: 9780874222456
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Washington State University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 10.9" x 9.4"