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Author : Robert C. Reisweber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781931014052
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (14 download)
Download or read book The Original Norfolk Southern Railway, 1883 to 1974 written by Robert C. Reisweber and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Larry K. Neal, Jr.
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467126225
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)
Download or read book Rail Depots of Eastern North Carolina written by Larry K. Neal, Jr. and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Railroads have been an integral part of North Carolina since the 1850s, allowing goods and people to travel across the state or to other areas of the country. For many years, the main focus of small towns and large cities in the state was the railroad depots. Residents could purchase train tickets, businesses sought to ship or receive goods for market, and kids loved to visit and wave to the passing train crews. During the Christmas season, presents ordered from catalogs would arrive by Railway Express and were delivered to homes across the area. Mail was also delivered by rail to the depots, even if the train did not stop at a particular community. This book hopes to provide rail enthusiasts, local and economic historians, and history lovers in general a look back at the heyday of railroads and how much they affected daily life in North Carolina.
Author : Richard C. Borkowski
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781616739553
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (395 download)
Download or read book Norfolk Southern Railway written by Richard C. Borkowski and published by . This book was released on with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a quarter of a century behind it, Norfolk Southern is one of the oldest Class 1 railroads operating in North America. This illustrated history tells how Norfolk Southern came to be what it is today, from the merger of two of American railroadings most legendary roads-- Southern Railway and Norfolk and Western--through its rise to the heights of the worlds leading transportation companies. After a concise history of the roads that became Norfolk Southern, author Richard Borkowski explores the railroads corporate history and operating structure and details the specific operations that go into the lines customer-oriented approach, including its vast intermodal network. Along with each of Norfolk Southerns 11 operating divisions, this book offers a close look at NS motive power, a wealth of color photographs, and a specially commissioned system map.
Author : Jacob Morgan Plott and Bob Plott
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467144592
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)
Download or read book Smoky Mountain Railways written by Jacob Morgan Plott and Bob Plott and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Smoky Mountains were a remote and inaccessible place with no major highways or railroads until well after the Civil War. Using first enslaved and later convict labor, the Western North Carolina Railroad and Murphy Branch connected the mountains with the remainder of the state by 1891. The railroad brought commerce and tourism, and tourists and rail buffs continue to come to Bryson City to experience travel by steam train on the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad. The history of this line is a story like no other. It is a tale filled with tragedy, heroism, brains, blood, sweat, tears, nitroglycerin and humor. Local authors Jacob Morgan Plott and Bob Plott tell the story of a line that refused to die.
Author : Alan Coleman
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467127752
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)
Download or read book North Carolina Transportation Museum written by Alan Coleman and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Established in 1896, Spencer Shops was the Southern Railway's largest steam locomotive repair facility. After five decades of providing thousands of jobs to craftsmen and laborers, Spencer Shops and its company town became a victim of technology as diesel-electrics replaced steam locomotives. By August 1960, Spencer Shops had all but ceased operation, its workforce dwindling to a level 95 percent smaller than it had been in the early 1950s. Even as rust and pigeons ruled the largely abandoned complex, a dedicated group of state officials and railroad enthusiasts saw its promise as a state historic site. After years of hard work, Spencer Shops experienced its rebirth with the creation of the North Carolina Transportation Museum (NCTM) in 1977. Today, the impressive facility celebrates not only the rich history of Spencer but also the wide array of transportation history in the Tar Heel State."--Publisher.
Author : Norfolk Southern Railroad Company
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (179 download)
Download or read book Corporate History of the Norfolk Southern Railroad Company written by Norfolk Southern Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1914* with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard E. Prince
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780960008858
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Norfolk Southern Railroad, Old Dominion Line, and Connections written by Richard E. Prince and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jim Cox
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786461756
Total Pages : 477 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Rails Across Dixie written by Jim Cox and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-11-17 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering legendary and obscure intercity passenger trains in a dozen Southeastern states, this book details the golden age of train travel. The story begins with the inception of steam locomotives in 1830 in Charleston, South Carolina, continuing through the mid-1930s changeover to diesel and the debut of Amtrak in 1971 to the present. Throughout, the book explores the technological achievements, the romance and the economic impact of traveling on the tracks. Other topics include contemporary museums and excursion trains; the development of commuter rails, monorails, light rails, and other intracity transit trains; the social impact of train travel; and historical rail terminals and facilities. The book is supplemented with more than 160 images and 10 appendices.
