Overhaul: A Social History of the Albuquerque Locomotive Repair Shops

by Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint

Book Overview

Winner of the 2021 Southwest Book Award from the Border Regional Library Association

In Overhaul, historians Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint present the largely forgotten story of Albuquerque's locomotive repair shops, which were the driving force behind the city's economy for more than seventy years. In the course of their study they also document the thousands of skilled workers who kept the locomotives in operation, many of whom...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826362494
• ISBN13: 9780826362490
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.7"