Tug Boats - Santa Fe Railroad Tugboats, Luna, Tugboat Spence, Baltimore, the Great Lakes Group, Hickman V. Taylor, John H Amos, Em (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 159. Not illustrated. Chapters: Santa Fe Railroad Tugboats, Luna, Tugboat Spence, Baltimore, the Great Lakes Group, Hickman V. Taylor, John H Amos, Empire Sandy, Foundation Franklin, Ramsgate Tug, Eppleton Hall, Wandilla, William C Daldy, St Sea Alarm, Tractor Tug William M, Mv the Second Snark, Bourbon Dolphin, Arthur Foss, Mt Deerhound, Hercules, St Empire Ace, Steam Tug Wattle, W.p. Snyder, Jr., St Empire Birch, Salvage Tug, Thames, Forceful, Ned Hanlan, Voith Schneider Propeller, Ryan Leet, Nash, Uscg Katmai Bay Class Icebreaking Tug, Wangerooge Class Tug, Tug, Inshore and Dock, Edna G, Atlas V, Radium King, American Waterways Operators, Abeille Bourbon, New York Central Tugboat 13, Abeille Liberte, Helgoland Class Tug, Elizabeth M, Atlantic Osprey, Trip Pilots, Jupiter, Thomas Hebert, Tanerliq, Tug Atlantic Salvor, Tugboat Urger, Pibroch, Rmas Powerful, Rmas Bustler. Excerpt: The Santa Fe Railroad barged rail cars across the San Francisco Bay for much of the 20th century as there is no direct rail link to the San Francisco peninsula. In the post World War II period a fleet of three tugs moved the barges: the Paul P. Hastings, the Edward J. Engel, and the John R. Hayden. After cross-bay float service had ended and the tugs had been sold, the Hastings sank off Point Arena, California in water too deep to raise. The Engel sank off Alameda, California and is expected to be raised. The Hayden remains afloat and in service in Oregon. The Santa Fe Railroad tracks only went as far west as Oakland, California. (The Southern Pacific Railroad had a line on the San Francisco Peninsula from San Jose, but blocked the Santa Fe from access.) The Santa Fe did have some isolated tracks in the city of San Francisco. To connect to them from Oakland the Santa Fe used a fleet of tugs and barges to move freight across the San Francisco Bay. This s...