pref reading from dru\u00a0\u00a0 260\u00a0 ref by reserch<\/p>\n
List of recommended reading for Tucson and Southern Arizona
\nTransportation knowledge.<\/p>\n
Available at the Southern AZ Transportation Museum gift shop<\/b><\/p>\n
414 N. Toole Ave, Tucson, AZ 85701. WE SHIP:<\/p>\n
A History of Tucson Transportation Beginnings Circa 1880: The Bob Knoll’s Southern Pacific: The Southern Pacific Railroad By J.R. Knoll. Mr. Knoll is a member of the Southern AZ Transportation Tucson was a Railroad Town: the Days of Steam in the Big Burg on the Main Line<\/span>, by W.D. Kalt III. The Age of Steam comes booming back to life in this up-close look at the growth of a railroad town deep in the heart of the American Southwest. Relive the excitement, terror and warm camaraderie that made the steam era unique in our nation’s history. Filled with fascinating anecdotes, more than 250 never before-published photographs, and conversations with the men and women who worked on the Southern Pacific Railroad, the book details life during an epoch now a half-century behind us.<\/p>\n Out of print treasures! Find these treasures and you will be rewarded with good transportation history.<\/p>\n Slavery, Scandal and Steel Rails <\/span>By David Devine. – Deals Railroads of Arizona, Volume I<\/span>, The Southern Roads, by David C. Myrick, published by Howell-North Books, Berkeley, California, 1975. Myrick is widely considered the expert in rail history in Arizona. This book can be viewed at the University of Arizona, Special Collections.<\/p>\n Available through Old Pueblo Trolley, Inc. Call for more Hooves and Rails<\/span>,<\/i> a detailed history of the Tucson Street horse-drawn street railway. By W. Eugene Caywood. Mr. Caywood is the Cars Stop Here,<\/span> this collaborative work is a brief history <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" pref reading from dru\u00a0\u00a0 260\u00a0 ref by reserch Recommended Reading List of recommended reading for Tucson and Southern Arizona Transportation knowledge. Available at the Southern AZ Transportation Museum gift shop 414 N. Toole Ave, Tucson, AZ 85701. WE SHIP: A History of Tucson Transportation Beginnings Circa 1880: The Arrival of the Railroad, Beginnings of Transit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tucsonhistoricdepot.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/260"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tucsonhistoricdepot.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tucsonhistoricdepot.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tucsonhistoricdepot.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tucsonhistoricdepot.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=260"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tucsonhistoricdepot.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":263,"href":"https:\/\/tucsonhistoricdepot.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/260\/revisions\/263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tucsonhistoricdepot.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nArrival of the Railroad, Beginnings of Transit in Tucson. By W. Eugene
\nCaywood.<\/span> – Originally published in 1980 for the centennial of the
\narrival of the Southern Pacific Railroad under the title A History
\nof Tucson Transportation,<\/span> this booklet has been republished by the
\nSouthern AZ Transportation Museum to commemorate the 125th Anniversary
\nof the arrival of the railroad, March 20th, 2005, which also marks the
\nopening of the Museum in the former S.P. records building at the newly
\nrestored historic depot complex. Mr. Caywood is the CEO and one of the
\nfounders of Old Pueblo Trolley, Inc. Mr. Caywood has researched and
\nwritten many publications on a variety of transportation modes in
\nTucson and Southern Arizona. As well as being a transportation
\nhistorian, Mr. Caywood is a lecturer and transit consultant.<\/p>\n
\nPhotos of J.R. Knoll.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nMuseum at the Depot and a former employee of Southern Pacific. Over
\nthe years, examples of Mr. Knoll’s work have appeared in Trains
\nMagazine<\/span> and several books, including David Myrick’s Railroads
\nof Arizona<\/span>, Rails to Carry Copper<\/span>, and eventually
\nWestern Trains<\/span>.<\/p>\n
\nwith the 1854 Gadsden Purchase and the building of the second
\nTranscontinental Railroad across Arizona and New Mexico twenty-five
\nyears later. Since 1995, award-winning author David Devine has written
\nextensively on the history of Southern Arizona, including early
\nhotels, the warehouse district near the railroad depot and the
\nincorporation battles of South Tucson. As a freelance writer, Devine
\nhas also published numerous local history articles in the Tucson
\nWeekly<\/span>.<\/p>\n
\ninformation, leave a message, 520-792-1802.<\/b><\/p>\n
\nRailway, 1897-1906, Tucson’s<\/p>\n
\nCEO and one of the founders of Old Pueblo Trolley, Inc. Mr. Caywood
\nhas researched and written many booklets on a variety of
\ntransportation modes in Tucson and Southern Arizona. As well as being
\na transportation historian, Mr. Caywood is a lecturer and transit
\nconsultant.<\/p>\n
\nof Tucson’s street railways, both horse-drawn and electric, with an
\nintroduction from David F. Myrick. The authors, Mr. Cirino G. Scavone
\nand Mr. John A. Haney are local rail historians and enthusiasts with
\nan intense interest in railway history and urban transportation.<\/p>\n