This 96-page, horizontal-format (10.875"W x
8.375"H) saddlestitched softcover book by Jeff Scherb features newly redrawn
PRR standard plans of trackside structures, bridges & culverts, signals, and
signs. Working from original drawings and photos, Jeff recreated these
historical drawings using CAD software so they could be compiled into
a practical and comprehensive format useful to both the PRR historian and
modeler.
While many books have extensively examined
the motive power and rolling stock of the Pennsylvania, little attention has
paid to the plethora of standard equipment found along the side of the
track. With this book, historians, and modelers interested in prototypically
recreating these features, now have a practical reference guide.
CONTENTS
Introduction
Structures
Passenger Shelter (1911)
Watch Box (1879, revised 1911)
Watch Box (1911, revised 1914)
Tool House (1905)
Tool House (1911)
Octagonal Signal Cabin (1895)
Brick Signal Cabin
Telephone Booth (1909)
Scale House (1906)
Frost Proof Water Tank (1904, Revised 1912)
Steel Water Tank (1916)
Standard Height and Distance from Rail for Freight and Passenger Platform (1902)
Bridges and Culverts
Concrete Arch Culverts, 4', 6', 8', 10' Span (1909)
Concrete Arch Bridge of Spans between 10' and 80' (1912)
Timber Trestle Bridges, General Plan (1907, Revised 1913)
Timber Trestle Bridges, Details (1907, Revised 1913)
5 and 6 Pile Timber Trestle Bridges (1925)
4, 5 and 6 Post Timber Trestle Bridges (1925)
Timber Coal Trestle (1907, Revised 1913)
Concrete Coal Trestle (1908, Revised 1914)
Signaling
Signal Indications
Signals - Position Light (1926)
Signals - Position Light (Aspects and Order Numbers) (1935)
Signal Bridge for 2 through 8 tracks (1916)
Markers for Switches and Signals (1927)
Signals - Position Light, Dwarf and Pedestal (1938)
Signs, End of Block and Fouling Point (1949)
Block Limit Signal and Approach Block Limit Sign (1943)
Distant Switch Indicator (1929)
Color Light Flag Station Signal (1929)
Blades for Semaphore Signals (1894, Revised 1922)
Smashboards (1936)
Telephone Box (1909)
Wooden Mail Crane (1906)
Mail Crane (1922)
Signs
Letters and Figures for Signs and Notices (1920)
Letters and Figures for Signs and Notices (Condensed) (1920)
Monogram and Stencils for Marking Bridges (1921)
Passenger Station Sign (1928)
Passenger Station Approach Sign (1928)
Public Notices (1909)
Freight Station Sign (1928)
Call Signs for Interlocking or Block Stations (1928)
Trespass Sign (1898, Revised 1914)
Trespass Sign for Company's Private Property (1908, Revised 1916)
Trespass Sign for Private Crossings (1904, Revised 1911)
Iron Warning Sign for Electrified Tracks (1906)
Whistle, Ring and Section Signs (1905)
Whistle and Ring Signs (1929)
Mile, State & County Line, Corporation, Valuation Section, and Division Post (1921)
Flanger Sign (1924)
Yard Limit Sign (1920)
Slow and Yard Limit Signs (1912)
Standard Iron Road Crossing Signs (1899, Revised 1907, 1908, 1911)
Signs, Illuminated and Reflecting, for Highway Crossings (1933)
Signal, Flashing Light Highway Crossings (1952)
Road Crossing Signs (1912)
Highway Crossing Signs (1926)
Approach Warning Signs (1930)
Painting for Highway Crossing Gates (1921)
Stop Sign (1930)
Method of Numbering Bridges and Bridge Number Sign (1921)
Malleable Iron Standard Figures and Letters for Sign Posts (1889)
