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Santa Fe Railway H&M Society, 2022. Hardcover. New. The contents page of this book is missing page numbers for some of the chapters. A corrected, but separate, title page is included which shows the page numbers. Hardcover, 132 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., B&W photographs There haven't been too many books published regarding the hard-working men of the railroad maintenance-of-way work and life. This is a good title regarding the life and times from a southwest US and Santa Fe experience. Naylor, a track maintenance and construction supervisor for the Santa Fe Railway in New Mexico from 1921 to 1961, upon his death left a fascinating story of his time with the railway. He was an on-the-ground eyewitness to many of the changes on the Santa Fe, making this book a time capsule for both early railroading and life in New Mexico. His narrative provides rare glimpses into the hard life of a railroad track gang working as well as his difficulties as a supervisor and married man with family responsibilities. Naylor… Read More