Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway: History and Steam Locomotives
Richard E. Prince was born in 1920 and was raised in Norfolk,  Virginia. He attended Georgia School of Technology in Atlanta, graduating in  1942 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. After working a year in the L&N;  Railroad South Louisville Shops as a special apprentice, he joined the Merchant  Marine. He obtained his 3rd Assistant Engineer License and sailed during the war  as 3rd engineer on steam Liberty ships. Prince returned to the L&N; Railroad at  South Louisville Shops where he became Assistant to the General Foreman in the  steam back shop and roundhouse. In 1952 Prince joined the Mechanical Engineering  Department of the Union Pacific Railroad and was sent to Green River, Wyoming,  where he was part of the Gas Turbine Locomotive Staff for 15 years. In 1969 he  transferred to the Omaha Mechanical Engineering Department of the UPRR. Prince  retired in 1983, and lives in Omaha, Nebraska. His ten books on railroads have  sold over 20,000 copies.