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SUNSET LIMITED: THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMERICAN WEST, 1850-1930
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Orsi, 2005, Univ. Cal. Press, 615p, HD.
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The only major U.S. railroad to be operated by westerners and the only railroad built from west to east, the Southern Pacific acquired a unique history and character.
It also acquired a reputation, especially in California, as a railroad that people loved to hate. This magisterial history tells the full story of the Southern Pacific for the first time,
shattering myths about the company that have prevailed to this day.
Reviewed in Railroad History issue #194, R&LHS, page 88-89.
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