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Missouri Pacific Maintainence of Way Standard Drawings,
Vols 1 & 2
Reviews by Charlie Duckworth

Now you can order both of these volumes for either your own library or as a gift at the MPHS Store.

Volume One
The Missouri Pacific Historical Society has published two books covering the standard Maintenance of Way drawings.  These are professionally printed from the original books and are very clear in their reproduction.  The drawings cover the steam to diesel eras. This softcover book is printed in landscape format with spiral binding for easy opening.  The 60 pages cover the railroad's platforms for unloading/loading freight, right of way box culverts, pile trestle bridgedetails, station signs, telephone booth, section house, cattle guards, mile pole markers, mail crane, roadbed and ballast sections, motor car set offs, watch box, privies,  coal boxes, train order signals and switch stand details.

Volume Two
The Missouri Pacific Historical Society has published two books covering the standard Maintenance of Way drawings.  These are professionally printed from the original books and are very clear in their reproduction.  The drawings cover from the steam to diesel eras. This softcover book is printed in landscape format with spiral binding for easy opening.  These 58 pages cover the railroad's water tanks, pump houses, stock yards, small right of way buildings and painting diagrams for the railroad's frame structures.  In addition a spreadsheet is enclosed showing one roadmaster's territory in December 1928 from Valley Park to Jefferson City with 31 section tool houses, 35 stations, and 13 section houses.  Other drawings include brick platforms, scale house, section houses, bunk houses, water tank details, cinder pit, crossing gates and many more.