When Steam Ran the Clinchfield

When Steam Ran the Clinchfield
Author: James A. Goforth
Publisher: Overmountain Press; 2nd edition (January 1, 1991)
Description: Paperback: 105 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.27 x 8.47 x 10.47
ISBN: 1570720290

During the steam era, a total of 128 locomotives saw service on the Clinchfield, ranging from the 39-ton 4-4-0 to the 500-ton Challenger.

This pictorial history begins with the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railway Locomotive Roster (nine pages), complete with number, builder, date, etc. Remarks such as ?retired? and ?scrapped? are noted along with other pertinent information.

The final two pages contain a ?Locomotive Engineers Seniority List for 1947,? which gives dates employed and promoted. Filling the pages between are more than 100 photographs of great variety, including a section of photos taken by ?Rail Photographer Extraordinaire,? Floyd A. Bruner of Marion, N.C.

There are also many early photographs, like the first passenger train to Altapass in 1906, and one of the Class E-3 (war surplus) purchased in 1947, as well as an interesting ?Before and After? that shows two photos of No. 1. The final series, titled Wrecks, includes one of the earliest known wreck photos, made in 1906, north of Forbes, North Carolina.

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