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Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad by Griffin Capital Cities Route
Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad by William E Griffin Jr
The Capital CIties Route
Hard Cover
Copyright 1994 203 pages
Contents
Introduction - 1
Chapter 1 - A Brief History of the RF&P - 3
Chapter 2 - The Glory Days of Steam - 25
Chapter 3 - The Diesel Era - 57
Chapter 4 - Passenger Service - 83
Chapter 5 - Special Trains - 109
Chapter 6 Freight Service - 117
Chapter 7 - Passenger Train Equipment - 143
Chapter 8 - Freight Train Equipment - 167
Chapter 9 - An RF&P Color Album - 190
In the early morning hours of October 10, 1991, documents were signed, bank drafts cleared, and the deal was struck to end the 157-year independent operation of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company. Born during the earliest stage of railroad development, its unique arrangement of stock ownership had enabled the RF&P to retain independent status long after other railroad companies succumbed to the rail industry's modern merger movement.
This is my second book on the RF&P. The first-A Hundred and Fifty Years of History Along the RF&P-was published by the Company in 1983 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of its corporate existence. That work, actually a compilation of articles that had previously appeared in the Company's employee magazine, focused on the RF&P's history as it related to the communities along its right-of-way.
With the demise of the Company, I resolved to tell the story of the RF&P in a more comprehensive manner. This book has been written to fulfill that goal. Herein, we'll review the RF&P's corporate history from birth to merger; the Company's motive power and rolling stock; its passenger and freight operations; and, the special train operations that won so many friends for the RF&P in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
A brief history, the glory days of steam, the diesel era, passenger service, special trains, freight service, passenger train equipment, freight train equipment, RF&P color album.
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