Author : Burke Davis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780807868607
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (686 download)
Download or read book The Southern Railway written by Burke Davis and published by . This book was released on 2011-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Southern Railway: Roads of the Innovators
Author : Ian Savage
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 146155571X
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (615 download)
Download or read book The Economics of Railroad Safety written by Ian Savage and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American public has a fascination with railroad wrecks that goes back a long way. One hundred years ago, staged railroad accidents were popular events. At the Iowa State fair in 1896, 89,000 people paid $20 each, at current prices, to see two trains, throttles wide open, collide with each other. "Head-on Joe" Connolly made a business out of "cornfield meets" holding seventy-three events in thirty-six years. Picture books of train wrecks do good business presumably because a train wreck can guarantee a spectacular destruction of property without the messy loss of life associated with aircraft accidents. A "train wreck" has also entered the popular vocabulary in a most unusual way. When political manoeuvering leads to failure to pass the federal budget, and a shutdown is likely of government services, this is widely called a "train wreck. " In business and team sports, bumbling and lack of coordination leading to a spectacular and public failure to perform is also called "causing a train wreck. " A person or organization who is disorganized may be labelled a "train wreck. " It is therefore not surprising that the public perception of the safety of railroads centers on images of twisted metal and burning tank cars, and a general feeling that these events occur quite often. After a series of railroad accidents, such as occurred in the winter of 1996 or the summer of 1997, there are inevitable calls that government "should do something.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book National Railway Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Steve Lehto
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781931058209
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (582 download)
Download or read book A Most Unusual Experiment written by Steve Lehto and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Brian Solomon
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
ISBN 13 : 0760349975
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)
Download or read book Field Guide to Trains written by Brian Solomon and published by Voyageur Press (MN). This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate guide for train lovers, Field Guide to Trains is fully loaded with pictures and fun facts on all the machines that ride the rails
Author : George Woodman Hilton
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804740142
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (41 download)
Download or read book The Electric Interurban Railways in America written by George Woodman Hilton and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1964 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most colorful yet neglected eras in American transportation history is re-created in this definitive history of the electric interurbans. Built with the idea of attracting short-distance passenger traffic and light freight, the interurbans were largely constructed in the early 1900s. The rise of the automobile and motor transport caused the industry to decline after World War I, and the depression virtually annihilated the industry by the middle 1930s. Part I describes interurban construction, technology, passenger and freight traffic, financial history, and final decline and abandonment. Part II presents individual histories (with route maps) of the more than 300 companies of the interurban industry. Reviews "A first-rate work of such detail and discernment that it might well serve as a model for all corporate biographies. . . . A wonderfully capable job of distillation." Trains "Few economic, social, and business historians can afford to miss this definitive study." Mississippi Valley Historical Review "All seekers after nostalgia will be interested in this encyclopedic volume on the days when the clang, clang of the trolley was the most exciting travel sound the suburbs knew." Harper's Magazine "A fascinating and instructive chapter in the history of American transportation." Journal of Economic History "The hint that behind the grand facade of scholarship lies an expanse of boyish enthusiasm is strengthened by a lovingly amassed and beautifully reproduced collection of 37 photographs." The Nation
Author : Amy Waters Yarsinske
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738541754
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (417 download)
Download or read book Virginia Beach written by Amy Waters Yarsinske and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 1998-02 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virginia Beach: Jewel Resort of the Atlantic, takes us back in time to the days when the sparkling resort strip of Virginia Beach drew crowds by the train-full. This new book takes readers back to the days when there were only summer cottages and inns at Virginia Beach. In days gone by, sea breezes and incomparable landscapes created the backdrop for excursionists, and the wild country of Back Bay, Croatan, Sandbridge, and Fort Story was untouched. We follow the development of the resort as it changed to include grand hotels, clubs, nightlife, and watersports. Readers are invited to take a walk on the boardwalk of yesteryear and follow Virginia Beach through World War II and the big band era, to the fabulous fifties and the 1960s, when Virginia Beach formally incorporated as a city.
Author : Ken Sullivan
Publisher : West Virginia Humanities
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 952 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The West Virginia Encyclopedia written by Ken Sullivan and published by West Virginia Humanities. This book was released on 2006 with total page 952 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert K. Wright
Publisher : Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, United States Army
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book The Continental Army written by Robert K. Wright and published by Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, United States Army. This book was released on 1983 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A narrative analysis of the complex evolution of the Continental Army, with the lineages of the 177 individual units that comprised the Army, and fourteen charts depicting regimental organization.
