| Preface | 5
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| Acknowledgements | 7
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| Chapter 1, Beginnings: From the Shack on the Levee | 11
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| Chapter 2, From the Gold Spike to 1900 | 31
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| Chapter 3, Harriman and The Common Standard | 117
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| Chapter 4, The Shops Spread Out | 147
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| Chapter 5, USRA and ''Let's Do It Ourselves'' | 163
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| Chapter 6, Roaring in the 1920s | 185
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| Chapter 7, Malaise and Resurgence | 255
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| Chapter 8, The Shops' ''Finest Hour'' | 305
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| Chapter 9, Transition Years for Motive Power and Passengers | 341
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| Chapter 10, The Rebuild Years | 421
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| Chapter 11, A New Beginning | 459
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| Appendix 1, Patents Issued to Selected Shops Craftsmen | 463
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| Appendix 2, Roster, Shops-built Locomotives 1873-1937 | 465
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| Appendix 3, George Stoddard's Notebook | 477
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| Appendix 4, Records and Images | 479
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| Bibliography | 488
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| Index | 491
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